chapter 40 Flashcards

1
Q

Coop deomonstrates the horrible stutter he pretended to have to get out of being _____________________ shoplifting

A

prosecuted for

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Just then, my bedroom door ________ and Matt rushes in. Holy crap, he says, looking all ______________, like he didn’t sleep a wink last night.

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bursts open; bleary eyed

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3
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bleary eye

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unfocused or filmy

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4
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Holy crap, he says, looking all bleary eyed, like he didn’t _______________________ last night.

A

sleep a wink

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5
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Well, ___, and to debrief each other on _________________ at the mall yesterday

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that; what went down

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6
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well that, and to ________ each other ______ what went down at the mall yesterday

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debrief on

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7
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so we search every freaking store in the mall, including bot hrestrooms, then she _______ security to announce your names ______the PA system

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badgers; over

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8
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when i finally say that maybe we should just give up and go home, Evelyn goes absolutely ________

A

ballistic

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9
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She started screaming and ______ and blubbering that I was a terrible friend and that you both could be dead in a ditch somewhere

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wailing

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10
Q

Coop bites his lower lip, trying not to ________ as he leans back in my desk chair

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crack up

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11
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matt gives coop a _______

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death stare

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12
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so we are searching all the sores Again. And Evelyn’s _______ and _____ asking all the employees–again–if maybe they’d seen you two

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darting in and out

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13
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all this time, i’m trying to ______________, but everything i say keeps making her madder and madder

A

talk her down

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14
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until finally, I swear to God, I see her ______ a shirt from Guess. Right after the store clerk _____ her off

A

jack; blow off

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15
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blow off means

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to tell someone to go away in a rude manener

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16
Q

right after the store clerk blows her off. Evelyn’s totally ______, _______________ and she grabs this fancy lue guy’s shirt off the shelf and stuffs it into her purse

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steamed, ranting and raving

17
Q

so when i try to casually ask her about it, Evelyn goes ___________________

A

apocalyptic

18
Q

she rips the arm off a sweater ___________________ at H* M and starts _____ me with it

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mannequin; clubbing me with it

19
Q

The image of Evelyn ________ Matt with a mannequin arm is just to priceless

A

whaling on

20
Q

whale means

A

beat

21
Q

________________________ boys matt says, you weren’t the ones who got chased down and up escalator by an arm wielding _______ psychopath

A

klepto

22
Q

klepto-maniac

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has a mental disorder that compels the person to steal

23
Q

wigging out means

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Displaying irrational behavior usually brought on by stress and/or external pressures.

24
Q

I had no freaking clue what the hell she was ___________ until the bus _________ and she came back

A

flipping about; pulled away

25
Q

It’s like she’d flicked a switch. She was totally calm _________________, especially after everything \I’d just witnessed.

A

eerily

26
Q

then she told me to have a good night and ________

A

marched off

27
Q

Leyna? I say, my lungs feeling like _________

A

punctured ballooons

28
Q

I stand and start to pace the room. You should have ______ that information

A

led with

29
Q

chillax. it’s not like she saw you two together. so she saw Leyna at the mall/ __________________. That’s hardy _____________________. I seriously doubt nick with do anything just based on that

A

big whoop; incriminating

30
Q

Another set of _______ on the door. The sound of a massive fist _______________.

A

bangs; beating on wood

31
Q

what are the chances of that? It’s like he followed matt here and then waited for him to __________ before—

A

fill you in