chapter 2 Flashcards by Vivian Lee

I can’t believe we’re already _____________________ the humiliation lottery and it’s only third period on the first day back to school

being subjected to

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EAch couple will get to research a specialized health topic, after which we will–as a pair of ___________ experts–rpesent our findings to the class by “Teaching” everyone what we’ve learned

studied-up

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It’s a ___________________________ if you ask me. Sounds like a way for our Health teacher to get out of doing her job.

big old diaper load

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When I brought this up to Mrs. Turris–in not so manyc words–she just laughed and said, Cooper REdmond, you rascal, you’ve _________________________.

found me out

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find someone out

find someone out
phrasal verb of find
1.
detect a person’s offensive or immoral actions.
“she would always find him out if he tried to lie”

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make 3 sentences with find someone out

e.g.

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But we are talking about being _______________ to a person for three solid months–in and out of class.

shackled

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It’s rare you get four o the school’s hottest girls in one class, which I take as a ______________ for the year.

solid omen

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The papers make a ______________________ as Mrs. Turris unfolds them.

rustling

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All the kids in the classroom snicker.
Andy winces.
NIck’s head ________
Class _____ meet __________.

drops; assbag; cabbage boy

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assbag

a complete asshole. someone who sucks really really bad and doesnt give 2 shits about other people

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cabbage

Cabbage
To be like a vegetable, one who has no brain nor cognitive thinking patterns.
To procrastinate or be lazy.
To chill out like fat people.
Instead of going to class, Jason “Cabbaged” all day.
Or
Beth didn’t give the guy a working number because of the stains on his shirt and he looked like a “cabbage”.

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The first pairing has been decided, and already two of the biggest ____________________ have been awarded. And to each other. Which is ________

booby prizes; classic

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classic

classic adjective (EXTREMELY FUNNY/BAD)

informal extremely or unusually funny, bad, or annoying:

Then she fell over backwards into the flowerbed - it was absolutely classic!
That was classic! That van-driver signalled right, and then turned left.

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make 3 sentences with class

extremely funny/bad

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Andy Bennett–besides the fact that he’s been desperately trying to grow a mustache for the last two years–is that he likes to _____ Jell-O cubes at all the babes and can’t understand why this move doesn’t make them lie down naked _______.

spit; at his feet

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He might not even be such as terrible guy, but you just can’t _______ him long enough to find out

hang with

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Mrs. Turris ________ a curly blonde ________ her forehead

brushes; lock

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She grabs the nearby yellow shoebox and blindly _______ and index card from it. _______________________________ Alcohol

plucks; drum roll please.

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I did a few _________ of research on that very subject this past weekend, Andy ______, running his hand down the baby beard he’s ______________.

pints; quips; sprouting on his chin

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quip

quip
kwip/Submit
noun
plural noun: quips
1.
a witty remark.
synonyms:	joke, witty remark, witticism, jest, pun, bon mot, sally, pleasantry; More
verb

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make 3 sentences with quip

a witty remark; joke

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Personally, I don’t _______________________ what subject I get.

give two turds

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Mrs. Turris _____ her ______ back into the blue shoebox and draws two more names.

dips; paw

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Sean Hance and Matthew Gratoon. | Matt and Sean __________________ The bastards

fist bump

They both turn to me and make apologetic faces. I give them a __________________________.

shit-happens shrug

It would have been _____________ to work with Matt

stagg

``` STAGG STYLE+SWAGG=STAGG Jerome:Man my stagg is outta this world Billy: Yea dude, where'd u get them shoes from #stag#shoes#lol#outta this world#holla ```

I'd rather get one of the lovely ladies anyway. | I ________________ Prudence Nash--her soft brown hair framing her Victoria's Secret-model face

lean over to

I give her a _____________________ as Mrs. Turris rummages in her drawer for a new writing implement.

sly head tilt

Prudence whips around and gives me the _______

slow burn

an insult that doesn’t sink in for awhile. When Jasmine figured out that slow burn comment from the girl at the bar, she was so pissed. He’s an idiot, you can say any sort of shit to his face and it’ll be a slow burn. He won’t figure it out for days.

Matt's and Sean's life-is-great expressions suddenly ______.

sour

scab

``` scab skab/Submit verb gerund or present participle: scabbing 1. become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs. "she rested her scabbed fingers on his arm" 2. act or work as a scab. ```

Not exactly a car for Christmas, is it, fellas? | My cheeks start to ___________, but I _______

tug a smile, wrest control

Gina Lagotta and Kelly West, she calls out. | Jesus Christ. Two more of my ______________ paired up with each other

prospects

bodacious

``` bo·da·cious ˌbōˈdāSHəs/Submit adjectiveNORTH AMERICANinformal excellent, admirable, or attractive. "the restaurant serves bodacious grilled lobster" US audacious in a way considered admirable. ```

primo

primo Of the best quality. Scott's tattoos are primo!!!!

make 3 sentences with primo

of the best quality

I smile at PRudence to let her know she's still my number one. Waggle the eyebrows. Prudence's hand ________________

rockets into the air

How about you wait unti we see who your partner is, so you two can schedule a time to meet Then you can go to the nurse. Prudence ___________________ and crosses her arms

huffs

Beyond the two _________________, all the other potentials are ____________ at best.

choice babes left; bottom feeders

blowage

Blowage Something upsetting, from previous sayings like that blows mines Someone and/or something can be a blowage.

make 3 sentences with blowage

something upsetting

Andyone except Justin "Stoned SEnseless" Sneep. I'd end up having to do all the work, which would be a giant ________________

sack of blowage

Come to think of it if I wind up working with Prudence or Brote, I'll probably have to do the whole project myself as well. Although if they'd be willing to _____________________, it might not be so bad

work out an appropriate barter system

Still I think I should have a plan B. So I' not sompletely devastated if I _________________________ my first tier of partners

lose out on

Preferably someone who's so ________________________ being paried with me and my slothfulways that they'll take up the lion's share

concerned about

Dam it It's like I am sinking in _____________________ and all my ____________________ keep ________

quicksand; lifelines; ___________

life lines

life·line ˈlīfˌlīn/Submit noun 1. a rope or line used for life-saving, typically one thrown to rescue someone in difficulties in water or one used by sailors to secure themselves to a boat. 2. a thing on which someone or something depends or which provides a means of escape from a difficult situation. "fertility treatment can seem like a lifeline to childless couples"

That's okay, Prudence says, ______ me a screw-you smirk. I feel much better

tossing

It's the _________ we do. LIk birds before they mate. She hates me now, but someday soon, at some party or something, she'll ______________ the Cooper charm

succumb to

and we will fall into each other's arms , _________________ like a couple of horny people

making out

And then, finally I'll get a full view of the serpent tatoo that ___________________________ the ________ of her back; the one I've only gotten _________________________ when she squats to pick something up ____ the floor and her low-rise jeans _______________

snakes down the small; teasing glances of; off; rides just a little lower

small of your back

the small of your back the middle of the lower back: I have a pain in the small of my back.

Mrs. Turris reads out Sam's and Prudence's topic but it doesn't _______. I am still ________ prudence's tatoo

Ok I may _________.

yurp

yurp to say yes, to be in agreement with when asked if she was female, the woman said, "yurp." #yes#sure#of course#chyeah#yeah

I've pretty much given up tring to ___________________. My Jedi mind control is obviously on the fritz today

will the outcome of this

My Jedi mind control is obviously ________________ today

on the fritz

The phrase is now a common American expression meaning that some mechanism is malfunctioning or broken: “The washing machine's on the fritz again” (the British and Australian equivalent would be on the blink). However, when it first appeared — about 1902 — it onmeant that something was in a bad way or bad

I don't even care who I get ________________ anymore

twinned up with

Sure I need to pass to graduate but how hard is it going to ___________________ a D-plus?

swing

Toss me Tara ten-chins with the wandering eye and steel-wool _________

mullet

Here we go, people. I maintain my chillaxed pose: _______________________, one arm _______ carelessly ______ the back of my chair

slouching posture; dangling; over

Mrs. Turris does an on-purpose, _________________, __________________ delay

anticipation-inducing, Academy Awards-y

Whatever. Let her have her fun. | Nothing can ________ at this point

faze

``` faze fāz/Submit verbinformal disturb or disconcert (someone). "she was not fazed by his show of anger" ```

make 3 sentences witht faze

disturb or disconcert

Excet. Maybe. That. The class ____________

bursts with laughter.

HOt dog helen? ARe you _______ me?

twisting

My skin _________________ with heat and my head ________________, but I keep my face blank. Need to be __________. can't appear weak

prickles; swims; caszh

Prudence has her hand ____________ over her mouth.

clasped

They are trying to be all sympathetic, but I can see both of them ______________

stifling laughs

mug

informal make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera. "he mugged for the camera"

I turn around and find Helen, who's skim-milk skin has gone ____________ with clouds of pink.

blotchy

pretending the hysteria has nothign to do with the fact that she's the school's most ____________

taunted pariah

pariah

``` pa·ri·ah pəˈrīə/Submit noun 1. an outcast. "they were treated as social pariahs" synonyms: outcast, persona non grata, leper, undesirable, unperson, nonperson; More 2. historical ```

make 3 sentences with pariah

an outcast

her voice is distorted and ___________________ as she reads my conviction

timpani-low

timpani

im·pa·ni ˈtimpənē/Submit noun kettledrums, especially when played by one musician in an orchestra.

The room erupts in a nuclear explosion of ________________

whoops and howls

I can only catch _________________ of their jeers

snippets

The last thing I see is Helen, books ____________ to her chest, fleeing the classroom

clutched