Chapter 26 Flashcards by Vivian Lee

Jack grabs Stacy’s hand and ____________________ a back alley. The alley is ____________ trash cans and ________ and doors to stores and restaurants.

pulls her down; lined with; dumpsters

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Halfway down the _____, they notice that it _________ a brick wall.

lane; dead-ends at

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Suddenly, they hear a ________________. They turn around to see a ______ of humanzees ____________ the back alley, blocking their escape.

growling moan. horde; shuffling into

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The humanzees ___________ them as Jack and STacy try all the __________.

shuffle toward; doorknobs

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Jack ________________ oe of the doors but it’s not buding. He tries again and again, but the humanzees are rapidly ____________ them.

slams his shoulder into; closing in on

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All morning long, I’ve been ___________ energy drinks–I think I’ve had six cans by now–as i make Nessa’s changes to the script and try to write some new scenes.

pounding

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pounding means

drugs
To do shots of hard liquor
Man, how come you ain’t pounding any tonight?

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And so I’ve been trying to _______________________ our main characters. I’ll know if I’m doing what she wants when i meet with her later today.

keep the screws turning

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In the meantime, I’m trying to _________________ as much of the script as I can before i have to head over to Uncle Doug’s store and ___________________ his final condition of the loan.

get through; make good on

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make good on means

make good on something

to do what you have said you would do:
My grandfather said he would pay for me to go to college, and he made good on that promise.

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I slam my laptop closed, grab my keys and phone, and ________ the door. I have no idea what he’s going to make me do at his shop–_________, cleaning or something equally unpleasant, I’m sure–but I’ve only got twenty minutes to get there and I know he’s not going to be too pleased if I’m late.

bolt for; stocking

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life-size

A life-sized work of art or model is the same size as the person or thing that it represents:
a life-size statue of an elephant

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This costume is itchy, I say, __________________ a brown spandex mask at the ____________ Persian rug I’m wearing.

looking down through; life-size

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a cigarette containing the drug cannabis

spliff

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Trust me, you don’t want to know. He ______ as he raises a ______________ to his _________________ and takes a drag.

cackles; spliff; chapped lips

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He cackles as he _______ a spliff ___ his chapped lips and takes a drag.

raises; to

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_______________, it’s one of the reason the last guy quit. Not the ony reason. But one of the reasons.

Suffice it to say

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cutout

noun
noun: cut-out; plural noun: cut-outs; noun: cutout; plural noun: cutouts
1.
a shape of a person or thing cut out of cardboard or another material.
a person perceived as characterless or as lacking in individuality.
“this film’s protagonists are cardboard cutouts”
2.
a hole cut in something for decoration or to allow the insertion of something else.

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I don’t blame him. I try to ___________ my Lycra-covered face ____________________ the tiny oval cutout in the rug suit. It’s disgusting.

stick; further out of;

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Aaa. Uncle Doug releases a big ________ of pot smoke and swats my commet away with the back of his hands.

plume

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Don’t be such a __________. You’ll be fine once you’re out in the fresh air. He starts walking toward the ________________________ Doug’s Rugs van parked by the garage doors. Besides, what you really need to worry about are the wind currents.

pussy; two-tone green

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The whawt? I ___________ my carpet-clad body to look at him. What wind currents?

shuffle-turn

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The wind currents. The _________________ the east.

the gales out of

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blustery

(of weather or a period of time) characterized by strong winds.
“a gusty, blustery day”
(of a wind) blowing in strong gusts.

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The wind currents. The gales out of the east. He waves his joint in the air as he steps up to the driver's side door. It gets pretty damn ____________________ up there on Newport Road. And that costume can act like a goddamn kit if it _______________.

blustery; catches the breeze

That was the reason the guy before the last guy quit. A ______________________________________.

heavy gust blew him right into the street

A heavy gust blew him right into the street. Poor bastard was nearly ________________ a semi.

plowed down by

You think you can't move so well in that thing, but you'd be surprised how ___________ you get when you have to _____________________.

agile; play dodge the traffic

Uncle Doug laughs as he _________ from left to right to left in a little ____________________.

scoots; sidestepping dance

Come on, he says, checking his watch. ________________________. Time is money. He opens the van door and climbs inside.

let's get a move on

I start to ___________ to the passenger side as fast as I can, my steps seriously hindered by the contrainsts of this stupid outfit.

waddle over

I've been __________________ a single pant leg of a fat man's jeans. I pump my _________________ arms as hard as I can to try and propel myself forward, the gold ________ at the top of the carpet costume slapping away off rhythm.

stuffed down; unitard-sheathed;tassels

the gold tassels at the top of the carpet costume _______________.

slapping away off rhythm

I finally get to the van, yank the door open ,and struggle to _________________

clamber into the seat

By the time I manage to _____________ myself into the front seat I am completely exhausted.

inchworm

If I'd known this is what you meant--I _____________--by helpng you out at the store... I wouldn't have agree to it.

wheeze

He turns the key, and the van ___________.

coughs to life

One more _____________ his joint, then he throws the car into reverse. All right, here we go.

puff on

One more puff on his joint, then he _______________.

throws the car into reverse

We back out of the warehouse garage, the tires ___________________ the hardened snow.

crunching thru

Uncle Doug's got his left writ __________ the steering wheel, his joint-holding hand stroking his giant _____________________ beard.

draped over; gray-flecked

Little wisps of smoke _______________ the air as the occasional whisker is __________.

fizzle into; singed

You've got a few winners there, I think. The ____________ kid. Harper? Hummer? Hunter? And the girl with the _______________.

buzz-cut; blunt-cut hair

He ____________ his forehead with this hand. Laney?

chops at

If she is anywhere near as bad as her brother, this film's _____________.

dead in the water

Unless you want to ______ so we can rent something.

up your investment

Id on't care what you have to do, ut Handler and Lorna are going to be in the film we show at the festival or Uncle Doug's going to be plenty ________.

PO'd

po'd

This man is clearly p.o.'d. Licensed from iStockPhoto abbreviation P.o.'d is defined as offensive slang for being angry. An example of p.o.'d is being angry with a neighbor after they had a noisy party that lasted late into the night. YourDictionary definition and usage example. Copyright © 2018 by LoveToKnow Corp Link/Cite p.o.'d Slang angry, annoyed, irritated, etc. ``` Origin of p.o.'d from p(issed) o(ff) (see the phrase piss off at piss) + -'d ```

I don't know if it's the sound of the tires _______________________ or the motion of the van, but suddenly I realize that I have to pee.

going thru puddles

Secondly, we're on a major commercial _____________________ here lined with autobody shops and self-storage facilities. The nearest public toilet is over a mile away.

commercial throughfare

Look ____________________, he continues, just pee in the suit. It _____________________ won't make it smell any worse.

worse comes to worse; sure as shit

A couple of ________________ minutes later, Uncle Doug pulls the van up to the curb at the corner of Newport and Millburn. cars and trucks ____________ at top speed on the six-lane road.

thigh-clenched minutes; whoosh by

The large plot of snow-laden grass _________ pretty dramatically from the sidewalk where I'm standing to the parking lot of a busy ___________ bellow.

slopes; slumberyard

I've got three adds here. I want you to ______________ them periodically.

cycle thru

He _____ the front sign to the back so I can read the next one

shifts

All right, I'll leave you to it. Oh, and uh, be sure to stay alert and ___________________.

keep your eyes peeled

I probably should have mentioned this before but the Doug's Rug ____________ has a tendency to ... he _________ his hand in the air like he's trying to grasp the words.

mascot; swirls

To what? A tendency to what? To get attacked. _____________. ____________ a little. Nothing serious. Just... _______________ occasionally. By ____________. And... sometimes __________. Or _______________. You know. For fun.

jumped. Roughed up a little. knocked down. hoodlums. egged. shaving-creamed

Wait a second. I take a ________ him. Are you saying I'm going to be ambushed? I look down at myself. Dressed like this? With no chance for self-defense.

wobbly step toward him.

I wouldn't put you in any actual danger. I need you out here. This kind of thing ___________________ increased store traffic.

pays real dividends

Don't forget to move around. You know, ______________, like you're a wavy carpet.

writhe a bit

Now, now. Did I or did I not _____________ five hundred dollars against my one-thousand-dollar investment?

advance you

Chapter 26 Flashcards

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