chapter 43 Flashcards
(32 cards)
Evelyn’s at her locker, her back to me as I approach. My mouth is _________ and I am dizzy with fear. If this were a scene in a movie, there’d be a loud thumping heartbeat __________________________, ___________ by creepy tension-building music
on the soundtrack; underscored
I have two pieces of music I need to _______ here
impart
Presumably, she should be happy and accept it as ___________________.
an olive branch
an olive branch
a peaceful gesture; a sign of reconciliation
Myabe she’ll be _______________________, or maybe she knows Nick arranged it and will come at me like a honey badger _______ a cobra
over the moon; after
over the moon means
extremely happy; delighted
Anyway it all sounds totally true because it is all true, and with Nick ________________ the cell-phone part, I’ve even got Evelyn laughing by the time I’m all thru
corroborating
corroborate
confirm, support a theory, statement or finding
the witnesses have corroborated the boy’s account of attack
And so, when I _________________ asking her if she’ll come to dinner with me at Le Chat Noir on VAlentine’s DAy, Evelyn is beaming
get around to
She _______ another death hug. WE’re going to make the best movie ever! You just wait and see
dives in for
As soon as I _________ drama class, I head right over to Leyna, who’s searching in her messenger bag for soething
step foot into
My bird crap _____ went over so well with Evelyn that I am actually ready to _________________________ the same gory details with Leyna, only as I’m about to say it I realize that the last thing I want is for her to have any of those images of me in her mind
saga; launch in to
saga meaning
a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic.
My bird crap saga ___________ so well with Evelyn that I am actually ready to…
went over
to begin enthusiastically
launch into; he launch into a two hour speech
My brain ________________ a partial truth
scrambles for
a startreck figure
a kliongon
He swallowed one of my toy–er, figurines. A Klionon. And he started ___________________ vomiting.
projectile
Is he okay? Leyna ask, _____ her shutter shades and sounding genuinely concerned.
raising
It was close though, because it could have __________ his intestines.
ruptured
Sorry Leyna laughs. I didn’t mean to ____________
put you on the spot
put someone on the spot
force someone in a situation where they have to make difficult decision or answer difficult quesitons
An electric current ______________ m ybody
shoots thru
Leyna __________ a hug. Oh, man I could never gt tired of this. Such a ___________Evelyn’s strangling.
pulls me in for; stark contrast
