chapter 7 Flashcards
We’ll just _______ a few simple tracks and see how they sound
lay down
Recording us playing is only going to confirm what we already know: we _______
stink
My thighs are _______ from the _____ of pedaling
burning; slog
slog
slog släɡ/ informal verb verb: slog; 3rd person present: slogs; past tense: slogged; past participle: slogged; gerund or present participle: slogging 1. work hard over a period of time. "they were slogging away to meet a deadline" synonyms: work hard, toil, labor, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, exert oneself, grind, slave, grub, plow, plod, peg; More informalbeaver, plug, work one's guts out, put one's nose to the grindstone, sweat blood; literarytravail; archaicdrudge, moil "they were all slogging away" antonyms: relax walk or move with difficulty or effort. "he slogged home through the gray slush" synonyms: trudge, tramp, tromp, traipse, toil, plod, trek, footslog "they slogged around the streets" 2. hit forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing. "the fighters were slogging away"
make 3 sentences with slog
slog släɡ/ informal verb verb: slog; 3rd person present: slogs; past tense: slogged; past participle: slogged; gerund or present participle: slogging 1. work hard over a period of time. "they were slogging away to meet a deadline" synonyms: work hard, toil, labor, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, exert oneself, grind, slave, grub, plow, plod, peg; More informalbeaver, plug, work one's guts out, put one's nose to the grindstone, sweat blood; literarytravail; archaicdrudge, moil "they were all slogging away" antonyms: relax walk or move with difficulty or effort. "he slogged home through the gray slush" synonyms: trudge, tramp, tromp, traipse, toil, plod, trek, footslog "they slogged around the streets" 2. hit forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing. "the fighters were slogging away"
_____________________ then, I wheeze out. We don’t have to… hand it in
kicks
Just for kicks then. I ________________. We don’t have to.… hand it in
wheeze out
We can ____ the songs ____ with my computer and Garage Band
smooth out
I ______ and race down my street before they can protest
peel off
I peel off and ___________ my street before they can protest
race down
I coast up to my house, not entirely confident that Matt and Sean will feel guilty enough to show later. STill I’m ___________________
holding onto a tiny strand of hope
I can hear Mom singing–or rather _____________–the Beatles when I open the front door
butchering
Those aren’t the words, Mom, I say as I step into the kitchen, heading straight for the cupboard to _______
forage
I laugh, ___________________ the already opened bag of Doritos and grabbing the brand new bag of Cheetos hiding in the back
reaching past
She pulls out a __________________ container with something beige in it. NOw what’s this?
tupperware
Angela walks into the kitchen, ____________ her cell phone.
blabbing on
Angela walks into the kitchen, _____________ her cell phone. I’m so sure, she says. Like I even care
blabbing on
My stomach ________________. If I have to eat another cardboard encased microwave meal I may put myself up for adoption
heaves
My stomach heaves. IF I have to eat another __________________ microwave meal I may ______________.
cardboard encased; put myself up for adoption
I am ______________________ homemade oven-fried chicken, roast potatoes, and ___________
leaning more toward; corn on the cob
I say, _____________- the bag of Cheetos
tearing open
Right and who’s __________________ in the next—she glances at the sunflower clock on the wall–twenty minutes, before I have to be at Porterhouse NIck’s
whipping that up
I don’t want to reschedule, Graham! Angela ____________ her phone.
barks into
Have fun at the gym, asshole. I hope you ____________
strain your groin
