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Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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I don’t have my driver’s license yet–another thing I need to _______________ this year

A

get started on

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Leave me out of it, SEan says, the wind ______ his hair

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whipping

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What I am trying tosay is, you’re no longer _____________________. Tainna breaking up with you is the best thing that could have happened.

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wet behind the ears

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Matt rolls his eeyes. Yeah, you guys have really matured this summer. It’s ______________

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staggering

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Look Matt I say you are acting like we think it’s a bad thing So Valerie’s got a ____________________ on your Mr ______________________. At least you’re getting some. Some of what, I’m not sure.

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tight grip; Mr BoDAngles

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I don’t think I am completely over her yet.

Of course you aren’t, Matt ________________.

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consoles

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SEan says nothing. Jesus, I hope he’s not going to use this Tianna thing as an excuse to be such a _____________ all year long

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soggy turd

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angst

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angst
äNG(k)st/
noun
noun: angst
a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general.
"adolescent angst"
synonyms:
anxiety, fear, apprehension, worry, foreboding, trepidation, malaise, disquiet, disquietude, unease, uneasiness
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9
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Maybe you’ve already ___________________. If you have, just say so

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rounded all the bases

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10
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I slap my forehead. Oh my God. Not even second base? Jesus. What’s the point of letting VAl ___________________________ then, Mattie?

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cinch the choke chain so tight

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wet behind the ears

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wet behind the ears
phrase of wet

  1. informal
    lacking experience; immature.
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cinch

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North American
verb: cinch; 3rd person present: cinches; past tense: cinched; past participle: cinched; gerund or present participle: cinching
1.
secure (a garment) with a belt.

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prime meaning

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prime
verb [ T ] uk ​ /praɪm/ us ​ /praɪm/

​
to tell someone something that will prepare them for a particular situation:
I’d been primed so I knew not to mention her son.

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14
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make 3 sentences with wet behind the ears

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lacking experience; immature

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15
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It’s private, I mimic Dude you don’t think she’s _______ to all her galpals? That’s all babes do

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gabbing about it

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choke chain

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a collar and lead for a dog so designed that if the dog drags on the lead the collar tightens round its neck

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penitentiary

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.penitentiary
[pen-i-ten-shuh-ree]
ExamplesWord Origin
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noun, plural pen·i·ten·tia·ries.
a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.

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18
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At least you’re getting some. Some of what, I’m not sure. But you seem comfortable with the _______. Personally, I wouldn’t be. And I’d be lying if I sad Sean and I don’t miss you sometimes. But we get by. Don’t we SEan

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trade-off

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19
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make 3 sentences with nab

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  1. catch; take, grab or steal

2. catch someone doing somethingwrong

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20
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This is it dawgs. I sa. From boys to men. Tenth grade is the year we _______________________. First second third, and then we _______________

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tag all the bases; slide into home

21
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but everyone knows that if yo uwant to _____ a parking space you have to get to school at least twenty minutes early.

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nab

22
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No I say. Youre just having her baby.

Matt scowls. You’re so ______________ Coop

A

full of it

23
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kick ass

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idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial) To be very impressive. The Mega Man X soundtrack really kicks ass! (idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial) To beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation. You will kick his ass with your improved serve. (idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial) To beat someone in a fight.

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mopey

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Mopey
Sad, sluggish, lonely, depressed.
He was feeling “mopey” today because he missed his friend.

25
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make 3 sentences with prime

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to tell someone something that will prepare thme for a particular situation

26
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we start our trek ______ the soon-to-be-smelling-like-hell dumpsters _____ the back doors of the school

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past; toward

27
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up to bat

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Up-to-Bat
Before you get to first base sexually. Includes (but is not limited to):
- kissing (with no tongue involved)
- Fondling with all clothes on (clothes must be between you and the fondler)
Guy 1: Dude, you still haven’t made out with anyone? You have virgin lips?
Guy 2 (defensively): Hey, I’ve been Up-to-Bat!

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full of it

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full of it
1. What someone is said to be if they are unreliable or ridiculous (usually due to making unfounded or nonsensical statements). You can’t listen to Sean, he’s full of it! He doesn’t know any more about robotics than we do. Oh, Stephanie is full of it—she threatens to move out all the time. Quit trying to convince me that pigeons can swim—I know you’re full of it!

29
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whipped

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whipped
sex
being completely controlled by your girlfriend or boyfriend…in most cases a guy being completely controlled by his girlfriend.
Damn! Joe is whipped!

30
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We pass my sister Angella’s car, recognizable by the fact that it’s the only one in the lot with a car cover. It’s her _________________. ___________

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sickness; one of many

31
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I am still having nightmares about Ms. Luntz threatening to suffocate me with her ______________________ gazongas unless I swim a thousand laps.

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gargantuan

32
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Sean-o? A little _____________ here. Matthew is, in fact, carrying Valerie’s baby, is he not?

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backup

33
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Matt _____________ in the butterfly, seeing our first naked babe–

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kicking ass

34
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No. I _____ at Matt. Wrong. Do not take advice from the ________________________.

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glare; Whipped One

35
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Maybe they are more conservative up in CAnada. Valerie probably wants to wait until you ___________________ or something.

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tie the knot

36
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gargatuan

A 
gar·gan·tu·an
ɡärˈɡan(t)SH(o͞o)ən/
adjective
adjective: gargantuan
enormous.
37
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wank

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masturbating

38
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Me, Matt and SEan shortcut across Dreyfus Park, our bikes _________________ that settled over the summer as we head toweard the beige brick building of Lower Rockville HIgh that looms like a _____________

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kicking up the dust; penitentiary

39
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make 3 sentences with full of it

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being unreliable or ridiculous and make nonsensical statements

40
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..We’d love to have to ask permission anything we want to do something. And be dragged to every chick flick that comes out. And have to drop everything when ever our ___________ calls

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honeykins

41
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make 3 sentences with gargantuan

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enormous

42
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I shoot him a gimme-a-break look. Don’t be so _______ dude. Tianna was just a practice ______. Now you’re ______ to aim for the fences.

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mopey; swing; primed

43
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A penitentiary ____________, to be sure, but a _______ for most of the daylight hours, nonetheless

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chock with hotties; lockup

44
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nab

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nab
nab/
verbinformal
verb: nab; 3rd person present: nabs; past tense: nabbed; past participle: nabbed; gerund or present participle: nabbing
catch (someone) doing something wrong.
“Olympic drug tests nabbed another athlete yesterday”
synonyms:
catch, capture, apprehend, arrest, seize, grab; More
informalnail, pull in, pick up
“they nabbed the suspect outside of his trailer”
take, grab, or steal (something).
“Dan nabbed the seat next to mine”

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rummage

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rum·mage
ˈrəmij/
verb
gerund or present participle: rummaging
search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle.
“he rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief”
synonyms:
search (through), hunt through, root about/around (in), ferret about/around (in), fish about/around (in), poke around (in), dig through, delve through, go through, explore, sift through, rifle (through)
“he rummaged through Stacey’s bureau drawers”
find (something) by rummaging.
“Mick rummaged up his skateboard”
(of a customs officer) make a thorough search of (a vessel).
“our brief was to rummage as many of the vessels as possible”

46
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make 3 sentences with whipped

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completely controlled by your girlfriend or boyfriend

47
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What do you mean, if? I say, ______ on my creaky mountain bike, feeling the _________ my legs as we split the goalposts and ride over the football field

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pumping the pedals; strain in

48
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It’s standard formula: One day of ______ for every week you were dating. Four weeks, for days. ______________. And more time is just a ______

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angst; over and out; a wank

49
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I pull a key from the pocket of my jeans, unlock my bick lock, and ______ the chain _____________

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unravel; from around the seat post

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