Chapter 1 Pandemonium A Flashcards
I was a long wait to get into the _____ club, especially on a Sunday
all-ages
The ______ were fierce and would come down instantly on anyone who looked like they were going to start trouble
bouncers
bouncer
bounc·er /ˈbounsər/ noun noun: bouncer; plural noun: bouncers 1. a person employed by a nightclub or similar establishment to prevent troublemakers from entering or to eject them from the premises.
He ___________ the wooden thing. I bent as easily as a blade of grass bending sideways
pushed down on
Clary liked the _______ his shoulders, the way he tossed his hair as he went
lit to
Inside, the club was full of _______________. Colored lights played over the dance floor, turning it into a multicolored fairyland of blues and acide greens, hot pinks and golds
dry-ice smoke
inside, the club was full of dry-ice smoke Colored lights ______________ the dance floor, turning it into a multicolored fairyland of blues and acide greens, hot pinks and golds
played over
play over
To be repeatedly recalled or relived in the mind; occupy the mind repeatedly: Our kiss last night keeps playing over in my head.
The boy in the red jacket stroked the long razor-sharp blade in his hands, an idle smile _______ his lips
playing over
a little bit of a _______________ on the blade, to make it look harmless. Another _____ on his eyes, and the moment the bouncer had looked straight at him
glamour
a lot of swaying back and forth with an accasional _________ the floor as if one of them had dropped a contact lens
lunges toward
in a space between a group of teenage boys in ____________, and a young Asian couple who were making out passionately
metallic corsets
a boy with a lip piercing and a teddy bear backpack was handing out free tablets of herbal ecstasy, his parachute pants ________ in the breeze from the wind machine
flapping
he was ________ the crowd as if he were looking for something.
prowling through
The blue-haired boy straightened p suddenly, __________, like a hunting dog ___________
snapping to attention; on point
snap to attention
snap to attention idiom
Definition of snap to attention
: to move quickly to a position of standing silently with the body stiff and straight, the feet together, and both arms at the sides
The soldier snapped to attention.
—sometimes used figuratively
The children snapped to attention and got quiet when the teacher clapped his hands.
make three sentences with snapping to attention
snap to attention idiom
Definition of snap to attention
: to move quickly to a position of standing silently with the body stiff and straight, the feet together, and both arms at the sides
The soldier snapped to attention.
—sometimes used figuratively
The children snapped to attention and got quiet when the teacher clapped his hands.
the kind of girl clary would like to draw–tall and ______________, with a long _______ of black hair
ribbon-slim; long spill
Through the darkness, smoke, and artificial fog, her pale dress shone out like a _________
beacon
too distracted to notice anything else around him–even the two dark shapes ________________________, ______ after him ______ the crowd
hard on his heels, weaving through
she could see it in the way they paced him, their careful watchfullnes, the ______________ of their movements
slinking grace
The girl had reached the wall, and was opening a door marked no admittance. she ______ the blue-haired boy after her, and they slipped through the door
beckoned
beckoned
beckon
verb uk /ˈbek.ən/ us /ˈbek.ən/
[ I or T ] to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer:
The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.
“Hey you!” she called, beckoning me over with her finger.
He beckoned to me, as if he wanted to speak to me.
make 3 sentences with backon
beckon
verb uk /ˈbek.ən/ us /ˈbek.ən/
[ I or T ] to move your hand or head in a way that tells someone to come nearer:
The customs official beckoned the woman to his counter.
“Hey you!” she called, beckoning me over with her finger.
He beckoned to me, as if he wanted to speak to me.
She raised herself up ______, trying to see over the crowd.
on tiptoe
conferring
have discussions; exchange opinions.
“the officials were conferring with allies”
synonyms:
consult, have discussions, discuss things,
The blond one reached into his jacket and drew out something long and sharp that flashed under the _______ lights
strobing
strobing
strob·ing /ˈstrōbiNG/ noun noun: strobing 1. irregular movement and loss of continuity sometimes seen in lines and stripes in a television picture. "the colored strobing of his shirt" 2. jerkiness in what should be a smooth movement of an image on a screen. "an effect known as image strobing"
Suddenly ______, Simon _____ his shoulders
all business; square
square one’s shoulders
square one’s shoulders. Prepare to face adversity, as in She knew it wouldn’t be easy but she squared her shoulders and faced the hostile audience. This expression transfers standing erect with the shoulders pulled back, forming an angle much like a square’s right angle, to the situations calling for this stance.
Biting hard on her lower lip, Clary started to ________ the crowd
wriggle through
