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Chapter 15 Flashcards

1
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I don’t ______ the bell to health class but luckily I do beat Mrs. Turris.

A

beat

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I flop down at my desk and hear a ________________ followed by some chuckles from Andy Bennett’s corner of the room

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squish

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See the ______________________ of red on the floor and the bottom of my pants

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squiggles

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Anyd’s ________ hour. If he was really thinking, he would have put the packes on my seat. Gotten some ____________ from art class to _______________ them. Now that would have been a prank

A

amateur; tan paint; camouflage

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yabbo

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Yabbo is a slang term used to reference to a female breast, typically in pairs (“yabbos”). The term usually refers to breasts of humanoid females. It was first used in the 1993 Disney film horror/comedy Hocus Pocus .

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Her _______________ are doing a pretty good impression of a couple of Hostess Sno Balls below her form-fitting fuzzy pink sweater

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perky yabbos

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her perky yabbos are _________________ of a couple of hostess sno balls below her form-fitting fuzzy pink sweater

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doing a pretty good impression of

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Hey there, you, I say to her. _____________ getting into the Battle of the Bands, by the way.

A

Kudos on

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I don’t care, Prudence says, her attention ______________ her phone

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squarely on

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10
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When are we going to stop ____________ and just admit that we both want to ________________

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fooling ourselves; dance the rug rumba

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The door to the classroom flies open and Mrs. Turris enters, ___________ a stack of books and papers and looking ___________

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hefting; frazzled

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frazzle

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fraz·zle
/ˈfrazəl/
informal
verb
adjective: frazzled; past participle: frazzled; verb: frazzle; 3rd person present: frazzles; gerund or present participle: frazzling; past tense: frazzled
1. 
cause to feel completely exhausted; wear out.
"a frazzled parent"
fray.
"change the skirt if it gets frazzled"
noun
noun: frazzle
1. 
the state of being completely exhausted or worn out.
"I'm tired, worn to a frazzle"
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make 3 sentences with frazzle

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raz·zle
/ˈfrazəl/
informal
verb
adjective: frazzled; past participle: frazzled; verb: frazzle; 3rd person present: frazzles; gerund or present participle: frazzling; past tense: frazzled
1. 
cause to feel completely exhausted; wear out.
"a frazzled parent"
fray.
"change the skirt if it gets frazzled"
noun
noun: frazzle
1. 
the state of being completely exhausted or worn out.
"I'm tired, worn to a frazzle"
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Sorry sorry sorry, she says ___________________ over to her desk and dumping all her stuff

A

bustling ovr to

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Suddenly she stops and stares at us like she’s just caught us ____________ all over the room

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whizzing

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whiz

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whiz
/(h)wiz/
verb
gerund or present participle: whizzing
1. 
move quickly through the air with a whistling or whooshing sound.
"missiles whizzed past"
17
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make 3 sentences with whiz

A 
whiz
/(h)wiz/
verb
gerund or present participle: whizzing
1. 
move quickly through the air with a whistling or whooshing sound.
"missiles whizzed past"
18
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the room fills with the _______________ of thirty people all talking to each other at once

A

cacophony

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cacophony

A 
ca·coph·o·ny
/kəˈkäfənē/
noun
noun: cacophony; plural noun: cacophonies
a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
"a cacophony of deafening alarm bells"
20
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Again she doesn’t even _______________ my direction

A

glance in

21
Q

I feel my neck and cheeks ___________

A

flame

22
Q

Anyway, I’m here now, I say. So let’s ___________________ this bad boy

A

put a dent

23
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put a dent

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Begin to accomplish or consume something, as in I’ve barely made a dent in this pile of correspondence , or Help us put a dent in this pie . This metaphoric expression alludes to striking a blow to make a physical indentation in something.

24
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make 3 sentences with put a dent

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Begin to accomplish or consume something, as in I’ve barely made a dent in this pile of correspondence , or Help us put a dent in this pie . This metaphoric expression alludes to striking a blow to make a physical indentation in something.

25
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I am not. I’m just.. _________

A

For reals

26
Q

crock

A

something considered to be completely nonsense

27
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crock

A

nonsense

28
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Don’t sound so surprised. It’s not like I haven’t been thinking about the project. All right, so that’s a total ________; I’ve barely given the actual project a second thought

A

crock

29
Q

I did come up with this one thing while Dad was __________ his condom show

A

putting on

30
Q

Right> I am the ideas man. it’s my ________

A

strong suit

31
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Helen looks like I just __________________

A

snapped her bra

32
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Helen’s voice is a low _______________

A

hissing whisper

33
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Eh hemmm. Mrs. Turris clears her throat. Helen? Cooper? May I see you a moment? 
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_! someone calls out, which makes the rest of the class crack up
A

send them to the pound

34
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send to the pound

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Sent to the pound
Euphemism for dumping someone. Especially as a result of some sort of emotional, psychological, or physical defect/annoyance that has rendered them undesirable. Similarly to what happens to pets if they exhibit physical or psychological problems that are beyond the owners liking.
dude: What happened to that hottie you’ve been dating for the last 3 months.

dude2: Man, she ended up being a complete psycho: She was totally sent to the pound.

dude: That sux, mang...sorry!
#dumped#rejected#break-up#separation#divorce
35
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I feel all the blood __________________ face as I realize I am not eactly out of the HOt Dog _______ just yet

A

rush to; woods

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