Chapter 18 Flashcards
All sorts of animals –dogs, cats, ferrets, a parrot – are in cages ____________________ in the background.
on the shelves
Two men in gray _______ storm into the lab. Dr. Schmaloogan looks up from his work.
suits
Man in Gray #2 _________a badge shaped lke a jungle cat.
flashes
____________ our attention that you have been perfomraning immoral acts on the zoo animals under your care.
That’s a ______________ lie. I’ve only been conducting board-approved experiment.s
It’s come to; bald-faced
Did the board _______________ you attempting to graft an elephant penis onto a hippopotamus?
approve of
___________, that hippo was in a tragic pool-filter accident. I was simply attempting to–
for your information
Dr Schmaloogan casually ______ his beakers ______a large test-tube shake.
slides behind
Please collect your things and leave the ________.
premises
Jack Harrigton and Stacy Peters _______ the bleachers at the football field.
hang out on
and there’s Nessa– in full ______ makeup–standing in the hallway. What’s up?
ghoul
Nessa brushes past me and steps into my bedroom. She looks down at the floor, _______ all of the donated baby stuff.
surveying
I don’t think I’ve ever actually been in your bedroom before. She turns her head and _______ me a ____ smile.
shoots; coy
You think I don’t know that you and Cathy go through my stuff when I’m not around?
Nessa laughs, ____________ the partially built crib.
running a finger along
Not even a journal with angry _____________ about how your sister and her best friend sneak into your room and look at all your shit.
diatribes
She slinks over and stops just a few inches from me. Do you mean right now or _______________________?
in the grand scheme of things
I just… seeing you in your band.. it was like… I don’t know. I saw you differently ______. I can’t really explain it.
is all
Her _______ breath is warm on my face. Look, why are we talking about your mom? That’s kind of a mood killer, don’t you think?
licorice
I ____ another ______ and find I’m up against the wall, ________ the closed door and the footboard of my bed.
take; step back; pinned between
Sure. All right. Sounds good. I turn my head, ___________________ . Look, I’ve go to get back to work, so—
plotting an escape route over the bed
Then, out of the blue, Nessa puts her hand on my face, turns my head toward her, and leans in to kiss me.
Whoa, whoa, whoa! I _______ Nessa’s grasp, leap onto my bed, _________________ the covrs, and ____________ the other side.
wiggle free from; scrambles across; roll off
Once upon a time, way back in seventh grade, I would have offered up my firstedition STar Wars comics for the chance to get a kiss from Nessa. But that was a long, long time ago. _________________ far, far away.
in a galaxy
A Renaissance ________ dagger. I’m a big fan of sharp objects.
parrying
parry means
ward off (a weapon or attack), especially with a countermove. "he parried the blow by holding his sword vertically"
I didn’t know you wrote, Sean. She’s bent over and ___________ my laptop screen.
peering at
I don’t know if she’s giving me _________________ on purpose, but either way the stretched-tight pockets on her black jeans __________.
this view of her butt; have me mesmerized
It’s not for school. It’s just something I’m __________.
fooling with
Nessa places her hand on top of mine. My knees ______, but ___________.
buckle; I catch myself
The first thing any writer will tell you, she says, is that ________________ is no way to ______________.
self-flagellation; get the juices flowing
self-flagellation means
the action of flogging oneself, especially as a form of religious discipline.
excessive criticism of oneself.
buckle means
bend and give way under pressure or strain.
“the earth buckled under the titanic stress”
beat off means
to succeed in winning or gaining something from an opponent
Virgin Airlines must beat off stiff competition to win the contract.
efforts to beat off their rivals
But if you can add that level of ____________ complexity to your villain, then your audience gets that much more invested. Of course you still want him to be _______________, but with an _____________ of allure.
enigmatic; menacing; undercurrent
Back in sixth grade, me and Michelle Audette almost got _________________ because we had this contest to see who could write the longest story by the end of the year.
held back
The Secret Psychic Princess Society, of course, Nessa ___________.
deadpans
deadpan means
say something amusing while affecting a serious manner.
It was such a blast. Well, until our parents got __________ an urgent conference with Mr. Provost.
called in for
And that’s when I get a crazy idea. It’s probably totally stupid and I’m undoubtedly ___________ some Cathy related abuse, but…
setting myself up for
Nessa stares at me. I can see the _______ turning behind her cat-green eyes.
cogs
cog
wheel in a machine that fits into the edge of another wheel or part and makes it turn
She’s either trying to figure out a polite way to turn me down or she’s weighing which ________ will be the most _______.
comeback; cutting
We are still mortal enemies, you and I. At least as far as the outside world is concerned. No hellos or __________________ at school, either, understand? I have a reputation to uphold.
acknowledgement
Kewl, she says again, and then _________ my room.
I’m staring at the open door–wondering what I’ve just gotten myself into–when my phone _____. I _______ my pocket and read the text from Evelyn: 6pm dnt 4get
slips out of; buzzes; tug it from
