chapter 2 Flashcards
I can’t believe we’re already _____________________ the humiliation lottery and it’s only third period on the first day back to school
being subjected to
EAch couple will get to research a specialized health topic, after which we will–as a pair of ___________ experts–rpesent our findings to the class by “Teaching” everyone what we’ve learned
studied-up
It’s a ___________________________ if you ask me. Sounds like a way for our Health teacher to get out of doing her job.
big old diaper load
When I brought this up to Mrs. Turris–in not so manyc words–she just laughed and said, Cooper REdmond, you rascal, you’ve _________________________.
found me out
find someone out
find someone out
phrasal verb of find
1.
detect a person’s offensive or immoral actions.
“she would always find him out if he tried to lie”
make 3 sentences with find someone out
e.g.
But we are talking about being _______________ to a person for three solid months–in and out of class.
shackled
It’s rare you get four o the school’s hottest girls in one class, which I take as a ______________ for the year.
solid omen
The papers make a ______________________ as Mrs. Turris unfolds them.
rustling
All the kids in the classroom snicker.
Andy winces.
NIck’s head ________
Class _____ meet __________.
drops; assbag; cabbage boy
assbag
a complete asshole. someone who sucks really really bad and doesnt give 2 shits about other people
cabbage
Cabbage
To be like a vegetable, one who has no brain nor cognitive thinking patterns.
To procrastinate or be lazy.
To chill out like fat people.
Instead of going to class, Jason “Cabbaged” all day.
Or
Beth didn’t give the guy a working number because of the stains on his shirt and he looked like a “cabbage”.
The first pairing has been decided, and already two of the biggest ____________________ have been awarded. And to each other. Which is ________
booby prizes; classic
classic
classic adjective (EXTREMELY FUNNY/BAD)
informal extremely or unusually funny, bad, or annoying:
Then she fell over backwards into the flowerbed - it was absolutely classic!
That was classic! That van-driver signalled right, and then turned left.
make 3 sentences with class
extremely funny/bad
Andy Bennett–besides the fact that he’s been desperately trying to grow a mustache for the last two years–is that he likes to _____ Jell-O cubes at all the babes and can’t understand why this move doesn’t make them lie down naked _______.
spit; at his feet
He might not even be such as terrible guy, but you just can’t _______ him long enough to find out
hang with
Mrs. Turris ________ a curly blonde ________ her forehead
brushes; lock
She grabs the nearby yellow shoebox and blindly _______ and index card from it. _______________________________ Alcohol
plucks; drum roll please.
I did a few _________ of research on that very subject this past weekend, Andy ______, running his hand down the baby beard he’s ______________.
pints; quips; sprouting on his chin
quip
quip kwip/Submit noun plural noun: quips 1. a witty remark. synonyms: joke, witty remark, witticism, jest, pun, bon mot, sally, pleasantry; More verb
make 3 sentences with quip
a witty remark; joke
Personally, I don’t _______________________ what subject I get.
give two turds
Mrs. Turris _____ her ______ back into the blue shoebox and draws two more names.
dips; paw
Sean Hance and Matthew Gratoon.
Matt and Sean __________________ The bastards
fist bump
They both turn to me and make apologetic faces. I give them a __________________________.
shit-happens shrug
It would have been _____________ to work with Matt
stagg
stagg
STAGG STYLE+SWAGG=STAGG Jerome:Man my stagg is outta this world Billy: Yea dude, where'd u get them shoes from #stag#shoes#lol#outta this world#holla
I’d rather get one of the lovely ladies anyway.
I ________________ Prudence Nash–her soft brown hair framing her Victoria’s Secret-model face
lean over to
I give her a _____________________ as Mrs. Turris rummages in her drawer for a new writing implement.
sly head tilt
Prudence whips around and gives me the _______
slow burn
slow burn
an insult that doesn’t sink in for awhile.
When Jasmine figured out that slow burn comment from the girl at the bar, she was so pissed.
He’s an idiot, you can say any sort of shit to his face and it’ll be a slow burn. He won’t figure it out for days.
Matt’s and Sean’s life-is-great expressions suddenly ______.
sour
scab
scab skab/Submit verb gerund or present participle: scabbing 1. become encrusted or covered with a scab or scabs. "she rested her scabbed fingers on his arm" 2. act or work as a scab.
Not exactly a car for Christmas, is it, fellas?
My cheeks start to ___________, but I _______
tug a smile, wrest control
Gina Lagotta and Kelly West, she calls out.
Jesus Christ. Two more of my ______________ paired up with each other
prospects
bodacious
bo·da·cious ˌbōˈdāSHəs/Submit adjectiveNORTH AMERICANinformal excellent, admirable, or attractive. "the restaurant serves bodacious grilled lobster" US audacious in a way considered admirable.
primo
primo
Of the best quality.
Scott’s tattoos are primo!!!!
make 3 sentences with primo
of the best quality
I smile at PRudence to let her know she’s still my number one. Waggle the eyebrows.
Prudence’s hand ________________
rockets into the air
How about you wait unti we see who your partner is, so you two can schedule a time to meet Then you can go to the nurse.
Prudence ___________________ and crosses her arms
huffs
Beyond the two _________________, all the other potentials are ____________ at best.
choice babes left; bottom feeders
blowage
Blowage
Something upsetting, from previous sayings like that blows mines
Someone and/or something can be a blowage.
make 3 sentences with blowage
something upsetting
Andyone except Justin “Stoned SEnseless” Sneep. I’d end up having to do all the work, which would be a giant ________________
sack of blowage
Come to think of it if I wind up working with Prudence or Brote, I’ll probably have to do the whole project myself as well. Although if they’d be willing to _____________________, it might not be so bad
work out an appropriate barter system
Still I think I should have a plan B. So I’ not sompletely devastated if I _________________________ my first tier of partners
lose out on
Preferably someone who’s so ________________________ being paried with me and my slothfulways that they’ll take up the lion’s share
concerned about
Dam it It’s like I am sinking in _____________________ and all my ____________________ keep ________
quicksand; lifelines; ___________
life lines
life·line
ˈlīfˌlīn/Submit
noun
1.
a rope or line used for life-saving, typically one thrown to rescue someone in difficulties in water or one used by sailors to secure themselves to a boat.
2.
a thing on which someone or something depends or which provides a means of escape from a difficult situation.
“fertility treatment can seem like a lifeline to childless couples”
That’s okay, Prudence says, ______ me a screw-you smirk. I feel much better
tossing
It’s the _________ we do. LIk birds before they mate. She hates me now, but someday soon, at some party or something, she’ll ______________ the Cooper charm
succumb to
and we will fall into each other’s arms , _________________ like a couple of horny people
making out
And then, finally I’ll get a full view of the serpent tatoo that ___________________________ the ________ of her back; the one I’ve only gotten _________________________ when she squats to pick something up ____ the floor and her low-rise jeans _______________
snakes down the small; teasing glances of; off; rides just a little lower
small of your back
the small of your back
the middle of the lower back:
I have a pain in the small of my back.
Mrs. Turris reads out Sam’s and Prudence’s topic but it doesn’t _______. I am still ________ prudence’s tatoo
register; stuck on
Ok I may _________.
yurp
yurp
yurp
to say yes, to be in agreement with
when asked if she was female, the woman said, “yurp.”
#yes#sure#of course#chyeah#yeah
I’ve pretty much given up tring to ___________________. My Jedi mind control is obviously on the fritz today
will the outcome of this
My Jedi mind control is obviously ________________ today
on the fritz
on the fritz
The phrase is now a common American expression meaning that some mechanism is malfunctioning or broken: “The washing machine’s on the fritz again” (the British and Australian equivalent would be on the blink). However, when it first appeared — about 1902 — it onmeant that something was in a bad way or bad
I don’t even care who I get ________________ anymore
twinned up with
Sure I need to pass to graduate but how hard is it going to ___________________ a D-plus?
swing
Toss me Tara ten-chins with the wandering eye and steel-wool _________
mullet
Here we go, people. I maintain my chillaxed pose: _______________________, one arm _______ carelessly ______ the back of my chair
slouching posture; dangling; over
Mrs. Turris does an on-purpose, _________________, __________________ delay
anticipation-inducing, Academy Awards-y
Whatever. Let her have her fun.
Nothing can ________ at this point
faze
faze
faze fāz/Submit verbinformal disturb or disconcert (someone). "she was not fazed by his show of anger"
make 3 sentences witht faze
disturb or disconcert
Excet.
Maybe.
That.
The class ____________
bursts with laughter.
HOt dog helen? ARe you _______ me?
twisting
My skin _________________ with heat and my head ________________, but I keep my face blank. Need to be __________. can’t appear weak
prickles; swims; caszh
Prudence has her hand ____________ over her mouth.
clasped
They are trying to be all sympathetic, but I can see both of them ______________
stifling laughs
mug
informal
make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera.
“he mugged for the camera”
I turn around and find Helen, who’s skim-milk skin has gone ____________ with clouds of pink.
blotchy
pretending the hysteria has nothign to do with the fact that she’s the school’s most ____________
taunted pariah
pariah
pa·ri·ah pəˈrīə/Submit noun 1. an outcast. "they were treated as social pariahs" synonyms: outcast, persona non grata, leper, undesirable, unperson, nonperson; More 2. historical
make 3 sentences with pariah
an outcast
her voice is distorted and ___________________ as she reads my conviction
timpani-low
timpani
im·pa·ni
ˈtimpənē/Submit
noun
kettledrums, especially when played by one musician in an orchestra.
The room erupts in a nuclear explosion of ________________
whoops and howls
I can only catch _________________ of their jeers
snippets
The last thing I see is Helen, books ____________ to her chest, fleeing the classroom
clutched
