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chapter 2 Flashcards

1
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I can’t believe we’re already _____________________ the humiliation lottery and it’s only third period on the first day back to school

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being subjected to

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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

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studied-up

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It’s a ___________________________ if you ask me. Sounds like a way for our Health teacher to get out of doing her job.

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big old diaper load

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When I brought this up to Mrs. Turris–in not so manyc words–she just laughed and said, Cooper REdmond, you rascal, you’ve _________________________.

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found me out

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find someone out

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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”

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make 3 sentences with find someone out

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e.g.

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But we are talking about being _______________ to a person for three solid months–in and out of class.

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shackled

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It’s rare you get four o the school’s hottest girls in one class, which I take as a ______________ for the year.

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solid omen

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The papers make a ______________________ as Mrs. Turris unfolds them.

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rustling

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All the kids in the classroom snicker.
Andy winces.
NIck’s head ________
Class _____ meet __________.

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drops; assbag; cabbage boy

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assbag

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a complete asshole. someone who sucks really really bad and doesnt give 2 shits about other people

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cabbage

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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”.

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The first pairing has been decided, and already two of the biggest ____________________ have been awarded. And to each other. Which is ________

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booby prizes; classic

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classic

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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.

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make 3 sentences with class

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extremely funny/bad

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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 _______.

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spit; at his feet

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He might not even be such as terrible guy, but you just can’t _______ him long enough to find out

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hang with

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Mrs. Turris ________ a curly blonde ________ her forehead

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brushes; lock

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She grabs the nearby yellow shoebox and blindly _______ and index card from it. _______________________________ Alcohol

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plucks; drum roll please.

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I did a few _________ of research on that very subject this past weekend, Andy ______, running his hand down the baby beard he’s ______________.

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pints; quips; sprouting on his chin

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quip

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quip
kwip/Submit
noun
plural noun: quips
1.
a witty remark.
synonyms:	joke, witty remark, witticism, jest, pun, bon mot, sally, pleasantry; More
verb
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make 3 sentences with quip

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a witty remark; joke

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Personally, I don’t _______________________ what subject I get.

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give two turds

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Mrs. Turris _____ her ______ back into the blue shoebox and draws two more names.

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dips; paw

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Sean Hance and Matthew Gratoon.

Matt and Sean __________________ The bastards

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fist bump

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They both turn to me and make apologetic faces. I give them a __________________________.

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shit-happens shrug

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It would have been _____________ to work with Matt

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stagg

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stagg

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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
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I’d rather get one of the lovely ladies anyway.

I ________________ Prudence Nash–her soft brown hair framing her Victoria’s Secret-model face

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lean over to

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I give her a _____________________ as Mrs. Turris rummages in her drawer for a new writing implement.

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sly head tilt

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Prudence whips around and gives me the _______

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slow burn

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slow burn

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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.

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Matt’s and Sean’s life-is-great expressions suddenly ______.

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sour

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scab

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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.
35
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Not exactly a car for Christmas, is it, fellas?

My cheeks start to ___________, but I _______

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tug a smile, wrest control

36
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Gina Lagotta and Kelly West, she calls out.

Jesus Christ. Two more of my ______________ paired up with each other

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prospects

37
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bodacious

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bo·da·cious
ˌbōˈdāSHəs/Submit
adjectiveNORTH AMERICANinformal
excellent, admirable, or attractive.
"the restaurant serves bodacious grilled lobster"
US
audacious in a way considered admirable.
38
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primo

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primo
Of the best quality.
Scott’s tattoos are primo!!!!

39
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make 3 sentences with primo

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of the best quality

40
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I smile at PRudence to let her know she’s still my number one. Waggle the eyebrows.
Prudence’s hand ________________

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rockets into the air

41
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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

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huffs

42
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Beyond the two _________________, all the other potentials are ____________ at best.

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choice babes left; bottom feeders

43
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blowage

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Blowage
Something upsetting, from previous sayings like that blows mines
Someone and/or something can be a blowage.

44
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make 3 sentences with blowage

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something upsetting

45
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Andyone except Justin “Stoned SEnseless” Sneep. I’d end up having to do all the work, which would be a giant ________________

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sack of blowage

46
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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

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work out an appropriate barter system

47
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Still I think I should have a plan B. So I’ not sompletely devastated if I _________________________ my first tier of partners

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lose out on

48
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Preferably someone who’s so ________________________ being paried with me and my slothfulways that they’ll take up the lion’s share

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concerned about

49
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Dam it It’s like I am sinking in _____________________ and all my ____________________ keep ________

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quicksand; lifelines; ___________

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life lines

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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”

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That’s okay, Prudence says, ______ me a screw-you smirk. I feel much better

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tossing

52
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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

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succumb to

53
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and we will fall into each other’s arms , _________________ like a couple of horny people

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making out

54
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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 _______________

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snakes down the small; teasing glances of; off; rides just a little lower

55
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small of your back

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the small of your back
​
the middle of the lower back:

I have a pain in the small of my back.

56
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Mrs. Turris reads out Sam’s and Prudence’s topic but it doesn’t _______. I am still ________ prudence’s tatoo

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register; stuck on

57
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Ok I may _________.

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yurp

58
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yurp

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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

59
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I’ve pretty much given up tring to ___________________. My Jedi mind control is obviously on the fritz today

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will the outcome of this

60
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My Jedi mind control is obviously ________________ today

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on the fritz

61
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on the fritz

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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

62
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I don’t even care who I get ________________ anymore

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twinned up with

63
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Sure I need to pass to graduate but how hard is it going to ___________________ a D-plus?

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swing

64
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Toss me Tara ten-chins with the wandering eye and steel-wool _________

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mullet

65
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Here we go, people. I maintain my chillaxed pose: _______________________, one arm _______ carelessly ______ the back of my chair

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slouching posture; dangling; over

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Mrs. Turris does an on-purpose, _________________, __________________ delay

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anticipation-inducing, Academy Awards-y

67
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Whatever. Let her have her fun.

Nothing can ________ at this point

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faze

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faze

A 
faze
fāz/Submit
verbinformal
disturb or disconcert (someone).
"she was not fazed by his show of anger"
69
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make 3 sentences witht faze

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disturb or disconcert

70
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Excet.
Maybe.
That.
The class ____________

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bursts with laughter.

71
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HOt dog helen? ARe you _______ me?

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twisting

72
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My skin _________________ with heat and my head ________________, but I keep my face blank. Need to be __________. can’t appear weak

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prickles; swims; caszh

73
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Prudence has her hand ____________ over her mouth.

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clasped

74
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They are trying to be all sympathetic, but I can see both of them ______________

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stifling laughs

75
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mug

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informal
make faces, especially silly or exaggerated ones, before an audience or a camera.
“he mugged for the camera”

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I turn around and find Helen, who’s skim-milk skin has gone ____________ with clouds of pink.

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blotchy

77
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pretending the hysteria has nothign to do with the fact that she’s the school’s most ____________

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taunted pariah

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pariah

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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
79
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make 3 sentences with pariah

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an outcast

80
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her voice is distorted and ___________________ as she reads my conviction

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timpani-low

81
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timpani

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im·pa·ni
ˈtimpənē/Submit
noun
kettledrums, especially when played by one musician in an orchestra.

82
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The room erupts in a nuclear explosion of ________________

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whoops and howls

83
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I can only catch _________________ of their jeers

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snippets

84
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The last thing I see is Helen, books ____________ to her chest, fleeing the classroom

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clutched

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