chapter 22 Flashcards
Her brother is __________________ their deadbeat dad using his Navy SEal skills. He’s got an entire WarGames ________ in his bedroom.
tracking down; setup
The three of us are _______________ my family room for our casting session. We’ve ________________ all of my pets into the other rooms.
setting up; corralled
corral means
gather together and confine (a group of people or things).
“the organizers were corralling the crowd into marching formation”
synonyms:
get, capture, collect, pick up, round up
“she corralled some new volunteers”
We’ve corralled all of my pets into the other rooms, and now we’re busy ___________________ snacks and drinks picking up __________________ of dogs, cat, and ferret hair, and moving furniture around to create an _____________.
putting out; stray tufts; audition space
That’s fucked up, dawg, Coop says, unwrapping Twinkies and Ding Dongs and _____________________________ a plate.
laying them out neatly on
The Seals are like the _____________ the military.
ninjas of
Matt ______ cans of soda on the coffee table. What’s he gonna do when he finds him?
lines up
He’s a Navy Seal, Matt, Coop says, they are __________________.
trained in torture
They like to ______guys’ meats ______ car batteries and then _____ them ____ water.
hook; up to; douse; with
Oh God, I say, my own junk _______________ inside me.
turtling up
They’ll also tie a dude’s hands to the arms of a chair and drive bamboo ________ under his fingernails.
splints
After that, they’ll put a scorpion-filled _________ _____ his head so that the bus can ______ the shit out of his eyeballs.
potato sack over; sting
Jesus Christ, would you shut the hell up? My stomach ______ and ________.
bucks and lurches
Would you please shut the hell up? My stomach bucks and lurches.
What? Coop shrugs. I’m just trying to let you know wht you are ___________.
up against
He showed me his gun, for shit’s sake.
Really? Coop waggles his eyebrows. Flashed you the _________________________, did he?
old pants pistol
A real gun, douche bag. He took the _____ out, handed it to me, and made me aim it at the ______________ of his father that he has _______________ on a dartboard.
clip; eighty-by-ten; tacked up
clip means
a box of bullets
tack up means
To post something with or as if with a tack: I tacked up a poster of my favorite band. The teacher tacked the best students’ essays up on the wall.
How did it feel? I can still sense the ______ of the pistol in the palm of my hand. Like he was sending me a message: Stay with Evelyn and we’re ____________________. But break up with her and ____________________.
heft; bosom brothers; all bets are off
It means that if you broke up with Evelyn, then we wouldn’t __________ her super-chillicious video camera.
have use of
It means that if you broke up with Evelyn, then we wouldn’t have use of her ________________ video camera.
super-chillicious
chillicious has the qualities of…
badass#chill#delicious#tasty#quality
And then we have to ________ Unc’s entire grand _____ equipment instead of ________ all the cash ____ on the screen.
blow; on; splashing up on
Think of it as an ____________. You _______ with Evelyn for a couple of months while we make a kick-ass movie.
opportunity presented; play house
There is one other thing. She wants to be in the film. And not just a ________. She wants to be _____.
cameo; lead
Coop ________. Fine with me.
lip-farts
Coop lip-fats. Fine with me. If _____ wants to run around all topless, her __________ splattered in fake blood, being chased everywhere by vampanzees, far e it from me to stop her.
girlie; chesticles
If girlie wants to run around all topless, her chesticles ____________ fake blood, being chased everywhere by vampanzes, ____________ to stop her. It’s one less warm body we need to recruit.
splattered in; far be it from me
I seriously doubt she’s going to agree to _______, I say.
do nudity
Hey didn’t you get anything diet?
The girls will just have to _________.
make do
I don’t want to be on the cover of the National Enquirer as a ___________________________ or a ______________________.
cellulite nightmare; sloppy celebrity.
Matt tilts his head to read the label–Sally Gregg? A little girly don’t cha think?_______________________, Coop says. If you must know, I borrowed this from Angela.
this from the talking vagina
He turns and __________________. Because I know how to take advantage of an opportunity when I see it. Which is what all the most successful people do. He uncaps the drink with a loud pop.
narrows his eyes at me
Enjoy that. Matt stifle a laugh before grabbing a handful of chips. ______________________, dawgs. Coop says. Just wait until you catch sight of the _______, sexier Coop________ on the cover of Details.
chuckle away; sleeker; -meister
-meister means
2)Suffix applied to a noun and refering to an intelligent being to demonstrate dominion or proficiency of that being in a given area.
“Bob got us front-row seats for the game! He be the f*cking ticket-meister dawg!”
“If you be looking fo some action, talk to Smoove coz he da biatch-meister ´round he’e”
He runs his hands down his ________ body. Then we’ll see who’s all ______________.
rounded; green and grudging
grudging means
Given, granted, or allowed only reluctantly or resentfully.
‘a grudging apology’
He _______________ his rounded body. Then we’ll see who’s all green and grudging.
runs his hand down
For emphasis, Coop takes a sip of his shake–leaving a _________________________ pink mustache on his upper lip.
decidedly unsexy
Hello? A female voice ________ the front door. Is this where the casting session is?
calls from
Matt’s jaw hangs open as he _____________________ and flops down onto it.
backs himself into the couch
Matt’s jaw hangs open as he backs himself into the couch and ________________.
flops down onto it
She’s wearing high heels and a ____________ charcoal-gray sweater dress that expertly ______________________ her bodacious body, magically highlighting her world-class, perfectly ___________.
form-fitting; hugs every curve of; pert pooters
form-fitting means
A form-fitting garment is an article of clothing that tightly follows the contours of the part of the body being covered. Most form-fitting clothing is worn by females.
pert means
If you say that someone has, for example, a pert bottom or nose, you mean that it is quite small and neat, and you think it is attractive.
All that i can ______________ is the occasional sore wrist.
blame her for
It’s odd how she can manage to make you forget how truly evil she is simply by ________ her long hair and _________ her totem-pole-inducing hips.
flipping; canting
Are you funking kidding me ? You _______________.
wankjobs
he’s acting all confident and _____________, but his _______________ is completely undermined by the strawberry milkshake mustache he’s ________.
producer; bravado; sporting
Thanks, but no, thanks. Prudence ______________ and starts to leave.
turns on her heel
I can’t believe Coop thinks this is a good idea. Prudence is Helen’s _____________________. The girl who started al the hot-dog rumors back in eighth grade.
mortal nemesis
Matt and I look at him like he’s nuts, but he doesn’t even ______________ us.
acknowledge us
He glances at us, the streak of pink ________ drying and cracking under his nose.
pastel
Procudence laughs. Yeah, you’re looking like a real pro there, Milkstache. She ___________.
taps her lip.
So you’ve done some acting before?
Oh sure. She gives him the ________________. In fact, I am acting right now. Like I don’t want to ______________.
slow burn; scratch your eyes out
slow burns means
- informal
a state of slowly mounting anger or annoyance.
“the medical community’s shrugging acceptance is fueling a slow burn among women”
Die, reject. Prudence ______________ and storms out of the room
flips us off
Oh yeah, I will show you classy. He ____________ Matt and ____________ the couch. Before Matt can squirm away, Coop sits right on his head. Payback is a dirty little whore, Matthew.
dives on; pins him to
Matt’s face is all _______________ and red, his lips puckered like a fish. Get the hell off me, he ___________ , his voice _______ by Coop’s ass.
squished up; gripes, muffled
gripe means
informal
express a complaint or grumble about something, especially something trivial.
“they gripe about the busywork”
Just one second. Coop scrunches up his eyes, then lets go ______ a surprisingly loud _________________________, which makes me totally lose it
with; sputtering pants blaster
Goddamn it! Matt ________________________ and leaps up, rubbing at his face like crazy.
heaves Coop off of him
Matt looks totally pissed. He shoots Coop a sky-high ____________, which just makes me crack up even more.
figure salute
Hold that thought. I will be right back. He quickly ______________ toward the bathroom, his hand clenching the back of his pants.
shuffles off toward
My stomach hurts, I’m laughing so hard. Tears ____________ my squeeqed-shut eyes.
trickle out of
