chapter 3 Flashcards
The lunchroom is crammed with bodies and faces, none of which I can __________ sharp focus
bring into
They were like a pack of hungry cheetahs on a ___________ ibex
downed
monkery
monk·er·y ˈməNGkərē/Submit nounderogatory monasticism. a monastery.
make 3 sentences with loaded down with
carrying a lot of heavy things;
having a lot of responsibilities
Sean says nothing, just pretends to be studying today’s chow choices, which can lead to only one conclusion: he _________________ the verbal stoning
joined in on
If she’s your parner, it wouldn’t mean anything. You’re already a ______. People like to see the ______fall; they don’t try to __________ the homeless
plebe; greats; topple
Mom was working late again, so dinner was a _________________ affair, which meant Pop-Tarts for moi–and I traded breakfast for three slaps at the snooze button
fend-for-yourself affair
Miraculously everyone seems to be otherwise engaged. Could it be that the __________________ have shifted since this mornign
winds of luck
the only reason I know this is beacuase my father brought me to this ______ of sotres in the middle of nowhere to pick up some part for one of our sinks last year
strip
fend meaning
looking after and provide for oneself
I traded breakfast for three slaps ____ the snooze button
at
few and far between
few and far beˈtween not frequent; not happening often: Since her illness, the former Senator’s public appearances have been few and far between. ♢ Apartments for hire are few and far between in this part of town.
See also: and, far, few
Valerie appears out of nowhere holding a tray ___________________ a sald, a brownie, a cinnamon bun, and lemon meringue pie
loaded down with
If she were anyone elese, I’d think she was ________________________, but Matt says her whole family’s like that–her mom, dad, and her little brother, George–so it’s got to be lucky genes, plain and simple
yurking it all up
I grab a lukewarm, ________ dnkey burger, a chocolate chip cookie, and an apple juice, and _____ them down ____ my green tray
foil-wrapped; plunk down
grate on something
grate on someone
grate on (someone or something)
- To scrape or scratch against something. When you move the table, please make sure that the legs don’t grate on the floor.
- To be irritating or annoying. Her snarky comments are really starting to grate on me.
I turn to see Helen’s _______________ _____ face approaching
ponytail-pulled moon
make 3 sentences with summarily
in a summary manner, without customary formalities
Valerie says as she cuts her brownie into ________
quarters
lemming
lemming
A member of a crowd with no originality or voice of his own. One who speaks or repeats only what he has been told. A tool. A cretin.
“Ya think he’ll do it?”
“He’s a lemming, he’ll do anything he’s told.”
Meaning I’ll either have to lean in close to hear her, or ask her to repeat herself, bot hof which will _____ her standing her
draw more attention to
It’s a _____ plan, really. Matt’s already got a wife. If all the other girls in the school think he’s diseased, it shouldn’t matter one ____ to him
steller; pube
her eyes are __________ and _____, like she’s been crying all morning. Which she probably has
red-rimmed; puffy
make 3 sentences with polish off
polish something off
phrasal verb of polish
finish or consume something quickly.
“they polished off most of the sausages
someone shouts as a storm of buttery niblets ______________________
rains down on my head
everyone in our corner of the lunchroom–except Sean and Matt, who just grimace–crack__ up
cracks up (grammar)
Put it in your corn hole, Corn Dog! someone shouts as a stomr of ______________________ rains down on my head, hurled from somewhere ___________________ the wrestling team.
buttery niblets; in the general direction
Maybe it’s my imagination but she looks.. what? relieved? which makes me feel like a ________.
prize jerk.
He bites into his elephant-foot-trampled grilled cheese, which causes a _____________________ to ___________ the plastic it was once wrapped in. Even that looks good to me
trickle of oil; pitter-patter on
plebe
plebe
One who is considered to be inferior.
Derrived from "plebian," the working class of ancient Rome. Your unintelligable babbling has lead me to reguard you as a plebe.
It’s been almost two years since Helen’s hot dog habits were revealed. And that hasn’t ___________
ease one bit
You think you’ve _________? Guess who’s in my Math class
got it bad
I’m tempted to point out that we could have done this during class if she hadn’t ducked out, but I don’t trust Sean not to _____________ about the fact that I passed out soon after
pipe up
you can stop now, because we’ve already heard everything you’re going to say from your _________
man-clone
topple
topple verb UK /ˈtɒp.əl/ US /ˈtɑː.pəl/ topple verb (FALL) [ I or T ] to (cause to) lose balance and fall down:
The statue of the dictator was toppled (over) by the crowds.
The tree toppled and fell.
I unwarp my soggy burger, ______ the top bun and start ________________________________________________, drowning the gray patty.
peel off; squeezing ketchup pouches
An A in exchange for a semestre’s worth of ridicule, torment, finger-pointing, and being called Corn Dog Cooper? I say through a mouthful of burger. No thanks. Besides, who knows how long the _______________ could last
repercussions
make 3 sentences with topple
topple verb UK /ˈtɒp.əl/ US /ˈtɑː.pəl/ topple verb (FALL) [ I or T ] to (cause to) lose balance and fall down:
The statue of the dictator was toppled (over) by the crowds.
The tree toppled and fell.
Guess who’s in my Math class? Oh let me _______________. Tianna
take a stab
Only because it’s nice to see you _____ for a change. But if she was my partner I’d deal with it
squirm
overboard
overboard
[oh-ver-bawrd, -bohrd]
ExamplesWord Origin
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adverb
over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water:
to fall overboard.
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Idioms
go overboard, to go to extremes, especially in regard to approval or disapproval of a person or thing:
I think the critics went overboard in panning that new show.
Origin of overboard
before 1000; Middle English over bord, Old English ofer bord. See over, board
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Contemporary Examples
En route to California, he reportedly tossed his works of Lenin overboard, to avoid trouble from the U.S. authorities.
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Candidates like Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio “want to toss Republicans overboard.”
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But then he very skillfully and decisively throws Carrie overboard to protect the agency.
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“It went so overboard, it really seemed like there was another agenda,” he said.
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A suspicious Cal soon discovers his father was complicit in taking Richard out to sea and throwing him overboard.
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Historical Examples
The boy was next attacked-with threats of throwing him overboard.
Ned Myers
James Fenimore Cooper
I’ll throw him overboard before such a disgrace befall us or him.
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He would come, and we would heave him overboard, or get killed trying. Tom Sawyer, Detective Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
She had a deckload of it, and she’d heave it overboard every time the wind changed.
Cape Cod Stories
Joseph C. Lincoln
If ‘twas one of the hands I guess likely she’d have hove him overboard.
The Rise of Roscoe Paine
Joseph C. Lincoln
British Dictionary definitions for overboard
overboard
adverb
from on board a vessel into the water
go overboard informal
to be extremely enthusiastic
to go to extremes
throw overboard to reject or abandon
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Word Origin and History for overboard
adv.
“over the side of a ship,” Old English ofor bord, from over + bord “side of a ship” (see board (n.2)). Figurative sense of “excessively, beyond one’s means” (especially in phrase go overboard) first attested 1931 in Damon Runyon.
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Idioms and Phrases with overboard
overboard
see go overboard.
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give her the _________, Why shoud you have to suffer to
old boot to the belly
make 3 sentences with grate on something
to scrape or scratch against something
summarily
sum·mar·i·ly səˈmerəlē/Submit adverb in a summary manner; without the customary formalities. "she was summarily dismissed"
make 3 sentences with grate one someone
irritate or annoying
I am hoping she’ll just ____________ , but she stops right at the head of our table; her books hugged to her ______ sweatshirt-clad body
walk on by; bulky
I could go over there and try to find out who ________ at me, but really, what am I going to do if I figure out who it is? Offer up my ass to be _________ kicked?
chucked the corn; summarily
Dean the Machine Scragliano and Frank Hurkle turn and roar at each other as they _____________________.
slamp their chest together.
make 3 sentences with few and far between
not frequent
Forget about tagging any bases; I won’t even be _______________
warming the bench
But he can also be a throw-himself-on-the-grenade-for-you friend, which ______________________
are few and far between
stay out of it. I say. This doesn’t ______ you
_______, because you will make me do all the work
affect; does too
polish off
polish something off
phrasal verb of polish
finish or consume something quickly.
“they polished off most of the sausages”
got it bad
you got it bad
When it has been 36 years and you think of her every day. When you cry as you type this. When you see her in your mind’s eye, and she’s so young and beautiful in her jeans, with the pink belt. When you realise you can’t live without her, but it’s way too late for that
I was the one who wanted to split. And she did everything she could to drive me crazy. Till she could finally have the satisfaction of telling me: you got it bad
A club or a __________ or something. two birds with one stone, you know?
putter
Golf Town? she drowns.
Yeah, I say. It’s a golf shop. ______ Douglas.
out on
loaded down with
if you are loaded down with a lot of heavy things, you are carrying them
She was loaded down with luggage.
niblet
nib·let
ˈniblit/Submit
nountrademark
a small piece of food, in particular a kernel of corn.
repercussion
re·per·cus·sion
ˌrēpərˈkəSHən,ˌrepərˈkəSHən/Submit
noun
plural noun: repercussions
1.
an unintended consequence occurring some time after an event or action, especially an unwelcome one.
“the move would have grave repercussions for the entire region”
synonyms: consequence(s), result(s), effect(s), outcome; More
touchdown celebration
ouchdown celebrations are sometimes performed after the scoring of a touchdown in American football. Individual celebrations have become increasingly complex over time, from simple “spiking” of the football in decades past to the elaborately choreographed displays of the current era.
What are you going to do? Matt asks, _____________ a chicken strip
sinking his teeth into
plunk down
intransitive verb. : to drop abruptly : settle into position. transitive verb.
That’s totally awesome, Sean says as we wait ________________.
in the cafeteria line
I ____ the brilliant lady with my own piece of brownie. Maybe Matt being so _______ isn’t such a bad thing after all
toast; whipped
