Chapter 3 A Flashcards

1
Q

I think of Will. I blink Cabo fading away as the barren trees outside my window ___________

A

Swing into view

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2
Q

I pull at the shoulder of the vest so it doesn’t _____ my bony ________

A

Rub into; collarbone

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3
Q

I start to say, looking over at Barb and holding up my hand to pause the conversation as I cough up a _____ of mucus

A

Wad

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4
Q

WE fell silent except for the _____ of the machine, the vest vibrating away

A

Chugging

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5
Q

I _____ his contact info and almost press the green call button on my phone

A

Tap on

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6
Q

My eyes _______ the next morning and I look for what woke me, seein my phone vibrating bodily on the floor, having ______ off the table

A

Shoot open; free-fallen

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7
Q

I squint at the ______milkshake glasses and ______ of empty chocolate pudding cups taking up practically the entire space. No wonder the phone fell of.

A

Drained; mounds

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8
Q

If we are 60 percent water, I am _________ the remaining 40 percent being pudding`

A

Closing in on

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9
Q

I groan, reaching over the bed to grab my phone, my G-tube _____ with the stretch

A

Burning

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10
Q

I put a bigger ____ of the ointment on it, hoping that will clear it up,

A

Glob

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11
Q

I grin hitting the nurse-call button by my bed. Julie’s friendly voice ________ the speaker

A

Crackles through

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12
Q

The time on my lap read 9:0 am, and I pull the med cart closer, looking at the color-coded _______ I laid out yesterday.

A

clumps

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13
Q

His face appears on the screen as he puts his _______ glasses over his tired eyes.

A

thick-rim

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14
Q

You need a sahve, I say, ______ the unusal stubble covering his chin

A

taking in

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15
Q

You need a shave, I say, taking in the unusal ______ covering his chin

A

stubble

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16
Q

He chuckles, rubbing his ______ chin. You need new lungs. ______________

A

new lungs; Mic drop

17
Q

How was the gig?

He shurgs. ____, you know

A

Eh

18
Q

I nod, swallowing to confirm that the _____ in my thorat has started to subside

A

rawness

19
Q

He gives me a ____ before the chat ends

A

salute