Chapter 30 Flashcards
Leyna plucks the black _____________ off Mr. Nestman’s desk.
blindfold
If this were anyone but Leyna, I would be making every excuse in the book to _________.
beg off
But I am her __________________, and I would battle the entire evil Empire for her.
devoted Jedi
Mr. Nestman has offered a prize–a ten-dollar gift card _____ DeLuca’s Coffee Corner–to the first team that can successfully navigate the entire path without touching a single object.
to
5 teams have tried so far and only one of them–the surprising ________________ of Douchebag Dan and Voluptuous Victoria–has made it even halfway through.
tandem
We can do this, Leyna says, _______________________ with her intense gaze.
draw me in
I breathe deep to try and ____________________ in my lungs
calm the nervous flutter
There’s a wonderful toasted-almondy-sweet-honey scent ______________ Leyna.
coming off of
I find myself ____________________ her. It takes all of my willpower not to bury my nose in the _________ of Leyna’s neck and fill up on her wonderful smell.
teetering toward; nape
teetering
move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth.
“she teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals”
It takes all of my willpower not to bury my nose in the nape of Leyna’s neck and ____________________ her wonderful smell.
fill up on
It’s not until I hear the ___________ and _______ of the obstacles being moved around the room that I’m startled _________ my scent-induced trance.
scraping; shuffling; from
Giving me a victory embrace. Maybe even a ___________________ kiss as we’re caught up in the moment.
congratulatory
I can sense Leyna moving toward me even before she’s there . I hold up my hands and feel her tenderly pressing her fingertips into the __________ of mine.
soft pads
Her touch is so light and tingly. LIke she’s emitting these ___________________.
miniscule sparks
She lightly ________ her fingers _____ mine, waking up every last nerve in my fingertips.
swirls; against
Holy moly. That’s crazy. My head starts to spin. My breath _____________.
catches in my throat
I shift my weight and start imagining Klaus, our one hundred and fifty pound Rottweiler, squatting and ________________________________ a ginormous ________________.
squeezing off; mound of duke
Me having to bag that monster. The soft squishy warmth of it in my fist. The ___________ in my palm
heft of it
And the foul beefy stench of it _____________________ my nostrils.
wafting up to
Gugg. I nearly make myself ___. But at least it does the trick. Starting now
yak
She leads me this way and that, raising her hands in the air when she wants me to step over something, ________________ when she wants me to move toward her, _________________ when she needs me to back away.
closing her fingers; spreading them out
I don’t know how I figured out her silent sign language, but it seems to be working, because I haven’t _________________ any of the objects yet.
knocked into
I’m still not sure if it’s a subtle perfume or her lip balm or just her natural cent, but it’s attracting me like a hummingbird to _______.
nectar
Leyna guides me to the left, and I hear the entire class _________.
gasp
and then i hear Leyna _________________ just as the class breaks into _________ and _________.
screams with joy; whoops and cheers
I take a few more steps this way and another turn to the left, and then I hear Leyna scream with joy just as the class ____________________ whoops and cheers.
breaks into
Mr. Nestman takes his ________________ brown leather wallet from his back pocket, plucks a DeLuca’s gift card out, and hands it to Leyna.
well-worn
So, how’s the _________________ come along? Have we made any decisions yet?
casting
WEll, don’t give me too big a part. Third or fourth ______ should be fine. I want to keep myself available to help with the directing and rewrites.
lead
I am a professional actors, and I do have other ______________________________________.
irons in the fire
Excellent. He clasps me on the shoulder. Just let me know when you have some scenes you’d like to workshop in class and I’ll make it happen. And __________ ,the bell rings, sending everyone scrambling for their shoes.
on that
level up
level up
phrasal verb of level
- Gaming
(especially in a role-playing game) progress to the next level.
“you can collect runes and use them as you level up to increase the power of your weapons”
I turn around to see her standing _____, _____________ her books ___ her chest.
stiffly; strangling; to
WE did it! She ____ my blindfold ____ and gives me a big hug.
whips off
Just let me know when you have some scenes you'd like to workshop in class and I'll make it happen. And \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, the bell rings, sending everyone scrambling for their shoes.
on that
stand someone up
stand someone up
phrasal verb of stand
- informal
fail to keep an appointment with a boyfriend or girlfriend.
I’d _________ Slave Leia herself if it meant going on a date with Princess Leyna.
stand up
