Chapter 31 Flashcards
Singing us up ____ couples cliff diving?
for
Oh, snuggy bear! I’m so relieved! Evelyn _____________ my arms and breaks into ________________, trembling and ________ against me.
crumples into; heaving sobs; snuffling
I am gonna __________________ so she can never ogle someone else’s boyfriend like that ever again.
scratch her eyes out
I force myself to ______ her rheumy red-eyed ______.
hold; gaze
But then–as if God knows this chick is ____________ and wants to throw me a _______________–a memory pops into my head.
bonkers; life preserver
D you swear on your down there? It’s the only way I’ll know if you’re telling the truth. No guy wants his… ___________________ to stop working.
thingamabob
rheumy
rheum·y
ˈro͞omē/
adjective
adjective: rheumy; comparative adjective: rheumier; superlative adjective: rheumiest
(especially of the eyes) full of rheum; watery.
Oh, but I can see she’s as serious as a _____________________________ pointed at my head.
.44 Magnum
I can’t imagine what Evelyn’s idea of being nice _____________.
entails
Should I just let her ____________ the love of my life away? I don’t think so.
snatch
What am I supposed to do? Sit by and watch as she steals you away? She gets __________________________________, releasing her Swiss cheesy smell like an angered skunk.
right up in my grill
a large _____ saliva bubble inflating on her teeth.
mucusy
glom on
to become firmly attached to something
hotsy totsy
hotsy totsy a mid-20th century US term for a high-class hottie
turns on me
to attack or criticize someone suddenly: He suddenly turned on me and accused me of not supporting him when he needed it
Evelyn grabs my arm and glares at me, a furious purple vein ___________________________.
pulsing in her forehead
On your-her gaze _________ my crotch down there
falls to
If she wanted me to _____________ anything else–my arm, my nose, my brain–I’d just go ahead and do it. No question.
swear on
Evelyn ______________ my shoulder, then lifts her head to look at me.
drags her nose
Evelyn stops dead _____________________ and turns on me.
in her tracks
she cranes her head back and _____________ the gooey gelatinous drip that hang precariously from her nostril.
sniffs up
thingamabob
something that is hard to classify or whose name is unknown or forgotten
Evelyn __________ in her tracks and turns on me.
stop dead
It’s a more dramatic _____________________ than anything I’ve seen in drama class. I’m so sorry. I totally ______________. Can you ever forgive me?
personality switch; schmucked up
home wrecker
home·wreck·er ˈhōmˌrekər/ nouninformal noun: home-wrecker a person who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, especially due to having engaged in an affair with one member of a couple. "she was accused of being a homewrecker"
Love of her life? My _____ shrivels.
junk
up in one’s grill
up in (one's) grill Definitions include: in one's personal space.
ogle
verb
verb: ogle; 3rd person present: ogles; past tense: ogled; past participle: ogled; gerund or present participle: ogling
1.
stare at in a lecherous manner.
“he was ogling her breasts”
synonyms:
leer at, stare at, eye, make eyes at, check out; More
I pat her back tentatively, as the __________ warmth of her snot and tears ______________ my shirt. It’s fine. There’s nothing to forgive.
clammy; soak through
Evelyn stops dead in her tracks and ___________.
turns on me
I turn and hurry down the hall, shaking off the __________.
ickiness
She gets right up in my grill, releasing her Swiss cheesy smell like an ________________.
angered skunk
She ______ her head back and sniffs up the gooey gelatinous drip that hangs precariously from her nostril.
cranes
in one’s tracks
Of one’s own tracks, in the location one occupies at a given moment in time. We were all frozen in our tracks at the sight of the mountain lion. It looks like the reigning champions have been stopped in their tracks in this year’s tournament.
Yes, I say, trying to keep my expression _________.
earnest
She leans in and _______________ one her her patented Miss Universe death-grip hugs.
administers
I force myself to hold her _________ red-eyed gaze.
rheumy
What are you talking about? I say, ______________ all of my drama skills to try to sound completely ignorant.
calling on
What’s her name? I’m gonna have nick do some digging. _________________. See what kind of _________ she is.
tail her a bit; home wrecker
I take a deep breath to try and bring my heart rate back from the ____________________.
stratosphere
She wasn’t–my mouth has gone ____________, making it hard to get my words out
cottony
Evelyn grabs my head and practically gives me a _______________ with her tongue before pulling away with a sloppy _______.
tonsillectomy; smack
she cranes her head back and sniffs up the _____________________ that hangs precariously from her nostril.
gooey gelatinous drip
Tell me you didn’t see her slowly _____________ your pants _________.
unzipping; with her gaze
On your–her gaze falls to my ______________ down there/
crotch
I pat her back ______________, as the clammy warmth of her snot and tears soak through my shirt. It’s fine. There’s nothing to forgive.
tentatively
stratosphere
strat·o·sphere
ˈstradəˌsfir/
noun
noun: stratosphere
the layer of the earth’s atmosphere above the troposphere, extending to about 32 miles (50 km) above the earth’s surface (the lower boundary of the mesosphere).
informal
the very highest levels of a profession or other sphere, or of prices or other quantities.
“her next big campaign launched her into the fashion stratosphere”
She leans in and administers one of her ________________.
patented Miss Universe death-grip hugs.
it’s not until I’ve taken the two ____________ of stairs down to the math wing–feeling almost normal again–that I am punched in the face with the realization of how completely and roayally I’ve just screwed myself.
flights
Then she looks back at me, her eyes starting to ______. Do you swear?
fill up
