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Chapter 33 Flashcards

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The three of us just finished the Saturday lunch special at Mr. Poon’s Chinese REstaurant and are walking over to the thrift shop to ____________ band outfits

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scout for

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make 3 sentences with scout for

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1.
make a search for someone or something in various places.
“I was sent to scout around for a place to park the camper”
synonyms: search, look, hunt, cast about/around/round, ferret (about/around), root about/around
“I scouted around for some logs”

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Matt cracks open a fortune cookie and pulls out the little ________ of paper

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slip

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Matt makes a ______ gesture

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wanking

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Matt _____ Sean in the shoulder. That’s totally gay, dude.

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socks

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sock

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INFORMAL
a hard blow.
"a sock on the jaw"
hit forcefully.
"Jess socked his father across the face"
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Matt rolls up the fortune and ____ it at me. Sick. But also, not surprising

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flicks

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Matt grabs me _____________ and drills a killer ______ into my scalp

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in a headlock; noogie

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headlock

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head·lock
/ˈhedˌläk/
noun
a method of restraining someone by holding an arm firmly around their head, especially as a hold in wrestling.
"he had him in a headlock"
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What are you doing tonight? he says, laughing and __________ his knuckles into my skull

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boring

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bore

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bore1
/bôr/
verb
1.
make (a hole) in something, especially with a revolving tool.
“the drill can bore through rock”
synonyms: drill, pierce, perforate, puncture, punch, cut; More
2.
make one’s way through (a crowd).
noun
1.
the hollow part inside a gun barrel or other tube.
2.
short for borehole.
synonyms: borehole, hole, well, shaft, pit, passage, tunnel
“a large amount of water had been pumped from the well bore”
Tip
Similar-sounding words
to force (an opening), as through a crowd, by persistent forward thrusting (usually followed by through or into ); to force or make (a passage).

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My hand finds the _______ of Matt’s boxers and I give a hefty ________

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waistband; yank

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wedgie

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wedg·ie
/ˈwejē/
nounINFORMAL
1.
a shoe with a wedged heel.
2.
NORTH AMERICAN
an uncomfortable tightening of the underpants between the buttocks, typically produced when someone pulls the underpants up from the back as a prank.
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Truce, Sean calls a he grabs the door handle, like we’re _______________ and he’s __________

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playing tag; touching base

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But it’s the perfect place to find some awesome retro gear for our _____________

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band attire

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I pick up a ___________ sports jacket on a hanger

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plaid

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17
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Yeah. All you’d need is a __________ bag and you’d be set

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colostomy

18
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Matt _____ his arms into the sleeves and bobs his head

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threads

19
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I glare at him. You look like a ___________

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doink

20
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I like the idea of ________, but we’re not all going to wear lab coats

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stage name

21
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I am not going ______ dressed as a doctor

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on stage

22
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it will totally work. But only if we present something ___________

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cohesive

23
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I pulled a ______________ coat from the rack.

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faux-fur

24
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Come on. WE can be _______

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pimp daddies.

25
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Matt comes back grinning, his hair ___________ , the collar of the lab coat _________, and a __________ around his neck

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disheveled; upturned; stethoscope

26
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Because otherwise we’ll look like a bunch of __________

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numbwads

27
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he stands there as I ________ the coat over his shoulders

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drape

28
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look at you I say. YOu’re __________ dude

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pimped out

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pimped out

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Verb. (third-person singular simple present pimps out, present participle pimping out, simple past and past participle pimped out) (slang) To prostitute, take advantage of, exploit, use, to hire out or provide to others like a whore. My mom pimped me out, for my fundraising skills, to the United Way for a fundraiser.

30
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his face brightens as he makes a _________ for the hat section

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beeline

31
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Sean leaps up to a high shelf and ____ a big black _____________ with silver trim

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snags; sombrero

32
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Then he does a little ____ and stomps his foot loudly on the floor

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two-step

33
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There’s got to be a ______ around here somewhere.

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poncho

34
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I rub my face. Everything’s become completely ___________

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unglued

35
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Tianna will be kicking herself for ______ this primero pescado _________

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cutting loose

36
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he’s been getting so into it lately, full of the idea that he’s going to ____ all the hottest babes; I figure i will let dad ____________

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bag; drop the bomb

37
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mariachi

A 
ma·ri·a·chi
/ˌmärēˈäCHē/
noun
denoting a type of traditional Mexican folk music, typically performed by a small group of strolling musicians dressed in native costume.
a musician in a mariachi group.
38
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give a little ___________________ at his reflection

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lip snarl

39
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incredulous

A 
in·cred·u·lous
/inˈkrejələs/
adjective
(of a person or their manner) unwilling or unable to believe something.
"an incredulous gasp"
40
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seeing the ______ expressions on my friend’s faces, it hits me that this is exactly what we need

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jaunty

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jaunty

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jaun·ty
/ˈjôn(t)ē/
adjective
having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.
“there was no mistaking that jaunty walk”
synonyms: cheerful, cheery, happy, merry, jolly, joyful, gleeful, glad; More

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make 3 sentences with jaunty

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jaun·ty
/ˈjôn(t)ē/
adjective
having or expressing a lively, cheerful, and self-confident manner.
“there was no mistaking that jaunty walk”
synonyms: cheerful, cheery, happy, merry, jolly, joyful, gleeful, glad; More

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