Chapter 34 Flashcards
we enter the basement wearing our new ____
duds
duds
clothes.
“buy yourself some new duds”
Dad is ______ the coffee table; ________ glasses perched on his nose
hunched over; half moon
Dad is hunched over the coffee table; half moon glasses _______ his nose; stringing several _______ along a wire
perched on; light sockets
he is dressed in his skull shirt and bandanna and is ______ what looks like the beginnings of a ______ and sideburns
sporting; goatee
What do you think? I say lifting the collar on my fur coat and adjusting the purple __________ I found jammed at the bottom of a box filled with ladies’ hats
stetson
Dad _______ from his work
peers up
Have you guys been smoking the ___________? I thought you said you were going out to get some band outfits
Mary Jane
Those aren’t band outfits. Jesus Christ, Coop, you look like _________ from a Mexican soap opera
castoffs
What are you talking about? Sean ________ his sombrero
tilts back
Excuse me? Dad gets right ___________ SEan’s ___
up in SEan’s grill
These happen to be classic rock and roll ______
togs
tog
informal for clothes
You guys are just a _____ of…
hodgepodege of
hodge-podge
hodge·podge
/ˈhäjˌpäj/
nounNORTH AMERICAN
a confused mixture.
Chimps, I correct, starting to _____ in my faux fur
roast
The movement of his callosued hand on his _____ makes a scratching sound
stubble
I glance over at my buds. They look like ________ flowers
wilting
we’ll just go back to the store and exchange all of… this. He makes a ______________ gesture with his hand
sweeping
Arnold Murphy’s Bologna Dare is kind of A __________
mouthful
I’m just the guy whose band was asked to play Spring Fling. Whatever. Maybe I am __________
out of touch
The perfect mix of timeless classic rock tunes and audience ___________
pleasers
At first, the music is _____ and timid and sloppy
cautious
It’s like the three of us finally ___________ our personas and just ____________
settle into; let loose
When we finish, the sweat is _____________ of my forehead, pitter pattering on my snare drum
pouring off
When we finish, the sweat is pouring off of my forehead, ______________ on my snare drum
pitter pattering
This is pretty good. You guys have _________________ a notch in the attitude department
kicked it up
Sure people might say, what the hell? But so what? we keep them _________
on edge
I compromised on the costumes and the band name. This we can’t afford to ___________
waver on
A second later, Helen appears from around the _________
stairwell
You look like the type of girl who can _________ a tune. Am I right, or am I right
belt out
belt out
to shout or sing something loudly, or to play something loudly on a musical instrument
Synonyms and related words