Chapter 35 Flashcards
Anything you want. Evelyn’s right hand _________________ the mall like Willy Wonka presenting his scrumdiddlyumptious chocolate room. My treat. Money’s no object.
sweeps out toward
What now, Eistein?
Dude _____________________.
take a pill
He glances at Evelyn, who’s _________ the sweaters on a display table in the store. WE just need to ______ a little.
pawing; rejig
rejig
organize (something) differently; rearrange.
“he rejiggers his stump speech ever so slightly to fit the crowd, then sounds the same messages”
My jaw is clenched so tight \I feel like my teeth might ___________.
shatter
Okay okay. Coop _____________________________. Matt you need to keep Evelyn here for like twenty minutes while we go to the coffee shop.
scrubs his hand over his face
Matt’s eyes nearly ________________________. What? How? What am I supposed to say?
flopped from their sockets
But… What… I don’t… Matt ___________, his head on a _______________, looking _____ us to the store and then back to us again.
stammers; swivel; from
It will be fine, Coop ________________, _____ me toward the nearest exit.
calls over his shoulder; shoving
We start jogging down the sidewalk. The outside air is ________ and _________.
crisp; frosty
crisp when describing way of speaking, writing or behaving
A crisp sound or image is very clear:
The sound from the new speakers is very crisp.
A crisp way of speaking, writing, or behaving is quick, confident, and effective:
a crisp reply
a crisp, efficient manner
crisp weather is…
Crisp weather is cold, dry, and bright:
a wonderful crisp spring morning
Tiny _____ escape our lips as we dodge the winter-coat-clad shoppers with their bags and carts.
puss of steam
tiny puffs of steam escape our lips as we ________ the winter-coat-clad shoppers with their bags and carts.
dodge
The _________ of the mall is hunormous. We run for what seems like forever, ___________ the GAp, ToysRUs, the movie theater, and T.J. O’Halligans before we make the turn around the corner of Wal-Mart.
perimeter; passing
I am so hot that I have to take off my coat and tie it around my waist so that I don’t __________ my fancy shirt _________.
drench; in sweat
My legs and lungs are ______________, and I’ve actually started ____________.
burning; perspiring
WE’re jogging by a ___________________ dumpster when Coop reaches into his _____________ and takes out his phone.
graffiti-tagged; pants pocket
How close are we to DeLuca’s I ask.
Not sure, he says, starting to job again. Let’s ________ the next set of doors.
duck in
Let’s duck in the next set of doors.
I ________________ right behind him, my feet lifting from the pavement in a rhythmic ease.
break into a trot
My feet ________ the pavement ____ a rhythmic ease. Your Jedi Master is on his way, PRincess Leyna!
lifting from; in
AS we _____ the loading docks and ______, I see the South Entrance sign up ahead.
pass; round the corner
WE pick up our pace, making a ___________________ toward the doors.
beeline
beeline
straight line between 2 places
I can almost ______ the writing on the glass when I hear a loud __________________________ overhead followed immediately by a heavy, wet, ______________ sound on the sidewalk all around me.
make out; feathery fluttering; rain-patter
patter
verb: patter; 3rd person present: patters; past tense: pattered; past participle: pattered; gerund or present participle: pattering
1.
make a repeated light tapping sound. A flurry of rain pattered against the window
In the same instant, I feel of _____________ of something warm and _____ on my head.
splatter; gloppy
I ___________________, my stunned brain struggling to compute the meaning of the thick ______ of white and purple that spackle the pavement in front of me.
skid to a hault; gobs
gob
noun: gob; plural noun: gobs
noun: gob; plural noun: gobs
1.
a lump or clot of a slimy or viscous substance.
Oh God. I stand there stiff as a __________________, feeling the wet __________ my clothes.
scarecrow; leaching through
leaching
(with reference to a soluble chemical or mineral) drain away from soil, ash, or similar material by the action of percolating liquid, especially rainwater.
“the nutrient is quickly leached away”
synonyms:
drain, filter, percolate, seep, filtrate, strain
“the chemicals leach into our drinking water”
subject (soil, ash, etc.) to a leaching process.
It’s not until the shitty-sweet smell ____________ my nose that I am _________________ the full realization of what’s just happened.
assaults; struck with
Trying not to _____________________ the thick bird-crappy stench that ________________ me.
breathe in; envelops
It’s shit, Coop. A bird _______ me.
shat on
Bird? MOre like a _______________________. Coop snorts. He cups his hand over his nose. Fuuck me. It reeks.
pterodactyl
Tiny globs of guano _______ me as I shake with rag.
fly off
Dude, Coop says, trying to compose himself. He ____________ and wipes the tears from the corners of his eyes.
sniffles
Not even the Coopster can ________________ you’d need. I am sorry, but this mission is __________.
work the kind of miracle; over and out
