chapter 39 Flashcards
A _____ of black hair starts to peek over the ledge in torturous slow motion
mop
a mop of hair is
a lot of hair in thick mass
Oh God. I cannot believe this is happening to me. I will nevre be able to ___________________. Not ever. Not in a million years.
able to live this down
It’s Nessa, and as soon as she catches sight of me, her eyes ______. Holy shit! she blurts
bug
bug eyed
protruding eyes
It’s Nessa and as soon as she _______________________, her eyes bug.
catches sight of me
a spiritual monestary
ashram
slight ‘dig’
insult or jokes that embarrass someone
You nailed it with your latte and it looks pretty pissed. It’s all red-eyed and _______________ at the mouth. I think it might be ______ actually
frothing; rabid
Oh Nessa. Oh my God thank you thank you thank you.
I _____________ and make what I iagine to be a loud _________ raccoon sound, kind of a hiss-howl thing.
take the cue; rabid;
“Reeeeek!” I ________________, scraping the side of the metal of the bin with my fingernails
screech
The girls’ shoes ________________ the snow as they stampede away
crunch through
the girls’ shoes crunch thru the snow as they ________________.
stampede away
brave
endure or face (unpleasant conditions or behavior) without showing fear.
“we had to brave the full heat of the sun”
It does, and after waiting another few just-to-be-safe minutes, I finally ________ getting to my feet.
brave
Nessa totally saved me. I don’t get it. One minute I think she’s in ______________ with Cathy, and the next she’s _____________________________ the most embarrassing situation of my life
cahoots; bailing me out of
in alliance with
in cahoots with
Only to see the Wal-Mart door start to push open again.
Goddamn it, here they come. Probably armed with cameras or _________________ or something.
harpoons
a kind of spear to spear fish
harpoon
Goddamn it, here they come. Porbably armed with cameras or harpoons or something. I knew Nessa’s ____________________________ seemed too good to be true
turnaround
turnaround means
an abrupt and unexpected change
I _______ the dumpster, _____ the ground, and try to shimmy underneath. Gravel pokes into my naked chest, arms and thighs. But there’s no wa I’ll fit. It’s too low. too tight
dive behind; flop to
I dive behind the dumpsters, flop to the ground, and try to __________ underneath
shimmy
graval ______ my naked chest, arms and thighs
poke into
I look up ____ the ground to see Nessa standing there, partially ______________________ the sun, with something ____________________ in her right hand
from; silhouetted againt; wadded up
wadded means
a small lump, mass; e.g. a wad of paper
The she holds out the ________________ thing she’s been holding. I got you an old uniform.
balled-up
psyched means
pumped, excited
I’ve nevre been so ____________________ khakis and a polo in my entire life
psyched
sure it’s a _______________. But Nessa doesn’t even crack a smile
lame joke
sure it’s a lame joke; but nessa doesn’t even _____
crack a smile
