chapter 43 Flashcards
Evelyn’s at her locker, her back to me as I approach. My mouth is _________ and I am dizzy with fear. If this were a scene in a movie, there’d be a loud thumping heartbeat __________________________, ___________ by creepy tension-building music
on the soundtrack; underscored
I have two pieces of music I need to _______ here
impart
Presumably, she should be happy and accept it as ___________________.
an olive branch
an olive branch
a peaceful gesture; a sign of reconciliation
Myabe she’ll be _______________________, or maybe she knows Nick arranged it and will come at me like a honey badger _______ a cobra
over the moon; after
over the moon means
extremely happy; delighted
Anyway it all sounds totally true because it is all true, and with Nick ________________ the cell-phone part, I’ve even got Evelyn laughing by the time I’m all thru
corroborating
corroborate
confirm, support a theory, statement or finding
the witnesses have corroborated the boy’s account of attack
And so, when I _________________ asking her if she’ll come to dinner with me at Le Chat Noir on VAlentine’s DAy, Evelyn is beaming
get around to
She _______ another death hug. WE’re going to make the best movie ever! You just wait and see
dives in for
As soon as I _________ drama class, I head right over to Leyna, who’s searching in her messenger bag for soething
step foot into
My bird crap _____ went over so well with Evelyn that I am actually ready to _________________________ the same gory details with Leyna, only as I’m about to say it I realize that the last thing I want is for her to have any of those images of me in her mind
saga; launch in to
saga meaning
a long story of heroic achievement, especially a medieval prose narrative in Old Norse or Old Icelandic.
My bird crap saga ___________ so well with Evelyn that I am actually ready to…
went over
to begin enthusiastically
launch into; he launch into a two hour speech
My brain ________________ a partial truth
scrambles for
a startreck figure
a kliongon
He swallowed one of my toy–er, figurines. A Klionon. And he started ___________________ vomiting.
projectile
Is he okay? Leyna ask, _____ her shutter shades and sounding genuinely concerned.
raising
It was close though, because it could have __________ his intestines.
ruptured
Sorry Leyna laughs. I didn’t mean to ____________
put you on the spot
put someone on the spot
force someone in a situation where they have to make difficult decision or answer difficult quesitons
An electric current ______________ m ybody
shoots thru
Leyna __________ a hug. Oh, man I could never gt tired of this. Such a ___________Evelyn’s strangling.
pulls me in for; stark contrast
complete
stark; sheer
relating to drama and the theatre
thespian
All right, thespians. Today we are going to _______________ an exciting new projec
start on
And so _________________ giving you all some real-world experience, I’ve decided to dedicate a portion of our class to helping Mr. Hane accomplish this goal
in the interest of
The first thingwe’ll do is have SEan announce his _______________________________, which he’s informed me were finalized this weekend
leading casting choices
I know we’re all very interested to find out who ___________
made the cut
Then we’ll do a complete ________________ of these early scenes
read through of
worry less about the improvements to my script and more about just how professional Mr. Nestman will be when he finds out he didn’t __________ one of the leading roles
land
