Chapter 57 Flashcards
It’s like this _______ drops down into me and I am aware now that something’s wrong with Helen
knowing
Where are you going? Matt asks.
To _____ the girls, I say
check on
I _________ the gym doors and start walking down the hallway toward the stairs
bust through
The endless _______ of lockers lining the walls
lockers
the shiny beige floor, the fluorescent lights on the ceiling seem to _____________ forever
stretch out
I’ve got that panicky I’m not goin to make it in time feeling ____________ inside me
thrumming
I __________ a run, taking the stairs two by two.
break into
I break into a run, taking the stairs __________
two by two
I raise my fist to knock again, when VAlerie _________ the door
cracks open
I can hear Helen’s _______________ coming from inside the bathroom
heaving sobs
Did they tell you that? they’re full of crap. But my stomach ________ with guilt, because I was the one who stole her locker combo
heaves
My body _____, like my skeleton’s turned to rubber
sags
“They are about to start,” Mat says, _____________
Jittery with nerves
nerves
nerves [ plural ]
B2 worry or anxiety about something that is going to happen:
I never suffer from nerves when I’m speaking in public.
She was a bundle of nerves (= very nervous) before the audition.
I always have a cigarette to calm/steady my nerves (= make me less nervous) before I go on stage.
make 3 sentences with nerves
nerves [ plural ]
B2 worry or anxiety about something that is going to happen:
I never suffer from nerves when I’m speaking in public.
She was a bundle of nerves (= very nervous) before the audition.
I always have a cigarette to calm/steady my nerves (= make me less nervous) before I go on stage.
