chapter 7

Question 1

We’ll just _______ a few simple tracks and see how they sound

Answer 1

lay down

Question 2

Recording us playing is only going to confirm what we already know: we _______

Answer 2

stink

Question 3

My thighs are _______ from the _____ of pedaling

Answer 3

burning; slog

Question 4

slog

Answer 4

slog
släɡ/
informal
verb
verb: slog; 3rd person present: slogs; past tense: slogged; past participle: slogged; gerund or present participle: slogging
1. 
work hard over a period of time.
"they were slogging away to meet a deadline"
synonyms:
work hard, toil, labor, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, exert oneself, grind, slave, grub, plow, plod, peg; More
informalbeaver, plug, work one's guts out, put one's nose to the grindstone, sweat blood; 
literarytravail; 
archaicdrudge, moil 
"they were all slogging away"
antonyms:
relax
walk or move with difficulty or effort.
"he slogged home through the gray slush"
synonyms:
trudge, tramp, tromp, traipse, toil, plod, trek, footslog 
"they slogged around the streets"
2. 
hit forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing.
"the fighters were slogging away"

Question 5

make 3 sentences with slog

Answer 5

slog
släɡ/
informal
verb
verb: slog; 3rd person present: slogs; past tense: slogged; past participle: slogged; gerund or present participle: slogging
1. 
work hard over a period of time.
"they were slogging away to meet a deadline"
synonyms:
work hard, toil, labor, work one's fingers to the bone, work like a Trojan/dog, exert oneself, grind, slave, grub, plow, plod, peg; More
informalbeaver, plug, work one's guts out, put one's nose to the grindstone, sweat blood; 
literarytravail; 
archaicdrudge, moil 
"they were all slogging away"
antonyms:
relax
walk or move with difficulty or effort.
"he slogged home through the gray slush"
synonyms:
trudge, tramp, tromp, traipse, toil, plod, trek, footslog 
"they slogged around the streets"
2. 
hit forcefully and typically wildly, especially in boxing.
"the fighters were slogging away"

Question 6

_____________________ then, I wheeze out. We don’t have to… hand it in

Answer 6

kicks

Question 7

Just for kicks then. I ________________. We don’t have to.… hand it in

Answer 7

wheeze out

Question 8

We can ____ the songs ____ with my computer and Garage Band

Answer 8

smooth out

Question 9

I ______ and race down my street before they can protest

Answer 9

peel off

Question 10

I peel off and ___________ my street before they can protest

Answer 10

race down

Question 11

I coast up to my house, not entirely confident that Matt and Sean will feel guilty enough to show later. STill I’m ___________________

Answer 11

holding onto a tiny strand of hope

Question 12

I can hear Mom singing–or rather _____________–the Beatles when I open the front door

Answer 12

butchering

Question 13

Those aren’t the words, Mom, I say as I step into the kitchen, heading straight for the cupboard to _______

Answer 13

forage

Question 14

I laugh, ___________________ the already opened bag of Doritos and grabbing the brand new bag of Cheetos hiding in the back

Answer 14

reaching past

Question 15

She pulls out a __________________ container with something beige in it. NOw what’s this?

Answer 15

tupperware

Question 16

Angela walks into the kitchen, ____________ her cell phone.

Answer 16

blabbing on

Question 17

Angela walks into the kitchen, _____________ her cell phone. I’m so sure, she says. Like I even care

Answer 17

blabbing on

Question 18

My stomach ________________. If I have to eat another cardboard encased microwave meal I may put myself up for adoption

Answer 18

heaves

Question 19

My stomach heaves. IF I have to eat another __________________ microwave meal I may ______________.

Answer 19

cardboard encased; put myself up for adoption

Question 20

I am ______________________ homemade oven-fried chicken, roast potatoes, and ___________

Answer 20

leaning more toward; corn on the cob

Question 21

I say, _____________- the bag of Cheetos

Answer 21

tearing open

Question 22

Right and who’s __________________ in the next—she glances at the sunflower clock on the wall–twenty minutes, before I have to be at Porterhouse NIck’s

Answer 22

whipping that up

Question 23

I don’t want to reschedule, Graham! Angela ____________ her phone.

Answer 23

barks into

Question 24

Have fun at the gym, asshole. I hope you ____________

Answer 24

strain your groin

Question 25

He’s going to break up with me. I know it. Angela ____________ a chair, the legs scraping on the floor

Answer 25

flops down into

Question 26

Angela flops down into a chair, the legs ______________

Answer 26

scraping on the floor

Question 27

He’s going to break pu with me, and it’s all because of my giant schnoz

Answer 27

schnoz

Question 28

Don’t talk like that. You are beautiful, honey. You’re just _______________________

Answer 28

coming into your own

Question 29

You will see. Six omnths from now you’ll be _______________

Answer 29

beating the guys off with a stick

Question 30

Yowch, I say, _______________ a handful of cheese puffs into my mouth

Answer 30

popping

Question 31

Angela shoots me a _________________

Answer 31

double barrelled finger salute

Question 32

Just… go into the family room. She starts _______________________ the box of pot pies

Answer 32

fumbling with

Question 33

Angela _________. Jesus, Coop. ARe ou faling out of tenth grade already

Answer 33

chortles