Chapter 8 Weapon of Choice A Flashcards
He struggled halfway ____; his battered glasses knowcked askew
into a sitting position
Up and over, Jace said, ____________ of a boot into a gap in the fence
jamming the toe
Leaves ________ in her grip
tore off
tried to struggle out from under the weight that felt like it was _______________
crushing her flat
He ________ himself up on his arms and looked down at her __________
levered, placidly
Jace, still occupied with the stele, _________________
chuckled low under his breath
He __________ her ministrations with glaring bad grace
suffered
A breeze blew off the East River, setting a small sign _______________________ the brick front steps
swinging over
Yeah,, well, you clearly also couldn’t be bothered to call me and tell me you were shacking up with some _______________ wannable goth you probably met at Pandemonium
dyed-blond
NOt that I believed him. After he _____________ his front porch, I went around the side of the house and looked in the back window
shooed me off
Jace had ______ hismself ____ the porch railing and was _______________ prentending to ignore them
propped; on; assiduously
Ouch, Jace said in her ear, his tone indignant. You ______
elbowed me
She was _____ backward, A forehead ______ against hers, her knees baging against someone else’s
knocked; banged
of course he didn’t know I was there. I’ve nevered asked him, but I am sure he has a fairly ________________ policy about random teengagers lurking in his shrubbery
stringent
He suffered her ministrations with ____________
glaring bad grace
He ______ her ______ with glaring bad grace
suffered; ministrations
Never mind. Her arm, pinned under her back, was beginning to __________
cramp
The last time I saw you, you were running out of ____________ like a bat out of HEll, and then you just… disappeared
Java Jones
She thumped to the ground, hard, her hip and shoulde striking _____________
packed earth
All right, that’s enough I can fix my own hair, Fray, Simon said, __________________ from her touch
jerking away
Clary turned to see Jace sitting on top of the ___________ intruder, whose arms were up over his head
prone
He glanced at the dark front door, its knob wound with a heavy ____________
padlock
This is Luke’s house. She sat up, _____________ Jace ______________
pitching Jace to the side
But what were you doing hiding in Luke’s bushes? Clary asked, _______ leaves out of Simon’s hair
brushing
Get the hell off me, you pretentious asshole, the intruder snarled, __________ Jace
shoving at
iShe ignored him and scrambled upright, __________ her numb arm
shaking out
Her hands ___________ branches.
closed on
A dark shadow–much too big to be ______–exploded out of the ________________ and streaked across the year, keeping low
feline; shurbbery; streaked
Jace ______ the top of the fence and __________________ the other side; landing in the bushes _______________________ of an earsplitting yowl
cleared; sprang down; to the accompaniment
Do you really have a great-aunt Matilda who contracted _______ and needed to be nursed bak to health
avian flu
They stood in front of a small gray row house, _______________ among the other row houses that line the Williamsburg waterfront
nestled
She flung her hands out, trying to ______________ something, anything that might slow her descent
catch at
Isabelle’s jeans caught on twist of wire and ____________
tore up the side
