chapter 9 Flashcards
I’m ________ my drums, staring at the posters on the wall
hunched over
All of thme mocking me. My T-shirt is ___________ with sweat, my shoulders are ____________, and I have a blazing headache
soaked through; in knots
I sit up. Set myself Reach over to my laptop and press the ____________ with the tip of my drumstick to start a new recording.
trackpad;
beat out
to make a pattern of sounds by hitting an instrument or other object
drummers beating out a rhythm
Synonyms and related wordsb
I sit up. _______ myself. Reach over to my laptop and press the trackpad with the tip of my drumsick to start a new reording.
set
Coop, buddy! Dad calls out over the drums as he ____________________ the stairs
clomps down
I sit up. SEt myself. Reach over to my laptop and press the ________________________ with the tip of my _____________
trackpad; drumstick
He _____ at the sight of me. Jesus Christ, Coop. Are you okay? you’re sweating like a nun in a ________________
recoils; cucumber patch
scuttle
a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
2 : a metal pail that usually has a bail and a sloped lip and is used especially for carrying coal
Right And a dog’s breath smells like fresh baked bread. Come on. What’s the _________________
poop and scuttle
Dad raises his eyebrows as he ___________ a packet of nicotine gum from his shirt pocket
pulls
Look no offense, Coop. Dad says, but you’re not the ____________________________________ type
nose to the grindstone type
nose to the grindstone
nose to the grindstone (plural noses to the grindstone) (idiomatic, after keep, put, have, hold (one’s)) used for form idioms meaning “to work hard, or focus heavily on work.” If he’d keep his nose to the grindstone a bit more, he could be a pretty good student.
The last time you put this much effort into something was when you were ___________________ us to adop the sorriest looking dog at the kennel so you could pretend to be a homeless kid and beg for a change outside the PriceMark. So what’s the _____ here
lobbying; angle
I don’t know why my chest feels so constricted. Like I’m wearing a ____________________ or something
straightjacket
There’s this other girl. Who I’ve been __________________ for a school project.
saddled up with
Everone at school hates her. So now I’m _______________ all the benefits of that
reaping all the benefits
Which means my chances of hooking up with any of the girls in the school are less than _________
zilch
Yeah I can see that. Rock star _____________ pretty much anything
trumps
If you’d told me a few days ago I could have had your grandmother FedEx me my old band tapes. You could have ___________ one of those as your own until you guys got your act together
floated
squanch
Squanch sex Dirty hairy nasty blown out vagina That Bitch's Squanch is Gnarles Barkley ##trix##prosty2t##leftover##handmedown##freebie
Anyways, we tried to keep the band _________ after high school, but you know how things go. Dad _____ his lips, the wheels turning behind his eyes.
chugging; taps
Yeah that would have been cool, I say. I guess I’m just goingt o have to start ________________ the priesthood
looking into
Don’t go _______________ just yet. Three months, huh/ Three months. Yeah. We could get you _____________ decent by then.
hanging up the guns; sounding
WE could get you sounding decent by then. But the demo. That’s the _______ And if you can’t use my high school band tapes, then what?
rub
