Bees CH. 1

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  1. hangnail
    a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail
    It was a fact of life, but if I brought it up, people would suddenly get interested in their hangnails and cuticles, or else distant places in the sky, and seem not to hear me.
  2. pup tent
    a wedge-shaped tent; usually without a floor or windows
    She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin.
  3. bird dog
    a gun dog trained to locate or retrieve birds
    His only kindness was for Snout, his bird dog, who slept in his bed and got her stomach scratched anytime she rolled onto her wiry back.
  4. chapped
    sore and roughened as a result of cold or exposure
    Please forgive," and she would kiss my skin till it grew chapped and tell me I was not to blame.
  5. seep
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
    During the day I heard them tunneling through the walls of my bedroom, sounding like a radio tuned to static in the next room, and I imagined them in there turning the walls into honeycombs, with honey seeping out for me to taste.
  6. pee
    eliminate urine
    I've seen Snout pee on T. Ray's boot and it not get a rise out of him.
  7. sloped
    having an oblique or slanted direction
    She had a big round face and a body that sloped out from her neck like a pup tent, and she was so black that night seemed to seep from her skin.
  8. bristle
    a stiff hair
    My hair was constantly going off in eleven wrong directions, and T. Ray, naturally, refused to buy me bristle rollers, so all year I'd have to roll it on Welch's grape juice cans, which had nearly turned me into an insomniac.
  9. presumptuous
    going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous
    I know it is presumptuous to compare my small life to hers, but I have reason to believe she wouldn't mind; I will get to that.
  10. Gabriel
    (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God
    I want to say they showed up like the angle Gabriel appearing to the Virgin Mary, setting events in motion I could never have guessed.
  11. flock
    a group of birds
    Every one of those bees could have descended on me like a flock of angels and stung me till I died, and it wouldn't have been the worst thing to happen.
  12. descend
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    Every one of those bees could have descended on me like a flock of angels and stung me till I died, and it wouldn't have been the worst thing to happen.
Created on 三月 5, 2010

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