1. if he were bitter or confrontational, she would’ve immediately clammed up
2. good and valid question
3. i’d hyped her up in my head to be so much more than what she really was
4. trying to run backward in my mind for a memory of us
5. ventured into his room
6. the mess was actually contained
7. instinctively checking under the bed
8. before her mind could consciously register what she’d stumbled across
9. saw the silhouette of Michael
10. poster was blown up to an obscene size
11. it was implicitly assumed
12. the emotion he’d been concealing began to leak out
13. I was a basket case
14. the voice seemed stupified
15. swallowing convulsively
16. commotion in the dining room
17. wasnt even marginally okay
18. he got brownie points for good behavior
19. “spring cleaning” of their lives
20. poor self-control is not conducive to living an optimal life.
21. gain momentum
22. get the wheels rollin
23. She wasnt a great actress, her character was one-dimensional.
24. you just eulogized him before his funeral
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1. trying to sound flippant
2. flipped the chopsticks w/ his fingers with dexterity
3. concrete answers came easily to her; nonchalance didnt
4. their company, which is awful under the best of circumstances
5. Needless to say
6. my community group is my virtual family
7. He arrived in a matter of minutes
8. he had hypothetically wondered
9. could say anything w/o fear of repercussions
10. stunned at the audacity of the statement
11. they stepped forward simultaneously
12. “im very sorry” the doctor began, the only words that Melanie could not rework into anything but what they signified
13. wondered what protocol was in this part of the country
14. w/ her credentials, it wasnt difficult to secure a position as a librarian
15. devoured these novels
16. too bookish for a social life
17. instead of her exuberance overshadowing melanie’s reserve, they complemented each other
18. we’re in the same boat
19. it was more unnerving
20. she sat stone-faced through the discussion
21. I can vouch for Chris; he didnt kill her
22. exhibiting any outward symptoms of depression
23. a plan that got botched
24. it’s a blight on the family name
25. she came awake sporadically
26. bland food
27. exhausted and brain-fried
28. gives the hand in my face
29. a touchy subject
30. somethings fishy, youre too cooperative
1. im back after having fallen off the face of the earth
2. It was nice living under a rock
3. school gives me immense masochistic satisfaction
4. i always have the last say
5. i overlooked something
