Chapter 10

Words


The rims of her eyes ignite.

She can picture her mother exactly: her face frozen, the rims of her eyes a deep red.

rim: the outside edge of something circular.

仿句: She felt a twinge of sadness, the rims of her eyes reddened. 

A hot biting smell, like overheating wires, pricks his nostrils.

prick: to make a small hole in something using something sharp; if something pricks a part of your body, you feel small sharp pains.

仿句: Her choice not to speak to her mother pricks her conscience.

He backs out of the garage, nicking the lilac bush beside the door, and then he, too, is gone.

nick: to make a small cut in the surface or edge of something, usually by accident.

仿句: He nicked his finger while scaling the fish, leaving a thin line of blood. 

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