1.Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
So ...I started reading this book not so long ago.Though I've just finished very little amount of this amazingly written novel,I make a big decision...I am going to share Beautifully Written Sentence &New Learned Words from this book to all of you~
So Let's get start it~
Excellent sentences
1.(P.178)Grace made a soft voice of disappointment as i disentangled my legs from hers,aching with wanting more.I shifted to lie next to her,my fingers still caught in her hair.We listened to the wolves howling outside the window ,the ones who hadn't change.Or who would never change again.And we buried our heads against each other so we couldn't hear anything but the racing of our hearts.
2 P.358
I tried it again,carefully , a fragile fawn on my new legs,and it gave underneath me.I crashed sideways arms wheeling (＊wheedle),feeling for some kind of of support.My palms raked across legion of spiked instruments of torture hung on the walls.I had no idea what the were--cold ,metallic,dirty.
3.P.434
When she blinked,three shining tears left crystal tracks on her cheeks.
4 P.167 I rubbed the crease between his eyebrows.
(※crease: a line, mark, or ridge made by or as if by folding a pliable substance)
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New learned words
1.peppermint
a pungent and aromatic mint (Mentha piperita) with dark green lanceolate leaves and whorls of small pink flowers in spikes
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| lighted by the moon |
※aromatic: having a strong smell
OR having a distinctive quality
※whorl: a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle
※spike: an elongated inflorescence similar to a raceme but having the flowers sessile on the main axis
※moonlit:lighted by the moon
See it from this sentence-->
P.326 She didn't look afraid of me.She looked beautiful,moonlit,tempting,smelling of peppermint and soap and skin.
2.wheedle: to influence or entice by soft words or flattery
※cajole, coax, soft-soap, blandish, wheedle mean to influence or persuade by pleasing words or actions.
3. wince: to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain)
4.whine: to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
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The raven boys by Maggie stiefvater
※Sentences that i liked:
P.284 When there is a god,there's always a legion of of devil.
The sticky note in her backpack felt like a burning confession.
Her hands were cupped around the mug.
My words are unerring tools of destruction,and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.
P.278
His(Noah) skin was pale as parchment and his eyes were shadowed and unspecific ,as they always were after dark.There was the ubiquitous smudge on his face,only now,it looked like dirt .or blood ,or possibly like a hollow ,his bone crashed beneath his skin.
※parchment:the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
※ubiquitous: seeming to be seen everywhere
※smudge: to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner
P.279
Reality was a bridge breaking down beneath Adam.
P.400
In this vision,the night smeared jeweled reflections across wet,steaming pavement,spotlight turning from green to red.The Camaro sat at a curb,Blue in the driver's seat. Everything is soaked in the smell of the gasoline.She caught a glimpse of a collared shirt in the passenger seat;this was Gansey.
He leaned across the gearshift toward her ,pressing fingers to the place her collarbone was exposed.His breath is hot on her neck.
※words that i learned:
noncommittal:giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
tuft(is used to describe hair):
a small cluster of elongated flexible outgrowths attached or close together at the base and free at the opposite ends; especially : a growing bunch of grasses or close-set plants
oppressive:unreasonably burdensome or severe
clutch :
to grasp or hold with or as if with the hand or claws usually strongly, tightly, or suddenly
pristine: belonging to the earliest period or state
exempt: free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
nautical:
of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
muffle:to wrap or pad with something to dull the sound
clammy:being damp, soft, sticky, and usually cool
martyrdom:when someone suffers or is killed for their beliefs
The raven boys by Maggie stiefvater
※Sentences that i liked:
P.284 When there is a god,there's always a legion of of devil.
The sticky note in her backpack felt like a burning confession.
Her hands were cupped around the mug.
My words are unerring tools of destruction,and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.
P.278
His(Noah) skin was pale as parchment and his eyes were shadowed and unspecific ,as they always were after dark.There was the ubiquitous smudge on his face,only now,it looked like dirt .or blood ,or possibly like a hollow ,his bone crashed beneath his skin.
※parchment:the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
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| parchment |
※smudge: to rub, daub, or wipe in a smeary manner
P.279
Reality was a bridge breaking down beneath Adam.
P.400
In this vision,the night smeared jeweled reflections across wet,steaming pavement,spotlight turning from green to red.The Camaro sat at a curb,Blue in the driver's seat. Everything is soaked in the smell of the gasoline.She caught a glimpse of a collared shirt in the passenger seat;this was Gansey.
He leaned across the gearshift toward her ,pressing fingers to the place her collarbone was exposed.His breath is hot on her neck.
※words that i learned:
noncommittal:giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
tuft(is used to describe hair):
a small cluster of elongated flexible outgrowths attached or close together at the base and free at the opposite ends; especially : a growing bunch of grasses or close-set plants
oppressive:unreasonably burdensome or severe
clutch :
to grasp or hold with or as if with the hand or claws usually strongly, tightly, or suddenly
pristine: belonging to the earliest period or state
exempt: free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
nautical:
of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
muffle:to wrap or pad with something to dull the sound
clammy:being damp, soft, sticky, and usually cool
martyrdom:when someone suffers or is killed for their beliefs
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