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✨Before I Fall Page 1. PROLOGUE (продолжение)
But before I died I didn’t think of Rob, or any other guy. I didn’t think of all the outrageous things I’d done with my friends. I didn’t even think of my family, or the way the morning light turns the walls in my bedroom the color of cream, or the way the azaleas outside my window smell in July, a mixture of honey and cinnamon. Instead, I thought of Vicky Hallinan. Specifically, I thought of the time in fourth grade when Lindsay announced in front of the whole gym class that she wouldn’t have Vicky on her dodgeball team. “She’s too fat,” Lindsay blurted out. “You could hit her with your eyes closed.” I wasn’t friends with Lindsay yet, but even then she had this way of saying things that made them hilarious, and I laughed along with everyone else while Vicky’s face turned as purple as the underside of a storm cloud. That’s what I remembered in that before-death instant, when I was supposed to be having some big revelation about my past: the smell of varnish and the squeak of our sneakers on the polished floor; the tightness of my polyester shorts; the laughter echoing around the big, empty space like there were way more than twenty-five people in the gym. And Vicky’s face. The weird thing is that I hadn’t thought about that in forever. It was one of those memories I didn’t even know I remembered, if you know what I mean. It’s not like Vicky was traumatized or anything. That’s just the kind of thing that kids do to each other. It’s no big deal. 👇👇👇
🔺 outrageous |aʊtˈreɪdʒəs| - возмутительный, вопиющий, скандальный
🔺 specifically |spɪˈsɪfɪkli| - конкретно, особенно, а именно
🔺 to blurt out — сболтнуть не подумав; отчебучивать; выпаливать
🔺 hilarious |hɪˈleriəs| - веселый, шумный
🔺 underside - нижняя часть
🔺 revelation |ˌrevəˈleɪʃn|- открытие, откровение
🔺 varnish |ˈvɑːrnɪʃ| - лак, лакировка
🔺 squeak of - скрип, писк, свист чего-то
🔺 it's no big deal — ничего особенного
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