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fingernail ['fINgqneIl], alternative [Ll'tWnqtIv], yap [jxp]

He rubbed the ball of his thumb over the button on his shirt, the one reading i rode the bullet at thrill village, laconia. I saw there was dirt under his fingernails. “That's where I was today,” he said. “Thrill Village. I did some work for a guy and he gave me an all-day pass. My girlfriend was gonna go with me, but she called and said she was sick, she gets these periods that really hurt sometimes, they make her sick as a dog. It's too bad, but I always think, hey, what's the alternative? No rag at all, right, and then I'm in trouble, we both are. He yapped, a humorless bark of sound. So I went by myself. No sense wasting an all-day pass. You ever been to Thrill Village?”

“Yes,” I said. “Once (один раз). When I was twelve (когда мне было двенадцать).”

“Who'd you go with (с кем ты ходил)?” he asked. “You didn't go alone, did you (ты ходил не один, правда)? Not if you were only twelve (нет, если тебе было только двенадцать).”

I hadn't told him that part, had I (я не рассказывал ему эту часть = про возраст, ведь так)? No. He was playing with me, that was all (он играл со мной, вот и все), swatting me idly back and forth (лениво перебрасывая меня взад и вперед; to swat — ударять; бить /сильным ударом/). I thought about opening the door and just rolling out into the night (я подумывал о том, чтобы открыть дверь и просто выкатиться в ночь), trying to tuck my head into my arms before I hit (старясь спрятать голову в руках, прежде чем ударюсь; to tuck — подгибать, подворачивать; подбирать под себя; засовывать, прятать), only I knew he'd reach over and pull me back before I could get away (но я знал, что он потянется за мной и втянет обратно /в машину/, прежде чем я смогу выбраться). And I couldn't raise my arms, anyway (и я не мог поднять руки в любом случае). The best I could do was clutch my hands together (лучшее, что я мог сделать = все, что я мог, — это сжимать руки вместе).