brocade_adjective: a type of fabric used to make dresses.
chalk up_particle verb: attribute to, blame something on something else.
The girl in The Nashville Ghost blamed her weird feeling on her nerousness.
exhausted_adjective: to be extremely tired.
fixed on_particle verb: to look upon someone intently. In The
Nashville Ghost the narrator said, "Her gaze ... appeared to be fixed on me,"
meaning that the ghost was looking intently at the girl without being distracted.
freaked out_particle verb: scared or frightened
hitched a ride_verb phrase: caught a ride. If you don't have a car and you ask
someone else to drive you somewhere in his or her car you are hitching a ride.
