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Inspire 7 - Section 1

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  • attempt
    – a try to do something
  • desperate
    trying anything to escape
    – feeling there is no hope
  • hypothermia
    – dangerous low body temperature
  • deafening
    almost too loud to hear anything else
    very loud
  • lungs
    – body organs used for breathing
  • advice
    – helpful ideas about what to do
  • muffled
    – not clear
    hard to hear
  • air pocket
    – a space filled with air
  • chasm
    – a very deep hole in the ground
  • suddenly
    – happening quickly and unexpectedly
  • buried
    – covered completely by something
  • preserve
    – to keep something safe and not lost
  • snatch
    – to grab quickly
  • suffocate
    – to die because you cannot breathe
  • ramming
    – hitting or pushing hard
  • gasping
    – breathing quickly and with difficulty
  • leaflet
    – a small paper with information
  • hurled
    – thrown with great force
  • flash
    – something happening very quickly
  • surface
    – the top layer of something
  • foolish
    – not wise
    silly
  • ominous
    – giving the feeling something bad will happen
  • deafening
    – so loud that it hurts your ears
  • weaken
    – to become less strong
  • distant
    – far away
  • avalanche
    – a large amount of snow falling down a mountain
  • intense
    very strong
  • create
    – to make something new
  • knocked
    – hit or pushed strongly
  • freezing
    – very
    very cold
  • excruciating
    – extremely painful
  • extra
    – more than usual
  • terror
    – great fear
  • choked
    could not breathe properly
  • helplessly
    – unable to do anything to help oneself
  • relief
    – a feeling of comfort after fear or pain
  • cupped
    – held in your hands like a cup
  • desperately
    – trying very hard because of fear or danger
  • remembered
    – brought back into your mind
  • faint
    weak
    – not clear