Hatcher Gary Paulsen Easy Cross Wrord Pussel
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- consuming
very intense
It was a small plane, a Cessna 406—a bushplane—and the engine was so loud, so roaring and consuming and loud, that it ruined any chance for conversation.
- initial
occurring at the beginning
There had been the initial excitement, of course.
- altitude
elevation above sea level or above the earth's surface
He had never flown in a single-engine plane before and to be sitting in the copilot's seat with all the controls right there in front of him, all the instruments in his face as the plane clawed for altitude, jerking and sliding on the wind currents as the pilot took off, had been interesting and exciting.
- current
a steady flow of a fluid or gas
He had never flown in a single engine plane before and to be sitting in the copilot's seat with all the controls right there in front of him, all the instruments in his face as the plane clawed for altitude, jerking and sliding on the wind currents as the pilot took off, had been interesting and exciting.
- drone
an unchanging intonation
But in five minutes they had leveled off at six thousand feet and headed northwest and from then on the pilot had been silent, staring out the front, and the drone of the engine had been all that was left.
- seep
pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
Instead his eyes burned and tears came, the seeping tears that burned, but he didn't cry.
- indicate
give evidence of
On the dashboard in front of him Brian saw the dials, switches, meters, knobs, levers, cranks, lights, handles that were wiggling and flickering, all indicating nothing that he understood and the pilot seemed the same way.
- overcome
get on top of; deal with successfully
He leaned over and lifted the headset off his right ear and put it on his temple, yelling to overcome the sound of the engine.
- slew
move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled way
The plane slewed suddenly to the right.
- gratitude
a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation
But the pilot had put his headset back on and the gratitude was lost in the engine noise and things went back to Brian looking out the window at the ocean of trees and lakes.
- lurch
move haltingly and unsteadily
Now the plane lurched slightly to the right and Brian looked at the pilot.
- tundra
a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
He was working in the oil fields of Canada, up on the tree line where the tundra started and the forests ended.
- constant
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
Now there was a constant odor, and Brian took another look at the pilot, found him rubbing the shoulder and down the arm now, the left arm, letting go more gas and wincing.
- wince
draw back, as with fear or pain
Now there was a constant odor, and Brian took another look at the pilot, found him rubbing the shoulder and down the arm now, the left arm, letting go more gas and wincing.
- hatchet
a small ax with a short handle used with one hand
Inside there was a hatchet, the kind with a steel handle and a rubber handgrip.
- stout
fairly large
The head was in a stout leather case that had a brass-riveted belt loop.
- hokey
obviously artificial or phony
And he would normally have said no, would normally have said no that it looked too hokey to have a hatchet on your belt.
- grimace
contort the face to indicate a certain mental state
Brian turned again to glance at the pilot who had both hands on his stomach and was grimacing in pain, reaching for the left shoulder again as Brian watched.
- audible
heard or perceptible by the ear
The pilot's words were a hiss, barely audible.
- spasm
a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
He stopped as a fresh spasm of pain hit him.
- jolt
an abrupt spasmodic movement
And now a jolt took him like a hammerblow, so forcefully that he seemed to crush back into the seat, and Brian reached for him, could not understand at first what it was, could not know.
- rigid
fixed and unmoving
The pilot's mouth went rigid, he swore and jerked a short series of slams into the seat, holding his shoulder now.
- altimeter
an instrument that measures the height above ground
Down beneath that were dials with lines that seemed to indicate what the winds were doing, tipping or moving, and one dial with a needle pointing to the number 70, which he thought—only thought—might be the altimeter. The device that told him his height above the ground. Or above sea level.
- depress
push down
He had seen the pilot use it, had seen him depress the switch at his belt, so Brian pushed the switch in and blew into the mike.
- hurtle
make a thrusting forward movement
He felt like a prisoner, kept in a small cell that was hurtling through the sky at what he thought to be 160 miles an hour, headed—he didn't know where—just headed somewhere until...
- throttle
a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
Or he could pull the throttle out and make it go down now. He had seen the pilot push the throttle in to increase speed. If he pulled the throttle back out, the engine would slow down and the plane would go down.
- vague
not clearly understood or expressed
He had a vague feeling that he was wrong to keep heading as the plane was heading, a feeling that he might be going off in the wrong direction, but he could not bring himself to stop the engine and fall.
- coarse
rough to the touch
Pulling until his hands caught at weeds and muck, pulling and screaming until his hands caught at last in grass and brush and he felt his chest on land, felt his face in the coarse blades of grass and he stopped, everything stopped.
- abate
become less in amount or intensity
When he opened them again it was evening and some of the sharp pain had abated—there were many dull aches—and the crash came back to him fully.
- hoarse
deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness
He mumbled it, almost in a hoarse whisper.
- graze
scrape gently
His forehead felt massively swollen to the touch, almost like a mound out over his eyes, and it was so tender that when his fingers grazed it he nearly cried.
- remnant
a small part remaining after the main part no longer exists
He pulled the torn remnants of his windbreaker, pieces really, around his shoulders and tried to hold what heat his body could find.
- horde
a vast multitude
With it came some warmth, small bits of it at first, and with the heat came clouds of insects—thick, swarming hordes of mosquitos that flocked to his body, made a living coat on his exposed skin, clogged his nostrils when he inhaled, poured into his mouth when he opened it to take a breath.
- agony
intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
In the end he sat with the windbreaker pulled up, brushed with his hands and took it, almost crying in frustration and agony.
- daze
confusion characterized by lack of clarity
Brian watched them for a time, still in the half- daze , still not thinking well.
Created on February 22, 2013 (updated July 5, 2019)
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