Wild -- Vocabulary Exercise Context Essay

Basically, Charles had accidentally rolled backwards at the edge of a parking area outside a fraternity at another college. His open-topped Jeep slid a few feet backwards down a steep wooded hill in the black of night and came to rest on loose rocks and soil at a very steep upward angle. The hill was so steep that it would have been impossible to release the brake to engage the clutch without sliding backwards down a rocky mountainous hill. In fact, the hill was too steep for the emergency brake to hold the vehicle in place alone. It took a few second for Charles to get the attention of three friends in the backseat, but he managed to tell them they had to get out of the Jeep calmly and only from the sides and not the back. Then he told the girl in the passenger seat that he needed her to be his third leg. He explained how she had to use her left leg to take over the brake so that he could use his left foot on the clutch.He said, "Don't do anything until I say 'Let it go'." Like Charles, she was scared just enough to be very focused about what to do. He engaged the clutch, gave it some gas, and then said "Let it go"; she released the brake and they drove back up the hill.

Illustrated Meaning -- Lacerated

One look at the results of Clint Malarchuk's lacerated jugular vein by a skate blade was enough to convince him that he no longer wanted to play that position at all. Luckily, Malarchuk was saved by excellent emergency care.

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