Notice these words and expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
- treacherous – unpredictable danger; not dependable or trustworthy
- subdued my pride – to lower or restrain the intensity of self-respect and confidence
- flailed at the surface – to strike or lash out vigorously at the surface of the water in trying to come out
- fishing for landlocked salmon – to go fishing for a specific variety of salmon available in certain lakes
- misadventure – an incident that turns out to be a disaster
- bob to the surface like a cork – to float or show the characteristics of buoyancy as a cork in water
- curtain of life fell – to indicate that life has ended or a near-death experience
- back and forth across the pool – to swim across the swimming pool from one side to the other