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Menace Under Otari - 2 Drop Into Darkness

Squeezing through the hole, you find yourself in a cavern that seems to stretch endlessly beneath the streets of Otari. Who knows that menace could be lurking down there? Up ahead, the passageway ends in a cliff that plunges sharply into the darkness.

Words

cavern

cav·ern /ˈkævən $-ərn / noun [countable] a large CAVE

stretch

  1. IN SPACE [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] to spread out or cover a large area of land
    • stretch to/into/away etc
      • Row after row of orange trees stretched to the horizon.
      • a line stretching around the block

plunge

plunge in (also plunge into something) phrasal verb

  1. to start talking or doing something quickly and confidently, especially without thinking about it first:
    • It’s a difficult situation. You can’t just plunge in and put everything right.
    • ‘I don’t agree,’ she said, plunging into the conversation.
  2. to jump or DIVE into water:
    • He stripped off and plunged into the sea.
  3. plunge something ↔ in (also plunge something into something) to push something firmly and deeply into something else:
    • He opened the bag and plunged his hand in.
    • Plunge the pasta into boiling water.
    • Repeatedly she plunged the knife into his chest.

Chinese

挤过那个洞口后，你来到一个似乎无尽延伸在奥塔利街道下方的洞穴中。谁知道那里潜伏着怎样的威胁？前方，通道在一处峭壁处终止，峭壁陡然下坠，陷入黑暗之中。