Hän painoi kämmenet lattiaa vasten ja kohotti itseään ylöspäin. Ponnistus vihloi otsaa, ja suusta karkasi hiljainen älähdys. Hän otti olkapäällään tukea karheasta seinästä ja kampesi itsensä hitaasti ensin istualleen, sitten jaloilleen. T-paidan rintamukselta varisi lattialle havunneulasia, multaa ja hiekkaa. Olo oli vähintäänkin hutera. Maailma pyöri, ja veri kohisi päässä kosken lailla. Hänen teki mieli vajota äkkiä takaisin lattiatasoon. Antaa periksi, luovuttaa. Hän keskittyi hengittämään rauhallisesti kivun läpi, ja pikkuhiljaa olo alkoi tasaantua.
He pressed his palms against the floor and raised himself up. The effort hurt the forehead, and a quiet grunt escaped from the mouth. He took support from the rough wall onto his shoulder and turned himself slowly, first into a seated position, then onto his feet. Pine needles, soil and sand fell from the front of the T-shirt onto the floor. He felt precarious at least. The world was spinning, and the blood was rushing in the head like rapids. He suddenly wanted to sink back to the floor level. To give up, to surrender. He focused on breathing peacefully through the pain, and his feelings were gradually getting stable.
* painaa : (transitive) to press, push
* kämmen : palm
* kohottaa : to raise, elevate, lift
* ponnistus : effort, exertion
* ponnistaa : (intransitive) to push, jump, try hard, make an effort
* vihloa : (transitive, usually atelic) to hurt, ache
* otsa : forehead
* karata : (intransitive) to escape, run away, flee
* älähdys : grunt, yelp
* karhea : rough
* kammeta : (transitive) to pry, prise
* istualleen : sitting (down), into a seated position
* T-paita : T-shirt
* rintamus : rinnusta : front, breast, chest
* varista : (intransitive) to fall off
* havunneulanen : needle
* multa : soil or earth
* hiekka : sand
* vähintäänkin : vähintään : ainakin : at least
* hutera : shaky, precarious
* pyöriä : (intransitive) to rotate, turn, revolve, spin
* veri : blood
* kohista : (intransitive, of water) to rush
* lailla : (postposition) like, as (in a manner similar to) (with genitive and/or possessive form)
* koski : rapids
* vajota : (intransitive) to sink, settle
* lattiataso : floor level
* taso : level, tier (position on a hierarchy)
* luovuttaa : (transitive) to hand over, surrender, give up
* keskittyä : (intransitive) to concentrate on, focus on (with illative)
* kipu : pain, ache, hurt
* tasaantua : (intransitive) to flatten, smooth, stabilize
