Both Uses
vertigo
in
Before I Fall
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- For a moment I feel a hot flush of embarrassment, like nausea or vertigo.†
p. 202.5 *
- A feeling of vertigo overwhelms me when I look at her, a nauseous feeling lashing in my stomach, but I take a deep breath and think of counting steps, think of running leaps, and my dream of flying.†
p. 418.8
Definitions:
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(vertigo) a dizzy sensation or a feeling that you are about to fall
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) There is also a famous Alfred Hitchcock film named Vertigo.