to cut corners; to be shoddy
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
marathon; long-distance race
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to complete decisively; to do to completion
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus); rhebok; reebok; rhebuck
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across