joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
to flare up; to fly into a rage
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
succession; continuation; series; sequence
pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
explosion; rupture; break off
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
great physical power; animal strength
save; checking; curbing; suppressing
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
strong interaction; strong force
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
singularity; singular point
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to put one's strength into
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
day after day; day in and day out; every single day
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
accumulation; accumulate; store
self-destruction; self-sabotage
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive