chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
immediately; right away; on the spot
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
pointing out; identification
vector; direction (e.g. of one's activities or interests); focus
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
each time it happens; at all such times
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to put one's strength into
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
to pedal a bicycle; to ride a bicycle; to cycle; to bike
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
whip; lash; stick; cane; encouragement; rebuke
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
not worrying about one's reputation or appearance; not caring what others think
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to grow cold; to get chilly; to cool down
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)