goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
to exert oneself; to make efforts
as soon as possible; ASAP; even a little early
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment
duty; function; office; mission; task
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
going to and fro; back and forth
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
to apply the art of resuscitation (in judo, etc.); to breathe life into; to stimulate; to encourage someone
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
runner-up; second (in a race)
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to take command; to give direction
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
invisibly; secretly; privately
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little