1 lapse

2 mistake

3 to make a mistake

4 fault

5 service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc)

1 to delay

2 to be held up

3 to miss (an opportunity)

4 delay

5 holdup

1 to break away from

2 to cast off (old ideas etc)

3 to get rid of

4 to break away (from)

5 to break out (of)

6 to free oneself from

7 to extricate oneself

1 free and at ease

2 natural

3 unconstrained

1 to delay

2 to hold up

3 to waste time

4 to interfere with

1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)

2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost

3 a beard well lathered is half shaved

1 still possessing the innocence of childhood (idiom)

1 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself

2 too smart for one's own good

1 to reveal one's talent (idiom)

2 to rise above others

3 to distinguish oneself

1 to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom); born again Daoist

2 to turn over a new leaf

3 fig. to change wholly

4 to create from other material (story, artwork etc)