stamina

Stamina

Resource: The Translator's Handbook,Training,Rachel Owens

"Stamina is one of those qualities which is gradually which is gradually acquired-slowly I realised that I wasn't falling asleep on the train every day, and I wasn't finding it such a struggle to get up in the morning."

Definition: noun [u] the physical or mental strength that enables you to do sth difficult for long periods of time

eg: It takes a lot of stamina to run a marathon.

Mnemonic: stamina-- "start-middle-final", that is to say, the quality you need through the whole process.