a bold and shameless lie
大胆而无耻的谎言
"His excuse was a barefaced lie."
"他的借口是一个无耻的谎言。"
feeling hopeless and defeated
to gradually work on something to achieve a result
to be living the life you always wanted
to stay positive and not lose hope in difficult situations
to assemble something quickly and roughly
to relax your vigilance or become less careful