n.
awareness
1) to keep ~ of (to keep ~ of expenses)
2) to lose ~ of
3) close ~ (to keep close ~ of smt.)
course for racing
4) a fast; muddy; slow ~
5) a cinder ~; race~; running ~
path, road
6) a cart ~ ( BE ; AE has dirt road )
7) ( misc. ) off the beaten ~ ('isolated')
rail
8) to lay ~s
9) a double; main; railroad ( AE ), railway ( BE ); single ~
10) ( misc. ) on the wrong side of the ~s ( AE ; colloq. ) ('in the poor section of a city')
recording
11) a sound ~
misc.
12) the inside ~ ('an advantageous position')
USAGE NOTE: For footraces, ~ is CE . For horseracing, AE uses ~ and race~ ; BE prefers course and racecourse .