Meanings (ES + gloss)
sístole
The rhythmic contraction of the heart, by which blood is driven through the arteries.
A double systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats.
There is no essential virtue in comfort. To be relaxed is good if it is part of a process of systole and diastole. Relaxation comes between phases of tenseness.
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