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Title
1

Delve into sth

2

Something along those lines

3

That's the bottom line

4

I took the liberty of

5

Solomon’s Paradox

6

The Lipstick Effect

7

Nip it in the bud

8

It goes both ways

9

For lack of a better word

10

To each their own

11

A last resort

12

The Pleasure of Being a Beginner

13

Borrowing others' priorities?

14

It happens to the best of us

15

No harm done

16

It wasn't meant to be

17

A drop in the ocean

18

The Sweet Spot

19

Anticipatory Nostalgia

20

The Biggest Predictor of Happiness

21

As it turns out

22

That's a story for another day

23

Chances are

24

Truth be told

25

Here's the thing

26

Wake Up to Your Life

27

Sleepwalking through life

28

For better or for worse

29

It couldn't be better

30

To say the least

31

Nothing beats

32

More often than not

33

What has become normal

34

Nobody Has It All Figured Out

35

It goes a long way

36

Have a change of heart

37

A reality check

38

That being said

39

I wouldn't go that far

40

Speak Before You’re Ready

41

Your accent is not your enemy

42

It grew on me

43

Connect the dots

44

It's the little things

45

It was worth a shot

46

You can't go wrong with...

47

Too Many Shoulds

48

Being busy vs. busyness

49

Unsung hero

50

A labour of love

51

As we speak

52

For some reason

53

Before I knew it

54

I never got around to

55

Not gonna lie

56

While away the hours

57

Come to Think of It

58

Two Years Together

59

It doesn't hurt to...

60

Off the top of my head

61

Emotional Agility

62

Less News, More Life

63

I've been meaning to

64

It comes at a cost

65

A tough pill to swallow

66

Carve out time

67

Time will tell

68

Why Ordinary Moments Don't Feel Enough Anymore

69

The psychological cost of constant self-evaluation

70

I can't put my finger on it

71

Hit a plateau

72

Better safe than sorry

73

No Hard Feelings

74

One thing led to another

75

Why We Keep Postponing Things That Matter

76

Why Small Problems Feel Big at Night

77

That's a good problem to have

78

Can't complain

79

Hear me out

80

It slipped my mind

81

I'm over it

82

The Psychology of Feeling “Behind”

83

When the Mind Keeps Reopening Problems

84

That rubbed me the wrong way

85

I'm with you on that

86

Bear your heart to someone

87

Ahead of the game

88

Quick fix

89

Overpreparation

90

The Four Pillars of Confidence

91

A matter of form

92

Bittersweet (revisit)

93

A done deal

94

Armchair Critic

95

Invisible Adaptation

96

Information vs. Insight

97

Open up (revisit)

98

The ball is in your court

99

Acquired taste

100

A world of difference

101

Start While the Task Is Still Small

102

Use Energy, Not Just Time

103

Bear fruit

104

First-hand

105

See light at the end of the tunnel

106

Have second thoughts

107

Separate thinking from doubting

108

Define “good enough” before you start

109

Test the waters

110

Give someone a heads-up

111

Have a bone to pick with sb

112

Cut your losses

113

Indecision

114

Let's move on

115

I'll pass

116

Turn a corner

117

When familiar feels like truth

118

The illusion of understanding

119

Come to terms with

120

For one thing

121

If anything

122

Why We Repeat The Same Mistakes

123

The single story

124

Stay grounded

125

That felt off

126

Lose your footing

127

Self-handicaping

128

Trade-off (there is no free lunch)

129

Give mixed signals

130

Unspoken rules

131

Sounds about right

132

Take it personally

133

Precautionary Principle

134

Black Swan Events

135

Keep your cool

136

Let it slide

137

Let things be

138

Norm Cascade

139

Trust your gut

140

Second-guess yourself

141

Stay on top of sth

142

Ulterior Motive

143

The Halo Effect

144

The Tragedy of the Commons

145

Go against the grain

146

Double-edged Sword

147

Icing on the cake

148

Setback

149

Call someone names

150

Bystander Effect

151

Epistemic Humility

152

Blind Spot

153

Preemptively

154

Outlier

155

Have your ducks in a row

156

Food for thought

157

False Consunsus Effect

158

Lean into it

159

Bummer

160

Own it

161

Moral Licensing

162

Psycological Reactance

163

For the time being

164

I can't unsee it

165

Unhinged

166

It just clicked

167

Don't twist it

168

Anchoring Bias

169

Confirmation Bias

170

Slow down

171

On the go

172

Stir the pot

173

Soft-spoken

174

See eye to eye (revisit)

175

Learned Helplessness

176

Clear Responsibility

177

Hard pass

178

Break the cycle

179

Bare minimum

180

Pet hate (revisit)

181

Sought-after

182

Dopamine

183

Outsider

184

Up in the air

185

At a crossroads

186

On the brink of sth

187

Bottle up (revisit)

188

Window of tolerance

189

Resilience with ACT

190

Hold it together

191

Rock the boat

192

Like clockwork

193

Nitpicker

194

Shady (Revisit)

195

Attention Economy

196

Temporal self gap

197

Get under sb's skin

198

Meet halfway

199

Have a say

200

Speak for yourself

201

Single-handedly

202

Keystone Habits

203

Grit is trained, not forced

204

Be in the driver’s seat

205

To start with

206

Believe it or not

207

Get back on track

208

Fall off the wagon

209

Don't share your goals

210

Start, Stop, Continue

211

That's on me

212

Fair enough

213

Hit a nerve

214

That threw me off

215

I should have known better

216

Consumer Identity

217

Gentle Resolutions

218

There is more to it

219

You live and you learn

220

I'll take your word for it

221

I hear you

222

Let's take a step back

223

Warm someone's heart

224

I can't get it off my mind

225

That crossed a line

226

I'm not buying it

227

Let's call it what it is

228

I didn't see that coming

229

It didn't land

230

Time slips by

231

The good old days

232

It doesn't add up

233

Noted

234

Put two and two together

235

Make do with sth

236

Take sth lightly

237

Get your night back

238

One thing at a time

239

Not my finest moment

240

Second nature

241

I don't take it for granted

242

Hit different

243

High-key

244

Feel fear and do it anyway

245

The one-degree shift

246

Touch base

247

Unapolegetic

248

Double standard

249

It dawned on me

250

Blindsided

251

Catch up on sleep

252

Put things into perspective

253

Let it sink in

254

Make the most of it

255

You snooze, you lose

256

Hit home

257

At ease

258

Grow out of it

259

Lighten your inner load

260

Yearning

261

A lightbulb moment

262

Sugarcoat the truth

263

Grounded

264

Talk in circles

265

Give someone grace

266

Ride it out

267

Keep someone in the loop

268

You can't have it both days

269

Keep your word

270

Give someone the benefit of the doubt

271

Do someone a good turn

272

Beat the clock

273

Word of mouth

274

Miss the point

275

Bend the rules

276

Lend a hand

277

Make a scene

278

Count your blessings

279

Follow your calling

280

Play it safe

281

Agree to disagree

282

Hit it off

283

On the same wavelength

284

Beat yourself up

285

Trust the process

286

Pull your weight

287

Liberating

288

Talk it out

289

See things in a new light

290

Go with the flow

291

In the zone

292

Laugh it out

293

Wake up to sth

294

Learn the hard way

295

Wise up

296

Take sth to heart

297

Name it to tame it

298

To err is human

299

Fall out with sb

300

The apple of someone's eye

301

Get your act together

302

Bucket list

303

All eyes on me (Spotlight Effect)

304

Cut yourself some slack

305

Wear out

306

Zealous

307

Add fuel to the fire

308

At odds with

309

Relate to sb

310

Run out of steam (Decision Fatigue)

311

Put off (The 5 Second Rule)

312

Broody

313

Let sleeping dogs lie

314

Callous

315

Bouncy

316

Boil down to

317

Baby steps

318

Antsy

319

Light the spark

320

Goofy

321

Amicable

322

Full of it

323

Cling to life

324

Shake things up

325

Keep a low profile

326

Under sb's thumb

327

Crack down on

328

Volatile

329

Spice up

330

Blow up in your face

331

Open doors

332

Cry off

333

Call sb out

334

At the crack of dawn

335

Stoic

336

Light the way

337

Touch and go

338

Hot-headed

339

Cornerstone

340

Half-hearted

341

Leave no stone unturned

342

Go with the flow

343

Plant the seeds of

344

Sticky situation

345

Turn green with envy

346

Get a foot in the door

347

World-weary

348

Badmouth

349

Burn Bridges

350

Bring to life

351

Lift sb's spirits

352

Brisk

353

Full of oneself

354

Worn out

355

When push comes to shove

356

Let it all out

357

Finicky

358

Hold out

359

Bend over backwards

360

At the drop of a hat

361

Sickening

362

Innermost

363

Time-sensitive

364

Open a can of worms

365

Boomerang

366

Deadpan

367

Toss and turn

368

Drift off

369

Fidgety

370

Jump on the bandwagon

371

Relentless

372

Turn the table

373

Leg it

374

Arm up

375

Pearl clutching

376

Give away the game

377

Hitch

378

Find your voice

379

Break the mold

380

Another day, another dollar

381

Well-travelled

382

Weather-beaten

383

Tight-knit

384

Face the climb

385

Rise above

386

Tone-deaf

387

Blurt out

388

Disoriented

389

Spitting image

390

Helicopter parent

391

Stand your ground

392

Leave a mark

393

Speak volumes

394

Well-meaning

395

Come to grips with

396

Dismissive

397

Wrap up

398

Give back

399

Prove sb wrong

400

Back to square one

401

Bittersweet

402

Get under sb's skin

403

Weigh up

404

Bubbly

405

Crack down on sth

406

Defiant

407

Feel out of sorts

408

Blindsided

409

Root for sb

410

Jaded

411

Stiff upper lip

412

Walk away

413

Stick your neck out

414

Grounded

415

Caught red handed

416

Hit a wall

417

Tear up

418

Drained

419

Take a stand

420

Grit

421

Downhearted

422

Drag your feet

423

Hard-headed

424

Empty-handed

425

The more, the merrier

426

Put your life on the line

427

Living in a fantasy world

428

Mishap

429

Throw someone under the bus

430

Short-staffed

431

Jump the gun

432

Scatterbrained

433

Skeleton in the closet

434

Against the tide

435

Out of your league

436

Come across as

437

Hold your horses

438

Big mouth

439

Work around the clock

440

Hold out hope

441

Homebound

442

Pick on sb

443

In the long run

444

Open up

445

Boastful

446

By all means

447

Timid

448

Have the upper hand

449

Come clean

450

Get a wild bug

451

Turn up

452

Shake off

453

Chicken out

454

Gut feeling

455

Wholesome

456

Shake someone's to the core

457

From the buttom of one's heart

458

Blow it

459

Low key

460

Bullish

461

Call the shots

462

Up in the air

463

Pay off

464

By the book

465

Give sb the green light

466

Come up short

467

In the red

468

Lay low

469

Pushy

470

Grumpy

471

Bite off more than you can chew

472

In over your head

473

It's safe to say

474

Blow someone's mind

475

Indecisive

476

Reskill

477

Clueless

478

Fork over

479

Reach out

480

A diamond in the rough

481

Street smart

482

Lame

483

Clingy

484

Break new ground

485

Think on your feet

486

Cash Cow

487

Touchy

488

Live to Tell the Tale

489

Hit the roof

490

Gray area

491

Cynical

492

Have a soft spot for

493

Weather the storm

494

Cheat death

495

In the blink of an eye

496

Cut corners

497

Jaw-dropping

498

Scrutinize

499

Miss the boat

500

Loose cannon

501

Impetuous

502

Busybody

503

Pain in the neck

504

First and foremost

505

Hidden Gem

506

Slip up

507

Cheer up

508

Sweep under carpet

509

Out of the question

510

Scapegoat

511

Once bitten, twice shy

512

In a nutshell

513

Humble

514

Tough cookie

515

Wet Blanket

516

Mind-bending

517

Back out

518

Pull sb's leg

519

Overlook

520

Blunder

521

Drop by

522

Conscientious

523

Right and left

524

Exacerbate

525

Wake-up call

526

Stand the test of time

527

Turn things around

528

All talk

529

Steal someone's thunder

530

Blood, sweat and tears

531

Talk shop

532

Talk down to sb

533

Flop

534

Fiasco

535

Save face

536

Flabbergasted

537

Boast

538

Under your breath

539

Under your nose

540

Urban legend

541

Outlandish

542

Bring about

543

Lenient

544

Aim for the moon

545

Second to none

546

Mediocre

547

Hoax

548

Take a leap of faith

549

Get the ball rolling

550

Think outside the box

551

Level up

552

Turn over a new leaf

553

Unwavering

554

Remain in the shadows

555

Under scrutiny

556

Walk on eggshells

557

Catastrophe

558

Bottle up

559

See eye to eye

560

To have a chip on one's shoulder

561

Baffled

562

Surreal

563

Unbecoming

564

Hands-on

565

Butter up

566

Dishearten

567

Take the plunge

568

Against all odds

569

Caught red-handed

570

Heartwarming

571

Fuss

572

Deplorable

573

Eye-opening

574

Vanish into thin air

575

Push Through

576

Stickler

577

On the rocks

578

Wanderlust

579

Catch up

580

Snowed under

581

Take matters into your hands

582

Eerie

583

Eccentric

584

Give or Take

585

Eavesdrop

586

Splash out

587

Go bananas

588

Backfire

589

Last-ditch effort

590

Keep sb in the dark

591

Frugal

592

In the driver's sit

593

Act up

594

Bummer

595

In the nick of time

596

Raise eyebrows

597

Monumental - Vocabulary through facts

598

Wrap one’s head around sth

599

Take with a grain of salt

600

Up in the air

601

Use up

602

Take the lead

603

Read between lines

604

Controversial

605

Impeccable

606

To get away with sth

607

Genuine

608

At stake

609

Intriguing

610

Sleep on it

611

Cram

612

Ace

613

Stick at sth

614

Ghost (informal)

615

Keep up with

616

Savvy

617

Zone out

618

Implement

619

Laze around

620

Turn down

621

Blow a fuse

622

See off

623

Rip-off

624

Give in

625

Bring up

626

Get out of hand

627

Milestone

628

Foresee

629

Drag on

630

Play it by ear

631

Top notch

632

Abolish

633

Give someone the cold shoulder

634

Call it a day

635

Binge

636

To nail it

637

Learn the ropes

638

Spot on

639

Bold

640

Brush up on sth

641

When pigs fly

642

Get cold feet

643

Meticulous

644

Caught off guard

645

Laser-focused

646

To go the extra mile

647

Unprecedented

648

To be on the fence

649

To have a knack for sth

650

Absent-minded

651

Under the weather

652

Inevitable

653

Self-made

654

To have itchy feet

655

On the same page

656

Beat around the bush

657

Face the music

658

Underestimate

659

To be a character

660

Puppy Love

661

In the same boat

662

Reluctant

663

Bite the bullet

664

Laid-back

665

A creature of habit

666

Go-getter

667

A bag of nerves

668

Shady

669

Put up with

670

Bump into somebody

671

Pet hate

672

In two minds

673

Unwind

674

Overhyped

675

Common Knowledge

676

Ambiguous

677

Black Sheep

678

Tycoon

679

Next to nothing

680

Unearth

681

Homebody

682

Resilient

683

Tell somebody off

684

Wildfire

685

Spill the Beans

686

Benevolent

687

Dirt cheap

688

White Lie

689

Let alone

690

The Elephant in the Room

691

On edge

692

Cold Fish

693

Naive

694

Over the moon

695

Fishy

696

Happy-go-lucky

697

Worthwhile

698

Thick-skinned

699

Like mad

700

Hot Potato

701

Fed up

702

Tongue-tied

703

Out of the blue

704

Bizarre

705

Mess around

706

Tied up

707

Evacuate

708

White Night

709

Picky

710

Rare

711

In vain

712

Moaning Minnie

713

Persuade

714

Lose face

715

Anonymous

716

Outage

717

Down-to-earth

718

Ceasefire

719

No-brainer

720

Terrorize

721

Take after

722

Without Fail

723

Chit-chat

724

Infamous

725

Exceptional

726

Turn a blind eye to sth

727

Social Butterfly

728

Chatterbox

729

Affluent

730

Put off

731

Daredevil

732

Call Off

733

Kill two birds with one stone

734

Easier Said Than Done

735

People Person

736

Procrastinate

737

Ambitious

738

Altruist

739

Serendipity

740

A Blessing in Disguise