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Title
1

The ball is in your court

2

Acquired taste

3

A world of difference

4

Start While the Task Is Still Small

5

Use Energy, Not Just Time

6

Bear fruit

7

First-hand

8

See light at the end of the tunnel

9

Have second thoughts

10

Separate thinking from doubting

11

Define “good enough” before you start

12

Test the waters

13

Give someone a heads-up

14

Have a bone to pick with sb

15

Cut your losses

16

Indecision

17

Let's move on

18

I'll pass

19

Turn a corner

20

When familiar feels like truth

21

The illusion of understanding

22

Come to terms with

23

For one thing

24

If anything

25

Why We Repeat The Same Mistakes

26

The single story

27

Stay grounded

28

That felt off

29

Lose your footing

30

Self-handicaping

31

Trade-off (there is no free lunch)

32

Give mixed signals

33

Unspoken rules

34

Sounds about right

35

Take it personally

36

Precautionary Principle

37

Black Swan Events

38

Keep your cool

39

Let it slide

40

Let things be

41

Norm Cascade

42

Trust your gut

43

Second-guess yourself

44

Stay on top of sth

45

Ulterior Motive

46

The Halo Effect

47

The Tragedy of the Commons

48

Go against the grain

49

Double-edged Sword

50

Icing on the cake

51

Setback

52

Call someone names

53

Bystander Effect

54

Epistemic Humility

55

Blind Spot

56

Preemptively

57

Outlier

58

Have your ducks in a row

59

Food for thought

60

False Consunsus Effect

61

Lean into it

62

Bummer

63

Own it

64

Moral Licensing

65

Psycological Reactance

66

For the time being

67

I can't unsee it

68

Unhinged

69

It just clicked

70

Don't twist it

71

Anchoring Bias

72

Confirmation Bias

73

Slow down

74

On the go

75

Stir the pot

76

Soft-spoken

77

See eye to eye (revisit)

78

Learned Helplessness

79

Clear Responsibility

80

Hard pass

81

Break the cycle

82

Bare minimum

83

Pet hate (revisit)

84

Sought-after

85

Dopamine

86

Outsider

87

Up in the air

88

At a crossroads

89

On the brink of sth

90

Bottle up (revisit)

91

Window of tolerance

92

Resilience with ACT

93

Hold it together

94

Rock the boat

95

Like clockwork

96

Nitpicker

97

Shady (Revisit)

98

Attention Economy

99

Temporal self gap

100

Get under sb's skin

101

Meet halfway

102

Have a say

103

Speak for yourself

104

Single-handedly

105

Keystone Habits

106

Grit is trained, not forced

107

Be in the driver’s seat

108

To start with

109

Believe it or not

110

Get back on track

111

Fall off the wagon

112

Don't share your goals

113

Start, Stop, Continue

114

That's on me

115

Fair enough

116

Hit a nerve

117

That threw me off

118

I should have known better

119

Consumer Identity

120

Gentle Resolutions

121

There is more to it

122

You live and you learn

123

I'll take your word for it

124

I hear you

125

Let's take a step back

126

Warm someone's heart

127

I can't get it off my mind

128

That crossed a line

129

I'm not buying it

130

Let's call it what it is

131

I didn't see that coming

132

It didn't land

133

Time slips by

134

The good old days

135

It doesn't add up

136

Noted

137

Put two and two together

138

Make do with sth

139

Take sth lightly

140

Get your night back

141

One thing at a time

142

Not my finest moment

143

Second nature

144

I don't take it for granted

145

Hit different

146

High-key

147

Feel fear and do it anyway

148

The one-degree shift

149

Touch base

150

Unapolegetic

151

Double standard

152

It dawned on me

153

Blindsided

154

Catch up on sleep

155

Put things into perspective

156

Let it sink in

157

Make the most of it

158

You snooze, you lose

159

Hit home

160

At ease

161

Grow out of it

162

Lighten your inner load

163

Yearning

164

A lightbulb moment

165

Sugarcoat the truth

166

Grounded

167

Talk in circles

168

Give someone grace

169

Ride it out

170

Keep someone in the loop

171

You can't have it both days

172

Keep your word

173

Give someone the benefit of the doubt

174

Do someone a good turn

175

Beat the clock

176

Word of mouth

177

Miss the point

178

Bend the rules

179

Lend a hand

180

Make a scene

181

Count your blessings

182

Follow your calling

183

Play it safe

184

Agree to disagree

185

Hit it off

186

On the same wavelength

187

Beat yourself up

188

Trust the process

189

Pull your weight

190

Liberating

191

Talk it out

192

See things in a new light

193

Go with the flow

194

In the zone

195

Laugh it out

196

Wake up to sth

197

Learn the hard way

198

Wise up

199

Take sth to heart

200

Name it to tame it

201

To err is human

202

Fall out with sb

203

The apple of someone's eye

204

Get your act together

205

Bucket list

206

All eyes on me (Spotlight Effect)

207

Cut yourself some slack

208

Wear out

209

Zealous

210

Add fuel to the fire

211

At odds with

212

Relate to sb

213

Run out of steam (Decision Fatigue)

214

Put off (The 5 Second Rule)

215

Broody

216

Let sleeping dogs lie

217

Callous

218

Bouncy

219

Boil down to

220

Baby steps

221

Antsy

222

Light the spark

223

Goofy

224

Amicable

225

Full of it

226

Cling to life

227

Shake things up

228

Keep a low profile

229

Under sb's thumb

230

Crack down on

231

Volatile

232

Spice up

233

Blow up in your face

234

Open doors

235

Cry off

236

Call sb out

237

At the crack of dawn

238

Stoic

239

Light the way

240

Touch and go

241

Hot-headed

242

Cornerstone

243

Half-hearted

244

Leave no stone unturned

245

Go with the flow

246

Plant the seeds of

247

Sticky situation

248

Turn green with envy

249

Get a foot in the door

250

World-weary

251

Badmouth

252

Burn Bridges

253

Bring to life

254

Lift sb's spirits

255

Brisk

256

Full of oneself

257

Worn out

258

When push comes to shove

259

Let it all out

260

Finicky

261

Hold out

262

Bend over backwards

263

At the drop of a hat

264

Sickening

265

Innermost

266

Time-sensitive

267

Open a can of worms

268

Boomerang

269

Deadpan

270

Toss and turn

271

Drift off

272

Fidgety

273

Jump on the bandwagon

274

Relentless

275

Turn the table

276

Leg it

277

Arm up

278

Pearl clutching

279

Give away the game

280

Hitch

281

Find your voice

282

Break the mold

283

Another day, another dollar

284

Well-travelled

285

Weather-beaten

286

Tight-knit

287

Face the climb

288

Rise above

289

Tone-deaf

290

Blurt out

291

Disoriented

292

Spitting image

293

Helicopter parent

294

Stand your ground

295

Leave a mark

296

Speak volumes

297

Well-meaning

298

Come to grips with

299

Dismissive

300

Wrap up

301

Give back

302

Prove sb wrong

303

Back to square one

304

Bittersweet

305

Get under sb's skin

306

Weigh up

307

Bubbly

308

Crack down on sth

309

Defiant

310

Feel out of sorts

311

Blindsided

312

Root for sb

313

Jaded

314

Stiff upper lip

315

Walk away

316

Stick your neck out

317

Grounded

318

Caught red handed

319

Hit a wall

320

Tear up

321

Drained

322

Take a stand

323

Grit

324

Downhearted

325

Drag your feet

326

Hard-headed

327

Empty-handed

328

The more, the merrier

329

Put your life on the line

330

Living in a fantasy world

331

Mishap

332

Throw someone under the bus

333

Short-staffed

334

Jump the gun

335

Scatterbrained

336

Skeleton in the closet

337

Against the tide

338

Out of your league

339

Come across as

340

Hold your horses

341

Big mouth

342

Work around the clock

343

Hold out hope

344

Homebound

345

Pick on sb

346

In the long run

347

Open up

348

Boastful

349

By all means

350

Timid

351

Have the upper hand

352

Come clean

353

Get a wild bug

354

Turn up

355

Shake off

356

Chicken out

357

Gut feeling

358

Wholesome

359

Shake someone's to the core

360

From the buttom of one's heart

361

Blow it

362

Low key

363

Bullish

364

Call the shots

365

Up in the air

366

Pay off

367

By the book

368

Give sb the green light

369

Come up short

370

In the red

371

Lay low

372

Pushy

373

Grumpy

374

Bite off more than you can chew

375

In over your head

376

It's safe to say

377

Blow someone's mind

378

Indecisive

379

Reskill

380

Clueless

381

Fork over

382

Reach out

383

A diamond in the rough

384

Street smart

385

Lame

386

Clingy

387

Break new ground

388

Think on your feet

389

Cash Cow

390

Touchy

391

Live to Tell the Tale

392

Hit the roof

393

Gray area

394

Cynical

395

Have a soft spot for

396

Weather the storm

397

Cheat death

398

In the blink of an eye

399

Cut corners

400

Jaw-dropping

401

Scrutinize

402

Miss the boat

403

Loose cannon

404

Impetuous

405

Busybody

406

Pain in the neck

407

First and foremost

408

Hidden Gem

409

Slip up

410

Cheer up

411

Sweep under carpet

412

Out of the question

413

Scapegoat

414

Once bitten, twice shy

415

In a nutshell

416

Humble

417

Tough cookie

418

Wet Blanket

419

Mind-bending

420

Back out

421

Pull sb's leg

422

Overlook

423

Blunder

424

Drop by

425

Conscientious

426

Right and left

427

Exacerbate

428

Wake-up call

429

Stand the test of time

430

Turn things around

431

All talk

432

Steal someone's thunder

433

Blood, sweat and tears

434

Talk shop

435

Talk down to sb

436

Flop

437

Fiasco

438

Save face

439

Flabbergasted

440

Boast

441

Under your breath

442

Under your nose

443

Urban legend

444

Outlandish

445

Bring about

446

Lenient

447

Aim for the moon

448

Second to none

449

Mediocre

450

Hoax

451

Take a leap of faith

452

Get the ball rolling

453

Think outside the box

454

Level up

455

Turn over a new leaf

456

Unwavering

457

Remain in the shadows

458

Under scrutiny

459

Walk on eggshells

460

Catastrophe

461

Bottle up

462

See eye to eye

463

To have a chip on one's shoulder

464

Baffled

465

Surreal

466

Unbecoming

467

Hands-on

468

Butter up

469

Dishearten

470

Take the plunge

471

Against all odds

472

Caught red-handed

473

Heartwarming

474

Fuss

475

Deplorable

476

Eye-opening

477

Vanish into thin air

478

Push Through

479

Stickler

480

On the rocks

481

Wanderlust

482

Catch up

483

Snowed under

484

Take matters into your hands

485

Eerie

486

Eccentric

487

Give or Take

488

Eavesdrop

489

Splash out

490

Go bananas

491

Backfire

492

Last-ditch effort

493

Keep sb in the dark

494

Frugal

495

In the driver's sit

496

Act up

497

Bummer

498

In the nick of time

499

Raise eyebrows

500

Monumental - Vocabulary through facts

501

Wrap one’s head around sth

502

Take with a grain of salt

503

Up in the air

504

Use up

505

Take the lead

506

Read between lines

507

Controversial

508

Impeccable

509

To get away with sth

510

Genuine

511

At stake

512

Intriguing

513

Sleep on it

514

Cram

515

Ace

516

Stick at sth

517

Ghost (informal)

518

Keep up with

519

Savvy

520

Zone out

521

Implement

522

Laze around

523

Turn down

524

Blow a fuse

525

See off

526

Rip-off

527

Give in

528

Bring up

529

Get out of hand

530

Milestone

531

Foresee

532

Drag on

533

Play it by ear

534

Top notch

535

Abolish

536

Give someone the cold shoulder

537

Call it a day

538

Binge

539

To nail it

540

Learn the ropes

541

Spot on

542

Bold

543

Brush up on sth

544

When pigs fly

545

Get cold feet

546

Meticulous

547

Caught off guard

548

Laser-focused

549

To go the extra mile

550

Unprecedented

551

To be on the fence

552

To have a knack for sth

553

Absent-minded

554

Under the weather

555

Inevitable

556

Self-made

557

To have itchy feet

558

On the same page

559

Beat around the bush

560

Face the music

561

Underestimate

562

To be a character

563

Puppy Love

564

In the same boat

565

Reluctant

566

Bite the bullet

567

Laid-back

568

A creature of habit

569

Go-getter

570

A bag of nerves

571

Shady

572

Put up with

573

Bump into somebody

574

Pet hate

575

In two minds

576

Unwind

577

Overhyped

578

Common Knowledge

579

Ambiguous

580

Black Sheep

581

Tycoon

582

Next to nothing

583

Unearth

584

Homebody

585

Resilient

586

Tell somebody off

587

Wildfire

588

Spill the Beans

589

Benevolent

590

Dirt cheap

591

White Lie

592

Let alone

593

The Elephant in the Room

594

On edge

595

Cold Fish

596

Naive

597

Over the moon

598

Fishy

599

Happy-go-lucky

600

Worthwhile

601

Thick-skinned

602

Like mad

603

Hot Potato

604

Fed up

605

Tongue-tied

606

Out of the blue

607

Bizarre

608

Mess around

609

Tied up

610

Evacuate

611

White Night

612

Picky

613

Rare

614

In vain

615

Moaning Minnie

616

Persuade

617

Lose face

618

Anonymous

619

Outage

620

Down-to-earth

621

Ceasefire

622

No-brainer

623

Terrorize

624

Take after

625

Without Fail

626

Chit-chat

627

Infamous

628

Exceptional

629

Turn a blind eye to sth

630

Social Butterfly

631

Chatterbox

632

Affluent

633

Put off

634

Daredevil

635

Call Off

636

Kill two birds with one stone

637

Easier Said Than Done

638

People Person

639

Procrastinate

640

Ambitious

641

Altruist

642

Serendipity

643

A Blessing in Disguise