Vocabulary

to sap

set out (pv)

to know your own mind

stick to your guns (on sth)

trouper (n)

fill sb in (on) sth

to speak your mind

to cross your mind

to be in two minds about (sth)

to set (sth) up (pv)

drawback (n)

demanding (adj)

perk (n)

(usually plural)

conscientious (adj)

/ˌkɒnʃiˈenʃəs/

sensitive (adj)

to have a gut feeling

to go with your gut feeling

to face sth head on

absent-minded (adj)

put (sth) off (pv)

rough (adj)

aisle (n)

/aɪl/

ingenious (adj)

resourceful (adj)

tough-minded (adj)

sympathetic (adj)

overbearing (adj)

steady (adj)

critical (adj)

grossly (adv)

outright (adv)

blatant (adj)

a loaded question

charged (adj)
[of arguments or subjects]

textbook (adj)

to take on

loan shark (n)

smart set

the jet set

glitterati

starlet (n)

the dizzy heights of sth

finishing school (n)

aftermath (n)

to depict (v)

/dɪˈpɪkt/

compelling (adj)

pillbox (n)

ace (adj)

straightforward (adj)

to wear the trousers

to prompt (v)

outlook (n)

worthwhile (adj)

frenzy (n)

blizzard (n)

to be engrossed in sth

inherent (adj)

hindsight (n)

ghastly (adj)

lifespan (n)

startling (adj)

open-ended (adj)

overview (n)

close-knit (adj)

skirmish (n)

effect x affect

buckle (n)

juggler (n)

to juggle (v)

to cope with (sth)

clog (v)

overcome (v)

a kick in the teeth

at the end of 'your' tether

food for thought

go out on a limb for someone

to be 'no spring chicken'

to do sth until you're blue in the face

to give/get a new lease of life

have an axe to grind

to slog away at sth (pv)

to lag behind

to reek of sth (pv)

to cotton on to (sth) - (pv)

to goad sb into doing sth

to flesh sth out

to muddle through (pv)

to bottom out (pv)

auspicious (adj)

formal

to screech to a hault/standstill

fits and starts (b)

to leave sb high and dry (b)

the rank and file (n)

every nook and cranny (b)

null and void

to scrimp and save

to come to terms with sth

to take heart

far-off (adj)

flab (n)

pick yourself up

cut down on (sth) - (pv)

a sparkle in my eyes

hand sb|sth over (pv)

to do wonders for sb|sth

exhilaration (n)

exhilarated | exhilarating (adj)

to soothe (transitive v)

soothing (adj)

mailshot (n)

sewage (n)

sewer (n)

drill (n)

to soar (intransitive v.)

soaring (adj)

shallow (adj)

to be devoid of sth

formal

beam (n)

burrow (iv)

hollow sth out (pv)

to delve into sth (pv)

to delve in|into|inside

to draw in (pv)

to exhort (trans. v)

exhortation (n)

to appease (trans. v.)

appeasement (n)

to soften (intrans|transitive v)

supple (adj)

suppleness (n)

slope (n)

to undergo (trans. v)