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set the scene

/i would set the scene so you can imagine how interesting it felt/

lay the groundwork

( to be ) plain sailing

with the aim of making sth plain sailing

easy, without any problems

stepping stone

"just a stepping stone towards the bigger picture"

bước đệm

hindsight
in hindsight/ with hindsight

"in hindsight, it's clear that ..." in hindsight, speding too much time worrying about what other thought was pointless, because none of it is mattered in the long run of our self-development

nhìn lại

what my eyes are set on

I set my sight on...

monotonous

monotonous routine, repeating the same activities, doing the same job day in and day out

stuck in a rut (i), drag on

repeating the same activities, doing the same job day in and day out

dming

direct message

pushy

come on too strong. trying too hard to get what you want

surreal to

" it was surreal to receive an admission notice from my dreaming university"

like a dream comes true

subtle

not obvious or easy to notice, delicate

as to pass more or less unnoticed

trôi qua mà ít nhiều không được chú ý

an image springs to most people's minds

một hình ảnh hiện lên trong tâm trí của hầu hết mọi người

vein

in the same vein

→ tĩnh mạch; gân lá; mạch (khoáng, quặng);
khuynh hướng / phong cách (nghĩa bóng)

under the sun

"She tried everything under the sun to lose weight"

everything in the world

hideous

"... hideous stories of violence and cruently

hard on the eyes, ugly/ unpleasant, shocking

hurdle

obstacle

reframe

change the way of thinking, see in a new light

grind

the daily grind back to the grind on the grind grind away

" That was a grind was like 5 a.m wake up in the morning.

→ guồng công việc thường ngày. → quay lại guồng quay nhàm chán. → chăm chỉ làm việc → làm việc không ngừng nghỉ

back to the grind → quay lại guồng quay nhàm chán.

on the grind - chăm chỉ làm việc

grind away - làm việc không ngừng nghỉ"

" That was a grind was like 5 a.m wake up in the morning.

fuzzy

down in the dumps

(i)

feel blue"

"After falling exam, she felt down in the dumps"

feel it in your bones

(i)

line up something/get something lined up

leap

leap of faith -> hành động liều tin vào điều gì đó."

day in day out

taken for granted

spring in your steps

stagnant

shy away ( from sth)

"weigh out ( cake )

weigh up ( consider)"

flip

get raw with yourself

at a fork in the road

(i)

come down to sth

knee-jerk

(i)

prompting

cue"

tangent

digress"

""" He went off on a tangent and started talking about

his holiday instead of the main topic"""

resonate with

strike a chord (with someone)"

be out of alignment with

bumped into new people

absolute

/ˈæb.sə.luːt/

it does not click for them

asset

it's a default or a given

slant

tedious

dim

beef out (up) the skeleton a bit of the plan

an ever-evoling journey

blueprint

detached

attuned

in tune with=on the same wavelength"

timid insecure

accross the board

ruminate on

stand out

ruffle any further

give off the vibe of

dissolve

dissolve a constract"

alien for me/ to sb - sth

get their stuff done

in the spur of the moment

make a snap decision"

adrenaline rush

get muddled

get labeled as

weave into

waffling

realm

kick the can further down the road

assert

take a beat before doing sth

willy-nilly

dog-eat-dog world

in the firing line

bloody

slang

tied in with

holistic

binary moment

ever… ever…

overlap

it's incumbent on you

when i said comfortable i am not referring to the fact that

your stomach gets a little gurgly

perspire

spiraling out of control

stem the tide

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