Week 3: Online learning
pay off
sleep in
settle in
suffocated
overwhelming
get around
set out
sth is due
abundance
I am big on sth
trapped
be on the same page with sb
daunting
put oneself out
props to you
learning pod
facilitate
rewarding
meaningful
obstacle
Week 4: Texting or Talking?
embody
heady
set oneself up for something
wistful
the bottom line
short-change
catch sb off guard
add up to sth
bedrock
dispense with sb
wrenching
gratify
fidget
solitude
be smitten with
food for thought
fade into the background
miss out on sth
juggle
hit the nail on the head
switch back and forth
ring true
another kettle of fish
at the expense of sth
devoid of sth
Week 5: Effective communication
grasp
utter (adj.)
animosity
probe
toss
account for
acknowledge
lens
perceptual
shift
lump
perception
variable
connotation
distracted
stimulus, pl. stimuli
growling (stomach)
cloud (v.)
reshape
mush
engage
adjust
gut
aware
assume
Week 6: Small talk
mindlessly
come across (as)
boost
underestimate
underrated
dread
trade niceties
go out of one’s way
engage in idle chitchat
one’s blood runs cold
impediment (to sth)
excruciating
resort to
banish
capture
diminish
undermine
convey
mundane
overstep
stray
Week 7: