20251214 Flashcards

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Cut a deal last week

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A 90 day pause

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To skirt the law

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transshipping

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called transshipping, when businesses route their product through a third country.

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I swapped scrolling for reading every night for a week

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help me wind down

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Ground rule (

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Ground rule (noun)

Meaning:
A basic principle or guideline set at the beginning of a meeting, project, or relationship to make sure everyone knows the expectations.

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wondering when the 30 minutes would be up

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My brain still itched for Instagram

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And when I turned out the light

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I didn’t fall asleep instantly

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I didn’t toss and turn nearly as much.

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This is where things got good. I

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It started to feel like

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I felt less urgency to “catch up” on messages

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my usual insomniac patterns

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I headed to bed early

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The chilly weather helped.

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It took me a while to

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stay up past my bedtime

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Groggy (adj.)

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Meaning:
Feeling dazed, sluggish, or slow, especially after waking up, being sick, or taking medicine.

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Grumpy (adj.)

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Meaning:
Feeling irritable, short-tempered, or easily annoyed.

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sleeping like a log

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How Habits Form

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setting a reminder on your phone
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The visual nudge can make all the difference.
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do a bunch of chores
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before you hit the hay.
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do your skincare routine
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Banish the Phone
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Put your phone out of reach
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Don’t just turn your phone face down
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The wavelength of light
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Done and dusted (idiom, informal – mostly British)
Meaning: Completely finished, wrapped up, and successfully settled—nothing more to worry about.
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To push back high school start times,”
we mean: → Make school start later in the morni
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was awarded a $10 million grant by the National Institutes of Health
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Population crisis reaches tipping point
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Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe