- An uphill struggle: Find something very difficult
- Be expected to: should
- Be in a bind: Be in a difficult situation
- Casual: relaxed
- Come down with: To suffer from an illness
- Get to do sth: have the opportunity
- Give in to: surrender
- Have a say in: have an influence//decision making power
- Make do: Manage with limited means
- Motivation: the reason one acts
- Now and then: Sometimes
- Peer pressure: influence from a group you belong to
- Readily: Without hesitation
- Sympathy: feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune
- Tuck in: push, fold, or turn (the edges or ends of something, esp. a garment or bedclothes) so as to hide them or hold them in place