• rue: to feel regret or remorse.
    • rue the loss of opportunities.
  • rambunctious: difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous.
    • a rambunctious child.
  • bated breath: the conditioning of waiting for something to happen; subdued breathing due to heightened emotions.
    • everyone waited with bated breath for him to reply.
  • unravel: undo; untangle. / investigate, solve something.
    • he cut the rope and unraveled its strands.
  • turn on one's heel: to suddenly turn away from someone or something in order to leave/depart rapidly; expression of haughtiness, disapproval or evasiveness.
    • when I inquired about his sister, he turned on his hell and walked away.
  • be right as rain: be perfectly healthy, fit and well.
    • As you can see, I am right as rain.
  • tall poppy syndrome: culture where rich people are resented and attacked, due to being classified as better than their peers.
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