to opt for sth	to choose sth
fizzy	with a lot of bubbles
to toss and turn	to be unable to fall asleep
adage	a proverb, a maxime
the cold turkey symptomps	the symptomps when you give sth up immediately
rueful	a feeling of sadness
to ingest	to take into one's body, to absorb
to raise sb's hackles	to make sb angry
indicative of	to be the sign of sth
to fidget	to make small, restless movements
to exude	to cause to come out of sth/ to produce or give a feeling
beholder	a person who sees sth
to be riveted to sth	to be attracted
tantamount to sth	equal to sth
to commission	to go swhr and ask sb to do sth for you for money
flagrant	clear, obvious, unmistakeable
forthcoming	about to happen/ ready to help, give information
dogsbody	a person who does boring, unpleasant jobs for others
wayward	difficult to control, guide
the presence of mind	the ability to be calm in the crisis
propensity	tendency, inclination
manifold	many and of different kinds
to shy away	to avoid
to gauge	to measure sth carefully
to ebb	to go out/ to recede
to hold off	to delay
to hold on	to keep doing sth, to continue
to hold out	not to accept sth in order to get more
to hold with sth	to approve of sth
expedient	useful, helpful, advisable
stopgap	sb/sth that is a temporary substitute to another
partisan	enthusiast
ingrained	that cannot be removed, deeply fixed
to dwindle	to become less or fewer
to decline	to get worse/ to refuse
to compromise	to discredit