medium	average
hiccup	a small difficulty or problem
a fed	temporary trend
to stall for	to wait/ to avoid giving bounding answer or taking action
betwixt	in an intermediate position
backbone	chief support/ strength
wherewithal	resources needed to do sth
a blessing in disguise	first looks problematic but turns out to be useful, beneficial
to come of age	to become officially mature
to pore over sth	to study sth very carefully
hindrance	obstacle
to look before you lip	to consider possible consequences before taking action
vibe	impression, atmosphere, aura
to construe	to form an opinion of sth
vagries	capricious consequences, whims, changes
to deem	to consider or to regard
swamped	flooded
gray matter	intelligence
to stream	to go in a stream
to gloss over	to treat briefly