Vocabulary

Strained

• To increase in amount

• Not good enough

• Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

• Feeling or showing certainty about something.

Inadequate

• Not good enough / unable to deal with a situation

• To try to do too much

• To become successful in one's life or career

• Short of time; hurrying

Overextended

• Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

• To have responsibility for something difficult or unpleasant.

• To become successful in one's life or career

• To try to do too much e.g., to spend more money than one can afford

Swamped

• Unlikely to succeed

• To have responsibility for something difficult or unpleasant.

• Overwhelmed

• Not good enough

Overcommit

• To commit excessively:  to obligate (someone, such as oneself) beyond the ability for fulfillment.

• Unlikely to succeed

• To become successful in one's life or career

• Overwhelmed

Piling up

• To increase the amount

• To have responsibility for something difficult or unpleasant.

• Unlikely to succeed

• Overwhelmed

Carrying a heavy load

• Feeling or showing certainty about something.

• Unlikely to succeed

• Not good enough / unable to deal with a situation

• To have responsibility for something difficult or unpleasant.

The odds are against something or someone

• Feeling or showing certainty about something.

• Unlikely to succeed

• Short of time; hurrying

• Overwhelmed

Rushed

• Short of time; hurrying

• To become successful in one's life or career

• Not good enough / unable to deal with a situation

• Showing signs of nervous tension or tiredness.

Confident

• Feeling or showing certainty about something.

• Overwhelmed

• To commit excessively:  to obligate (someone, such as oneself) beyond the ability for fulfillment.

• Unlikely to succeed