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Standing apart from other things or people

Complete, or having all that is needed, by itself

Reserved or unemotional in nature or character

(of a person) Independent and self-reliant

Of being a once-off event or situation

Contemplative or thoughtful, especially in an introspective manner

Not given to showing emotion or feelings

Having an inflated idea of one's own importance

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Standing apart from other things or people

divided along racial lines

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“I rented a self-contained unit by the beach, my base for the next few weeks.”

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Complete, or having all that is needed, by itself

complete

full-featured

fully functional

“In our health clubs, we have self-contained shower units offering clients complete privacy to wash and get changed.”

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Reserved or unemotional in nature or character

playing your cards close to your chest

mum^UK

mom^US

wouldn't say boo to a goose

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“Mrs. Protheroe was a quiet, self-contained woman whom one would not suspect of any great depths of feeling.”

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(of a person) Independent and self-reliant

“When she came out fully dressed, she looked tired and pale, but her head was high and her manner proudly self-contained.”

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Of being a once-off event or situation

in a class of its own

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Contemplative or thoughtful, especially in an introspective manner

with your head in the clouds

Adjective

Not given to showing emotion or feelings

cool, calm and collected

lackluster^US

lacklustre^UK

with the patience of Job

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

meager^US

just watching the clock

centred^UK

meagre^UK

centered^US

gray^US

grey^UK

colorless^US

colourless^UK

with a hide like an elephant

going through motions

rolling with the punches

with both feet on the ground

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Having an inflated idea of one's own importance

in love with yourself

wrapped up in oneself

patronizing^US

too big for your boots

patronising^UK

looking after number one

pleased with yourself

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

sure

too big for your breeches

looking out for number one

having a swelled head

wrapped up with oneself

think one is the cat's pyjamas

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

like the cat that's got the cream

phony^US

phoney^UK

blowing one's own trumpet

too big for your britches

blowing one's own horn

throwing one's weight around

offensively self-assertive

throwing one's weight about

resting on your laurels

like the cat that got the cream

full of airs and graces

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