feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
desire for marriage; marriage aspiration; yearning for marriage
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
Concorde fallacy; Concorde effect; sunk cost fallacy
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
supersonic airliner (i.e. the Concorde)
concord; Concord; Concorde
commerce; trade; business
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
failure; mistake; blunder
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
performer; entertainer; celebrity
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
to say; to be called; to do
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to become desperate; to give in to despair
planning; project; plan; design
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement