#5 TED Talk: What makes a good life (words)
1. hindsight : the ability to understand an event or situation only after it has happened. 💨In hindsight, it would have been better to wait. 2. fall apart : if an organization, system, or agreement falls apart, it fails or stops working effectively. 💨The deal fell apart because of a lack of financing. 3. tenement : a large building dived into apartments, usually in a poor area of a city. 💨Barred by landlords from the mainstream urban rental market, they lived in wretched tenements. 4. schizophrenia : a serious mental illness in which someone cannot understand what is real and what is imaginary. 💨He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 5. count on : to be confident that you can depend on someone. 💨You can always count on Michael in a crisis. 6. take a toll : if something takes a toll, it causes suffering, deaths, or damage. 💨The deepening recession has also taken its toll in the south of the country, where unemployment is rife. 7. glamorous : attractive in an exciting and sp...
