#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 special way.\

💨Tiffany was looking very glamorous.

8. liven up: to become more interesting and exciting, or to make something become like this.

💨I'm going to liven myself up a little by going for a run.

 

9.  feud: an argument that has existed for a long time between two people of groups, causing a lot of anger of violence.

💨The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys raged for 20 years.

10. grudge: a strong feeling of anger and dislike for a person who you feel has treated you badly, especially one that lasts for a long time.

💨 Amanda still has a grudge against me for refusing to lend her that money.