* it's fair to say: saying that you believe you are reasonable or correct in your opinion
ex> I think it's fair to say that we are completely lost.
* an epic scale: far larger or greater than usual
ex> The damage from this year's floods was on an epic scale.
cf> epic: 서사시 ex> one of the great Hindu epics
An exceptionally short-lived marriage had imploded, and I was jobless, a lone parent, and as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain.
* exceptionally: 유난히, 특별히 (형용사, 부사 앞에 강조의 의미)
ex> The weather, even for January was exceptionally cold.
* implode: to collapse in on itself opp> explode
ex> The top law firm imploded from excessive greed and corruption.
The fears that my parents had had for me, and that I had had for myself, had both come to pass, and by every usual standard, I was the biggest failure I knew.
* come to pass: to happen
= come about, take place, transpire
ex> All of your dreams will come to pass if you work hard and stay focused.
ex> You're meeting him tomorrow? Let me know what transpires.
I had no idea then how far the tunnel extended, and for a long time, any light at the end of it was hope rather than a reality.
* light at the end (of the tunnel): the hope one finds during troubling times
ex> No matter how bad it gets, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
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