regret + gerund
to criticize
James Cameron slams
OceanGate
to express your opinion
safety, regrets not speaking up more
sadness/remorse for a mistake or a decision
causing sudden and very great harm or destruction
A "catastrophic pressure implosion"
killed all five passengers aboard the
Titan submersible, the U.S. Coast Guard
said Thursday, somberly solving a
in a way that is serious, sad, and without humor or entertainment
mystery that had captivated the public
held your interest/attention
all week.
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Some experts, however, weren't
surprised — including film director and
deep-sea explorer James Cameron.
They are to finish the report.
They were to finish the report.
The Titanic director is criticizing the
safety of the vessel that was to have
explored the wreckage of the Titanic in
the depths of the North Atlantic and
comparing the cause of the accident to
the ocean liner's historic disaster.
to be + infinitive - official arrangements, order
In a series of television interviews,
Cameron said he had suspected all
week that the Titan had imploded
on past simple
past perfect
<———————————————————————>
Monday
Sunday. Sunday
Thursday
Tuesday
Titan
Titan
starts mission goes missing
JC suspects
Titan imploded
The Titanic director is no stranger to
deep-sea exploration. He has made a
whopping 33 dives to the shipwreck
extremely large degree/amount
himself, even calculating that he's spent
Titan
Implodes
Ana received a whopping raise.
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more time on the Titanic than its own
captain did a century ago.
past simple of dive
He also dove the Mariana Trench — the
deepest-known point on Earth, about
three times deeper than the Titanic
wreck site — in 2012.
Cameron had long been concerned
about the vessel's safety and
OceanGate's experimental approach,
lamenting that the company had ignored
to express sadness or regret, or to complain
experts' calls to undergo
a standard
participate in/do
certification process.
adj - almost out of control because of extreme emotion, such as worry.
Cameron said it was
difficult to watch
happens
the frantic search play out over the next
few days, knowing it was futile but
actions/efforts
hoping he was wrong. Your
have no effect.
Trying to change his mind is futile.
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