noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ dangerous
▪
To believe you have nothing more to learn is a dangerous ~.
▪ optical , visual
▪
The road ahead looks wet, but in fact this is an optical ~.
▪ false
▪
I don't want to give him any false ~s.
▪ comforting
▪
The slogan provides the comforting ~ that something is being done.
▪ grand
▪
I never had any grand ~s of winning.
▪ romantic
▪
I abandoned my romantic ~s a long time ago.
▪ mere , pure , simple
▪
The figure was only a trick of light, a mere ~.
VERB + ILLUSION
▪ be under , entertain , have
▪
They are under no ~s about the difficulties ahead of them.
▪ create , give (sb) , produce , provide
▪
The huge size of the vehicle gives the ~ of safety.
▪ foster , harbour/harbor , maintain , perpetuate , preserve , sustain
▪
They are trying to maintain the ~ that the company is in good shape.
▪ break , destroy , dispel , shatter
▪
Within the first week at college all my ~s were shattered.
▪ lose
▪
I think I have lost all the ~s I had left.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about , ~ as to
▪
She had no ~s about her attractiveness.
PHRASES
▪ be all an ~
▪
It turned out that their happy marriage was all an ~.