~のに (despite/even though)

And yet, until just the other day it had felt so gloomy — but now, everywhere you look, flowers, flowers, flowers.

You've got a big presentation tomorrow, yet you're totally chill about it.

I called Susan to apologize, but get this — she just hung up on me out of the blue!

You should have rejected such an unfair proposal.

How can you write such a good letter in English but not be able to speak it?

"Morning. You're up early today." "You're one to talk — I figured you'd still be snoring away."

You used to be flat-chested, and now somehow you've gotten this big — damn it.

We're engaged, and yet she refused to kiss me.

I'd been imagining my first kiss would be something much more romantic.

You get drunk off just one centimeter?! And Kensuke was supposed to be a heavy drinker.

I mean, really, what are you even saying — going sleeveless in this cold?

That's called a preconception! It's not okay to just decide things about stuff you've never even experienced!

On top of that, he's weirdly fond of walks — even in the dead of winter he demands his twice-daily walks without fail.

This guy was my partner just a minute ago, and he's already switched sides, damn it.

He lives next door, but he doesn't even say hello to us.

Why do you insist on paying your own tuition when your parents are happy to help you financially?

She showed up even though I told her not to come.

I wish it would rain tomorrow.

What'd you do with my glasses? They were just here a second ago.

My father should have had surgery for cancer.

She didn't need to stay silent, though.

If she wore just a little makeup, she'd look even more beautiful.

She's rich, but she isn't happy.

She went to school even though her right leg hurt.

She didn't even need to do that work.

She didn't have to come to the meeting.

Although she had no prior knowledge of the subject, she always grasped it neatly.

She didn't have to pay that money.

Despite having no scientific basis, astrology is very popular, and it seems many people believe in it.

It's such a waste — you have a lawyer's license and everything.