せっかく and のに are used together when great effort has been put into something, yet that effort may be going to waste.
Taking advantage of an opportunity with せっかく～だから
せっかく and だから are used when a rare or unexpected situation has come up, and it would be a waste not to make use of it.
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Speaker’s conviction with ～た＋つもり
つもり marks the speaker’s conviction for having done something when following a past-tense verb.
Conjecture with ～らしい
らしい generally expresses conjecture based on what the speaker believes is reliable information they have heard, seen, or read.
Previous experience with ～たことがある
Past experience is conveyed by appending ことがある to the past-tense form of a verb. こと turns the phrase before it into a noun.
Wanting to do with ～たい
Appending たい to a verb stem expresses the speaker’s desire to perform an action.
Might with かもしれない
かもしれない is a combination of the interrogative particle か (questioning), the inclusive particle も (“even”), and the verb
Trying it out with ～てみる
When used as a helper auxiliary verb, 見る indicates trying something to see what it’s like to do, or what happens when it’s done. It appends to a verb in its て form, and is often written as みる.
Too much with ～すぎる
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Doing better with ～直す
The verb 直す loses its original meaning when it becomes a helper auxiliary verb. Appending 直す to a verb stem gives the meaning of re-doing an action, with the intention of doing it better than before.