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  • 41yearn — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. pine, long, hanker; grieve, mourn. See desire, lamentation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. want, crave, long for, fret, chafe, ache, grieve, mourn, droop, pine, languish, be eager for, be deSirous of, be… …

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  • 42yearn — yearner, n. /yerrn/, v.i. 1. to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation. 2. to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted: They yearned over their delicate child. [bef. 900; ME yernen, OE giernan deriv. of georn eager;… …

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  • 43desire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craving Nouns 1. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need (see necessity). 2. desirability, appeal, magnetism, attraction. 3. inclination, mind, devices, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection;… …

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  • 44lust — 1. noun 1) his lust for her Syn: sexual desire, sexual appetite, sexual longing, ardor, desire, passion; libido, sex drive, sexuality, biological urge; lechery, lasciviousness, concupiscence; informal horniness, the hots, randiness 2) …

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  • 45ache — v 1. pain, throb, hurt, smart, gnaw, twinge, pinch; be in pain, suffer pain, be sore. 2. suffer, sorrow, grieve, mourn; be distressed, be anguished, be disquieted; feel for, pity, feel sympathy. 3. be eager, yearn, long, hanker, hanker for, pine… …

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  • 46Toward the Age of Common Sense — ▪ 1995 by Sir Peter Ustinov       I am not one of those who can easily tell the difference between year and year, like a meteorologist with reliable charts to go by. I am not even one who can refer to a kind of event or quirk of fashion as… …

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  • 47seek — v 1. search, look for, pursue, quest, hunt for, go for, follow the trail of; look around for, cast around for, poke around for, probe for, fish for; nose out, ferret out, track down, follow up on; ransack, rummage, check out, leave no stone… …

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  • 48Norm Daniels (American football) — Norm Daniels Sport(s) Football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, squash Biographical details Born March 25, 1907 …

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  • 49like — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. similar, resembling, characteristic. See similarity. v. t. enjoy, desire, fancy. See pleasure, love, approbation. Ant., different, dissimilar; dislike. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. similar, same,… …

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  • 50yearn — verb he yearned for a second chance Syn: long for, pine for, crave, desire, want, wish for, hanker for, covet, lust after/for, pant for, hunger for, burn for, thirst for, ache for, eat one s heart out for, have one s heart set on; informal have a …

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