"desire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desire sustantivo

sustantivo + desire
Kolokacji: 3
heart desire • Streetcar Desire • consumer desire
desire + verbo
Kolokacji: 42
desire leads • desire makes • desire comes • desire grows • desire causes • ...
verbo + desire
Kolokacji: 68
name Desire • reflect one's desire • satisfy one's desire • understand one's desire • express a desire • state one's desire • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 13
(7) tear, increase
Kolokacji: 2
(8) indicate, signal, reveal
Kolokacji: 3
1. arouse desire = rozbudź ochotę arouse desire
2. make one's desire = robić czyjś ochota make one's desire
3. get one's desire = dostawać czyjś ochota get one's desire
4. awaken desire = wzbudź ochotę awaken desire
5. stimulate desire = pobudź ochotę stimulate desire
6. overcome one's desire = pokonywać czyjś ochota overcome one's desire
  • So last year he'd set about overcoming his desire to mete out punishment.
  • Now I can help them to overcome their desire for it.
  • Send kind thoughts to them, and say a prayer: "God help them to have a will of their own to overcome their desire."
  • He confessed after winning the race that, "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win."
  • But after a month I overcame my desire to leave.
  • Real enough to overcome his tactical desire to hold an attack position.
  • He had always regarded her with love and friendship, but at that moment vowed to overcome his desire for her.
  • "Then it can only be that your high moral scruples have overcome your personal desire."
  • But others are less certain that the bureau has overcome its traditional desire to make quick arrests.
  • She tried to overcome her desire for Lars and to ignore the fact that time was running out for them both.
(11) imbue, explore
Kolokacji: 2
(12) balance, embody
Kolokacji: 2
(13) give, grant, feed, fuel, leave
Kolokacji: 5
adjetivo + desire
Kolokacji: 168
strong desire • sexual desire • great desire • human desire • overwhelming desire • intense desire • real desire • personal desire • ...
preposición + desire
Kolokacji: 23
of desire • to one's desire • in one's desire • for one's desire • about one's desire • ...

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