"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 • ...
adjetivo + desire
Kolokacji: 168
strong desire • sexual desire • great desire • human desire • overwhelming desire • intense desire • real desire • personal desire • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 48
(2) sexual, erotic, romantic
Kolokacji: 3
(8) sudden, immediate, express
Kolokacji: 3
(9) natural, instinctive
Kolokacji: 2
(10) secret, dark, hidden, unspoken
Kolokacji: 4
(11) insatiable, unquenchable
Kolokacji: 2
(12) simple, mere
Kolokacji: 2
(19) only, sole
Kolokacji: 2
(22) selfish, vain, altruistic
Kolokacji: 3
(23) apparent, obvious, evident
Kolokacji: 3
(24) female, male, feminine
Kolokacji: 3
(25) unconscious, conscious
Kolokacji: 2
(26) obsessive, compulsive
Kolokacji: 2
(28) slight, low
Kolokacji: 2
(29) innate, inborn
Kolokacji: 2
(30) irresistible, overpowering
Kolokacji: 2
(31) irrational, insane, unnatural
Kolokacji: 3
(32) unfulfilled, frustrated
Kolokacji: 2
(33) uncontrollable, perverse
Kolokacji: 2
(34) mad, frantic, feverish, sick
Kolokacji: 4
(36) worldly, earthly
Kolokacji: 2
(37) vague, palpable, faint
Kolokacji: 3
(38) lifelong, longstanding
Kolokacji: 2
(39) unsatisfied, latent, restless
Kolokacji: 3
(40) clear, pure, sheer
Kolokacji: 3
(42) new, primitive, raw, popular
Kolokacji: 4
(43) similar, same-sex
Kolokacji: 2
(45) inner, inherent, intrinsic
Kolokacji: 3
(46) deep-seated, legitimate
Kolokacji: 2
(47) noble, laudable
Kolokacji: 2
(48) contradictory, conflicting
Kolokacji: 2
2. conflicting desire = sprzeczna ochota conflicting desire
  • Concessions were made, an uneasy peace maintained, but the divisions between rulers and ruled remained, their conflicting desires- the Seven for Stasis, the Dispersionists for Change-unresolved.
  • Fouled in his own net ... caught in a quagmire of his own conflicting desires and motives.
  • Mr. Brown bears the weight of his fans' conflicting desires for go-go to continue as a black thing and a D.C. thing even if gains national acclaim.
  • Swanberg (who is both the cinematographer and the director) brings his story to life in ironic images that reflect his conflicting desires for pictorial solidity and fluid responsiveness to nuance.
  • Young adults' conflicting and ambivalent desires to break free from the past and, at the same time, retreat into its safety can be most clearly seen among some who return to the nest.
  • I looked down at Bolivar, who was trying to choke himself to death on the lead, torn between conflicting desires to torment the armadillo and get out on the street.
  • Their marriage is sorely tested, and Delph is torn apart by her conflicting desires.
  • Again and again my conflicting desires have led to the surrender of one or the other.
  • In government, you can often have hundreds, with many conflicting desires.
  • There was a second pause, Ruslan hesitating, trapped between conflicting desires.
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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