"desire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desire verbo

desire + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 10
desire peace • desire one's death • desire a thing • desire revenge • desire privacy • ...
desire + preposición
Kolokacji: 11
desire for • desire in • desire to • desire with • desired by • ...
  • He wanted to be all she had ever desired in a man.
  • He desired her in a way no other man ever had.
  • The situation still leaves a lot to be desired in this area.
  • Every one would desire the latter in the case of his own state.
  • What he did or desired in Paris we do not know.
  • I blamed myself for making him desire me in a way that wasn't right.
  • But it left something to be desired in the area of endurance.
  • I want to be desired and needed in a more personal way than by children.
  • However, the situation still leaves a great deal to be desired, certainly in the area of development cooperation.
  • The student population on the whole has had little to say about the search process or the qualities desired in a university president.
3. desire to = ochota aby desire to
5. desired by = zapragnąć przez desired by
desire + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 12
most desired • greatly desired • long desired • earnestly desire • highly desired • ...

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