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passion
adjectives
great passion
• The orchestra plays with great passion.
strong passions
• In this area, the issue has already stirred strong passions.
verbs
arouse/stir passions
(= cause strong feelings in people )
• The case aroused passions throughout the country.
phrases
passions run high
(= people are very excited, angry, or upset )
• The judge's decision is expected today and passions are running high.
a great passion
• Birds were my great passion.
a lifelong passion
• His lifelong passion for natural history began in childhood.
a consuming passion
(= a very strong interest, or something you are very interested in )
• The young Wordsworth had a consuming passion for poetry. • For years, acting and the stage had been his consuming passion.
have a passion for something
• She had a passion for music.
indulge your passion for something
(= do something that you enjoy doing very much )
• The money enabled him to indulge his passion for horses.
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noun strong sexual love/attraction ADJ. grand, great She didn't believe in grand passion or love at first sight. She was his first great passion. | all-consuming, blind, consuming, fierce, fiery, intense | tender | animal, romantic, sexual QUANT. surge, wave VERB + PASSION arouse, awaken No one had ever aroused his passion as much as Sandra. | be filled with, feel the great passion he felt for her PASSION + VERB cool, wane PREP. with ~ They kissed with passion. | ~ between The passion between them had cooled. | ~ for his all-consuming passion for her PHRASES a night of passion They spent a night of passion in a hotel. | the object of sb's passion the young girl who was the object of his passion strong feeling ADJ. considerable, great, high, real a woman of great passion There were moments of high passion in the game. VERB + PASSION have A writer should have passion. | arouse, rouse This issue always arouses passion. PREP. with ~ He argued his case with great passion. PHRASES a crime of passion She killed her husband's lover in a crime of passion. | full of passion a speech full of passion strong liking for/interest in sth ADJ. all-consuming, consuming, great, real | abiding, genuine, lifelong his lifelong passion for aeroplanes VERB + PASSION develop, have | share They shared a passion for food. | indulge She had very little time to indulge her passion for painting. PREP. ~ for He developed a real passion for acting.
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