Lesson 12 Flashcards

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Thirst / have a thirst for

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Feel very strongly that you want

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Carve / have a carving for

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Want very strongly

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Yearn to

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If you yearn to do / yearn for / have yearn for something, it means that you want something that you do not have and often can never have

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Covet

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To covet something means to want to process it very much

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Defuse

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Make a dangerous or tense situation calmer

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Placate

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Stop someone feeling angry

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Conciliate

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End a disagreement between two people or groups by acting in a friendly way towards both sides

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Appeasing

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End a disagreement by giving the other side an advantage that they are demanding

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Exultant

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Feeling great pleasure and happiness, usually because of a success

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to rejoice

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Be extremely happy

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Jubilant

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Expressing great happiness, especially at a victory

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Bliss

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Prefect happiness

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Full of the joys of spring

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Very happy

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Thrill to bits

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Very happy

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Feel on top of the world

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Very happy

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Floating / walking on air

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Very happy

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Over the moon

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Very happy