I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a strong desire for sth/to do sth
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People have a strong desire for personal independence.
an intense desire
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Fred felt an intense desire to punch Max in the face.
earnest desire
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an earnest desire to offer something useful to society
express your hopes/desires (= say what you hope or want to happen )
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Nadia expressed her hopes about remaining in San Diego County with her two children.
genuine interest/concern/desire etc
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The reforms are motivated by a genuine concern for the disabled.
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a genuine fear of invasion
insatiable appetite/desire/demand etc (for sth)
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his insatiable appetite for power
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our insatiable thirst for knowledge
produce the desired effect
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As a policy, it did not produce the desired effect .
satisfy a desire
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It is difficult to satisfy a desire for power.
the desired effect (= the effect you want )
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His team talk had the desired effect because the team went on to win the game.
the desired outcome
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The desired outcome of most services is a satisfied customer.
the desired result
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These severe measures did not always produce the desired results.
the pleasures/desires/temptations of the flesh (= things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex )
unconscious feeling/desire/need etc
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an unconscious need to be loved
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
genuine
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Silent viewing also generates a genuine desire to communicate within the group.
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His genuine desire to make up may be interpreted as an attempt to embarrass or be-little.
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Some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism, and a genuine desire to work with this age group.
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As others may have different theories a genuine desire to prove a point of view leads to some lively debate.
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The election's last-minute switch to Labour probably reflected a genuine desire on some voters' part to get the Tories out.
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Of course it is necessary for the prospective student to possess a reasonable amount of intelligence as well as a genuine desire to help others.
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No you won't, not if it's a genuine desire to help.
great
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I was extremely competitive and had a great desire to win.
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But however great their desire , the path to arms control and detente was strewn with unanticipated obstacles.
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Some breeds show a much greater desire to enter water than others, with retrievers tending to be especially keen.
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They wept, so great was their desire to stay, tasting for ever the honey-sweet flowers.
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You feel protected and at rest and you have a great desire for solitude.
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I feel no need, nor great desire .
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A great desire to stand and cry descended on her.
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It is sustained by the greater desire of men to perform it and by their greater aptitude for competition.
insatiable
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His insatiable curiosity and desire for experiment had led to his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Whatever the financial climate, there still seemed an insatiable desire to build more office space, rentable or not.
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The observer has an insatiable desire for abstract knowledge.
strong
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In managing very strong desires and impulses the child has his relationship with his parents as a resource.
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People have a strong desire for personal independence.
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Cassie experienced a strong desire to own them.
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Most men, particularly when young, have a strong desire to follow and emulate such leaders.
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I had a strong desire to repossess.
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Everyone expressed a strong desire to work together with you.
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Their willingness to do so indicated a strong desire to participate in training.
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On the first day, the woman, whose name was Fania, had expressed a strong desire to learn to read.
unconscious
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In Western society, adults may play with money as an acceptable substitute for the unconscious desire to play with faeces.
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In practice, of course, it would be extremely hard to establish any such unconscious desires in the complainant.
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Another contributing aspect of enjoying school in my opinion is an unconscious desire to learn.
■ VERB
avoid
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In conclusion, I fully endorse your desire to avoid confrontational behaviour surrounding international rugby.
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Civilian imaging of Earth was limited by the desire to avoid Soviet accusations of espionage.
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The perfectionist, as we saw, tries to do things perfectly because of his or her compulsive desire to avoid showing anger.
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In his desire to avoid conflict -- even when something is eating him up -- he will say nothing at all.
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And it was not necessarily praiseworthy to kowtow to the government's desire to avoid legislation.
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In such a case, his reaction is simply a desire to avoid your postal avalanche.
express
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They say it expresses women's impotent desire .
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They do not engage in conversation, nor do their faces express a desire to.
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Members from both sections have expressed a desire to hold a disco in the Village Hall.
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Everyone expressed a strong desire to work together with you.
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As for Longhouser, he was separated from his wife and expressing normal desires .
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On the first day, the woman, whose name was Fania, had expressed a strong desire to learn to read.
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Governors and departmental assemblies expressed their desire to support the national government.
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In contrast, only about 6 percent of high school seniors express a desire to become managers or technicians.
feel
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Love flared through her, she felt desire and sadness too because she knew this was a fleeting moment.
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They consider that they think out their problems, but it is feeling or desire which really rules their conduct.
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If such conformity had not existed, artists would not have felt such desire to break out from it.
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And since that movement, that rejection, Alix had felt her own desire diminish.
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I feel no desire to kill this strategically disadvantaged animal, but I have an inspiration.
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It's not that we don't feel desire .
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Slapped, she got angry; caressed, she felt desire , and swallowed.
motivate
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The pact was ostensibly motivated by a desire to eradicate political dynasties and corruption in favour of political renovation and democratic change.
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In other words, behavior is generally motivated by a desire to attain some goal.
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All that is motivated by their desire to compete against rugby league.
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What motivated my desire to write about the homeless from the position of that doorway was a woman named Gerri Willinger.
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It may well be that, throughout our careers we are motivated by the desire to satisfy different needs. 2.
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Hubbell was motivated by a desire to protect the Clintons, the senators suggested.
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If we are at the bottom of the organisation we may be motivated by the desire to satisfy physiological needs.
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He is strongly motivated by a desire for the collection never to be split up again.
reflect
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Those protests reflected popular desires for democracy, but Mr Gbagbo has proved a disappointment to those awaiting a new era.
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It reflects individual tastes, desires , emotions, feelings and lifestyles.
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Her licentiousness was entirely passive, reflecting not her own desires but those of the man she was with.
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She is denied the economy of representation that would reflect feminine desire and sexuality.
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The music played in those distant times did not reflect a desire to create melody, far from it.
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The election's last-minute switch to Labour probably reflected a genuine desire on some voters' part to get the Tories out.
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However, it also reflects the desire of government to cut back on spending initiatives.
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A proper job has eluded me, but I think this reflects my desire to experience different things.
satisfy
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But they can never satisfy desire .
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The urgency of desire is a function of the quantity of goods which the individual has available to satisfy that desire.
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The plan aims to satisfy Mr Blunkett's desire for increased flexibility at key stage 4.
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Both sides are hinting about innovative arrangements for Jerusalem that satisfy their desire to claim the holy city as their capital.
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Unlike many other goals, it is difficult to satisfy a strong desire for power.
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They have satisfied all physical desire , but still can not bear to be parted.
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Detractors then and now thought it was designed to satisfy the lustful desires of the lusty prophet.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flame of anger/desire/passion etc
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She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
an object of pity/desire/ridicule etc
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A spendthrift with a regular, secure income is an object of desire among bankers.
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Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity.
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He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule, condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay.
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Mitch's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire.
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She became an object of ridicule.
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Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him.
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Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land.
be burning with rage/desire etc
be seized with/by terror/desire etc
burning ambition/desire/need etc
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Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition, were however nothing more than starters.
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Bruce was a short, stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition.
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But they didn't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time.
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His own unashamed, burning ambition is' to make money.
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I just have never had a burning desire to practice law.
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It hadn't been an easy task, and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed.
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The second time, it was a passion, a burning desire.
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You see, she had this burning ambition to succeed on the stage.
compelling need/desire/urge (to do sth)
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And it was from these experiments that Work place 2000 emerged as the response to a compelling need for change.
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Most women with bulimia, particularly those with a history of anorexia, have a compelling desire to be thinner.
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Such freedoms can be abridged only if the state shows it has a compelling need to do so.
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Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson.
leave a lot/sth/much to be desired
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Bob's idea of a balanced diet left something to be desired.
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His treatment of capital and profits left much to be desired.
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On the campaign trail, his oratorical skills have left much to be desired.
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On theoretical grounds, however, it leaves much to be desired.
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The quality of research in the area of child abuse still leaves much to be desired.
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To some degree they have been hampered by courses of study and lesson plans thai leave something to be desired.
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While the woodwind and low strings were reasonably well replicated, the violins, timpani and brass left much to be desired.
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Yet, as a match, it left something to be desired.
slake a desire/craving etc
your heart's desire/everything your heart could desire
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After so many years of war, there was a great desire for peace.
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As she held him close she was filled with desire .
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The smell of her perfume was enough to awaken his desire for her.
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When she was drunk she could hardly contain her sexual desires.
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Young children have a keen desire to learn and succeed.
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Young Peryoux left home for Paris, armed with a guitar, and a burning desire to succeed.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Business leaders are driven by the profit motive; government leaders are driven by the desire to get reelected.
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But rather than sating desires, it seemed to fuel them toward even more escalation.
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Concomitant with the obsession with dirt was a desire for order.
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People have a strong desire for personal independence.
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The urgency of desire surprised him.
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To say nothing of the desires of the client.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
so
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Should the Committee so desire , we would be pleased to provide further details on this estimate.
■ NOUN
effect
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He spoke for about five minutes and achieved the desired effect .
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This appeared to have the desired effect .
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Longstreet merely sent another note directing that if the artillery fire had the desired effect the attack was to go forward.
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His heavy-handed tactics usually had their desired effect in reducing men to quivering wrecks.
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My article was published, and it seemed to have the desired effect .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flame of anger/desire/passion etc
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She felt a flame of anger flicker and grow.
an object of pity/desire/ridicule etc
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A spendthrift with a regular, secure income is an object of desire among bankers.
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Because of this, a household obliged to sponsor many feasts gains no prestige, but becomes rather an object of pity.
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He left Downing Street in 1963 almost an object of ridicule, condemned in Gibbonian terms as the symbol of national decay.
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Mitch's image alone does not make clear that he will be mocked rather than taken seriously as an object of desire.
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She became an object of ridicule.
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Unfortunately Piggy had been demoted to an object of ridicule by this point in the book so nobody listened to him.
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Yet he is held up as an object of ridicule and loathing throughout the land.
burning ambition/desire/need etc
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Both books, written out of what had gradually become a burning ambition, were however nothing more than starters.
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Bruce was a short, stocky man with red hair and a burning ambition.
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But they didn't reckon with her burning ambition to win a third time.
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His own unashamed, burning ambition is' to make money.
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I just have never had a burning desire to practice law.
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It hadn't been an easy task, and in spite of his burning ambition and will to succeed.
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The second time, it was a passion, a burning desire.
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You see, she had this burning ambition to succeed on the stage.
compelling need/desire/urge (to do sth)
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And it was from these experiments that Work place 2000 emerged as the response to a compelling need for change.
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Most women with bulimia, particularly those with a history of anorexia, have a compelling desire to be thinner.
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Such freedoms can be abridged only if the state shows it has a compelling need to do so.
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Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson.
your heart's desire/everything your heart could desire
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I think the Israelis as a people desire peace.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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No longer did I desire conventions of little nymphets, each one wearing playboy's plastic name badge.
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Taste and add a little sugar or artificial sweetener, if desired.
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This insight taught me something about the enormous power that is generated by desiring something very much.
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This is the first and perhaps the last time that I shall desire it.