noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , keen ( esp. BrE )
▪ breathless , eager , excited
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We look forward to your lecture with eager ~.
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Following weeks of breathless ~, the winner was announced.
▪ anxious , nervous
▪ growing
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There is growing ~ that the chairman will have to resign.
VERB + ANTICIPATION
▪ be full of
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We are full of ~, and can't wait to visit you.
▪ heighten
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These brief glimpses heightened their ~ of when they could be together.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ of
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People are buying extra groceries in ~ of heavy snowstorms.
PHRASES
▪ a feeling of ~ , a sense of ~
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There was a sense of ~ in the audience as the curtain went up for the premiere.
▪ a shiver of ~ , a thrill of ~
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The unexpected news sent a thrill of ~ through the group.