noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , great
▪ particular , peculiar , special
▪ certain
▪
These two artists share a certain ~ with the female body.
▪ growing
▪ continuing , endless , enduring , lifelong , long-standing , ongoing , perennial
▪ current
▪
our current ~ with nationalism
▪ horrified
▪
I watched in horrified ~.
▪ morbid , strange , unhealthy
▪
a morbid ~ with death
▪ public
▪
the public ~ with crime
VERB + FASCINATION
▪ have , hold
▪
The sea holds a ~ for all children.
▪ develop , feel , find , have
▪
He had a deep ~ with all types of train.
▪ exert
▪
These exotic plants exert a ~ all of their own.
▪ share
▪
She shared his ~ for motorcycles.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~ , with ~
▪
She watched in ~ as the cat pounced on the mouse.
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He looked on in horrified ~ as the ship drew nearer to the rocks.
▪ ~ for
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She developed a ~ for these creatures.
▪ ~ in
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He found great ~ in her quiet, frank manner.
▪ ~ with
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a lifelong ~ with music
PHRASES
▪ part of the ~
▪
Seeing over a thousand species of fish is part of the ~ of the reef.
▪ a source of ~ for sb , a source of ~ to sb
▪
His letters have been a source of ~ to a wide audience.