I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ all-consuming , burning , deep , great , immense , intense , overwhelming , passionate , profound
▪
her deep ~ for him
▪ tender
▪ genuine , perfect , pure , real , sheer , sincere , true
▪ boundless , unconditional
▪ altruistic , selfless
▪ abiding , enduring , eternal , everlasting , lasting , lifelong , undying
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He had an abiding ~ of the natural world.
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You have my undying ~.
▪ steadfast , unfailing
▪ new-found
▪ secret
▪ hopeless , unrequited
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a sad tale of unrequited ~
▪ doomed
▪ forbidden
▪ lost
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Soul Survivors is a story of lost ~.
▪ mutual , shared
▪ free
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They were into free ~ and avoided commitment.
▪ first
▪
I like most sports but tennis is my first ~.
▪ brotherly , familial , fatherly , maternal , parental , paternal , sisterly
▪ puppy , teenage
▪ marital , married
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The poem is a celebration of married ~.
▪ courtly , platonic , romantic
▪
the cult of courtly ~ in the 12th century
▪ erotic , physical , sexual
▪ obsessive
▪ heterosexual , homosexual , lesbian , same-sex
▪ redemptive
▪ Christian , divine , human
▪ universal
VERB + LOVE
▪ feel , have
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She felt no ~ for him.
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He had a great ~ of life.
▪ experience , know
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He had never known true ~ until now.
▪ search for , seek
▪ discover , find
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At last she had found true ~.
▪ rediscover , rekindle
▪ receive
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From John, she received the ~ she had never received from her father.
▪ earn
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She has earned the ~ and respect of many people.
▪ develop
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He developed a lifelong ~ of music.
▪ demonstrate , express , show
▪ prove
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He would do almost anything to prove his ~ for her.
▪ hide
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I couldn't hide my ~ for her any longer.
▪ confess , declare , pledge , proclaim , profess
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They publicly declared their ~ for each other.
▪ deserve
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I don't deserve his ~.
▪ doubt
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Does she doubt my ~ for her?
▪ inspire , instil/instill
▪ cultivate , foster , nurture
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We want to foster a ~ of learning in all children.
▪ celebrate
▪
a party with family and friends to celebrate their ~
▪ reciprocate , return
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He didn't return her ~.
▪ share
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They share a ~ of music.
▪ indulge
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His wealth enabled him to indulge his ~ of fast cars.
▪ pursue
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It gave me the opportunity to pursue my ~ of music.
▪ give sb , send (sb)
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Bob sends his ~.
▪ lavish , pour
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They lavish ~ on Selah, their cat.
▪ be in , fall in
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He fell in ~ with one of his students.
▪ fall out of
▪ make (= have sex)
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It was the first time they had made ~.
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He wanted to make ~ to her.
▪ consummate
LOVE + VERB
▪ bloom , blossom , grow
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Love blossomed between the two of them
▪ die , fade
▪ prevail
▪
Can true ~ prevail?
LOVE + NOUN
▪ affair
▪ triangle
▪ life
▪ interest , object
▪
She plays his ~ interest in the film.
▪ rival ( esp. BrE )
▪ rat ( BrE , informal )
▪ slave
▪ letter , note
▪ token
▪ ballad , poem , poetry , scene , song , story
▪ potion , spell
▪ nest
PREPOSITION
▪ for ~ , out of ~
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I did it for ~!
▪ in ~
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We are very much in ~.
▪ ~ between
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the ~ between parent and child
▪ ~ for
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He did not know how to express his ~ for her.
▪ ~ of
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She had a great ~ of painting.
PHRASES
▪ an act of ~
▪ deeply in ~ , madly in ~ , passionately in ~
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I was madly in ~ with her.
▪ desperately in ~ , head over heels in ~ , hopelessly in ~
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They fell head over heels in ~.
▪ ~ at first sight
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Do you believe in ~ at first sight?
▪ ~ conquers all
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In his music dramas, ~ conquers all.
▪ the ~ of sb's life
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She was the ~ of his life.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ dearly , deeply , passionately , really , very much
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He ~d his wife dearly.
▪ absolutely , totally ( informal , esp. AmE )
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I absolutely ~ your shoes!
▪ genuinely , really , truly
▪ simply
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She simply ~d being involved.
▪ unconditionally
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He wanted to be unconditionally ~d.
▪ secretly
▪ universally
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Flowers are universally ~d.
▪ personally
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I personally ~ the song.
Love is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ child , ↑ country , ↑ fashion , ↑ father , ↑ feeling , ↑ film , ↑ food , ↑ job , ↑ music , ↑ work