PASSION


Meaning of PASSION in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ grand , great

She didn't believe in grand ~ or love at first sight.

She was his first great ~.

a woman of great ~

▪ all-consuming , burning , consuming , deep , fierce , fiery , intense

▪ animal ( old-fashioned ), physical , romantic , sexual

▪ secret

He had a secret ~ for poetry.

▪ considerable , deep , real , strong

There were moments of real ~ in the game.

▪ unbridled , violent

▪ renewed

The team has been playing with renewed ~ this season.

his renewed ~ for the game

▪ abiding , genuine , lifelong

his lifelong ~ for flying

▪ personal

▪ shared

Elliot and Nina discovered a shared ~ for poetry.

▪ human

▪ youthful

▪ intellectual , moral , political , religious

… OF PASSION

▪ surge , wave

VERB + PASSION

▪ arouse , awaken , ignite , inflame

No one had ever aroused his ~ as much as Sandra.

▪ rekindle

▪ be filled with , feel

the great ~ he felt for her

▪ develop , have

A writer should have ~.

▪ fuel , rouse , stir

This issue always rouses ~.

▪ discover

▪ share

They shared a ~ for food.

▪ express

▪ feel

▪ lack

▪ indulge , pursue

She had very little time to indulge her ~ for painting.

PASSION + VERB

▪ cool , wane

As time went by the ~ cooled.

▪ drive sb

That ~ drove me to get to the top.

PREPOSITION

▪ with ~

They kissed with ~.

He argued his case with great ~.

▪ ~ between

The ~ between them had cooled.

▪ ~ for

his all-consuming ~ for her

He developed a real ~ for acting.

PHRASES

▪ a crime of ~

She killed her husband's lover in a crime of ~.

▪ full of ~

a speech full of ~

▪ a night of ~

They spent a night of ~ in a hotel.

▪ the object of sb's ~

the young girl who was the object of his ~

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .