noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ grand , great
▪
She didn't believe in grand ~ or love at first sight.
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She was his first great ~.
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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
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This issue always rouses ~.
▪ discover
▪ share
▪
They shared a ~ for food.
▪ express
▪ feel
▪ lack
▪ indulge , pursue
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She had very little time to indulge her ~ for painting.
PASSION + VERB
▪ cool , wane
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As time went by the ~ cooled.
▪ drive sb
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That ~ drove me to get to the top.
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
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They kissed with ~.
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He argued his case with great ~.
▪ ~ between
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The ~ between them had cooled.
▪ ~ for
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his all-consuming ~ for her
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He developed a real ~ for acting.
PHRASES
▪ a crime of ~
▪
She killed her husband's lover in a crime of ~.
▪ full of ~
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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 ~