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n.
1) to arouse, inspire, stir up ~
2) to raise smb.'s ~s
3) to express, voice a ~
4) to cherish, entertain, nurse a ~
5) to pin, place, put one's ~s on
6) to dash, deflate, dispel; thwart smb.'s ~s
7) to abandon, give up ~
8) an ardent, fervent, fond; faint, slender, slight; false; high; idle, illusory, vain; real; realistic, reasonable; unrealistic, unreasonable ~
9) ~s come true; fade
10) a flicker, glimmer, ray, spark of ~
11) ~ for, in, of (~ of recovery; we had high ~s for her)
12) a ~ that + clause (it was our ~ that they would settle near us; there was little ~ that she would be elected)
13) in, with the ~ (we returned to the park in the ~ of finding her wallet)
14) beyond, past ~
II
v.
1) to ~ fervently, sincerely, very much
2) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ for (to ~ for an improvement)
3) ( E ) she ~s to see them soon
4) ( L ) we ~ that you are comfortable
5) ( misc. ) I ~ so; I ~ not