yearn
/jɝn/ verbe B2En français : regretter, languir
- To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something. · All I yearn for is a simple life.
- To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
- Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
- To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
- Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
Pluriel yearn · He/she/it yearns · Prétérit yearned · Participe passé yearned · Forme en -ing yearning
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Dans la bibliothèque
To wait at Monte Cristo for the purpose of watching like a dragon over the almost incalculable riches that had thus fallen into his possession satisfied not the cravings of his heart, which yearned to return to dwell among mankind, and to assume the rank, power, and influence which are always accorded to wealth—that first and greatest of all the forces within the grasp of man.
I suppose the concept of home is inherently malleable, perpetually reshaped by our idiosyncratic desires and the unspoken yearning for novelty.
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