desire
/dɪˈzaɪɹ/ nom B1En français : désir
- The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something. · Too much desire can seriously affect one’s judgement.
- Someone or something wished for. · It is my desire to speak with you.· You’re my heart’s desire.
- Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual. · His desire for her kept him awake at night.
- Motivation.
Pluriel desires
Dans la bibliothèque
Rachel’s dumbfounded countenance her lips twitched with amusement and she felt a most reprehensible desire to laugh.
He felt no desire to put his oar in this time.
She learned her lessons at home, did her chores, and played with Diana in the chilly purple autumn twilights; but when she met Gilbert Blythe on the road or encountered him in Sunday-school she passed him by with an icy contempt that was no whit thawed by his evident desire to appease her.
There was in it thankfulness for the past and reverent petition for the future; and when she slept on her white pillow her dreams were as fair and bright and beautiful as maidenhood might desire.
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