heart
/hɑɹt/ sustantivo A1En español: corazón, copa, coraje
- A muscular organ that pumps blood through the body, traditionally thought to be the seat of emotion.
- One's feelings and emotions, especially considered as part of one's character. · She has a cold heart.
- The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, etc.; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; usually in a good sense; personality. · a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart· Her heart was singing.
- Compassion. · If she had any heart she'd forgive me.
- Affection · The chorus's singing won the hearts of the audience.
- Disposition · They didn't take the remarks in good heart.
- Emotional strength that allows one to continue in difficult situations; courage; spirit; a will to compete. · The team lost, but they showed a lot of heart.· She put her whole heart into making a go of the business.
- Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad.
Plural hearts
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When Dorothy, who was an orphan, first came to her, Aunt Em had been so startled by the child’s laughter that she would scream and press her hand upon her heart whenever Dorothy’s merry voice reached her ears; and she still looked at the little girl with wonder that she could find anything to laugh at.
“Without her captain!” cried Dantès, his eyes sparkling with animation; “pray mind what you say, for you are touching on the most secret wishes of my heart.
We will leave Danglars struggling with the demon of hatred, and endeavoring to insinuate in the ear of the shipowner some evil suspicions against his comrade, and follow Dantès, who, after having traversed La Canebière, took the Rue de Noailles, and entering a small house, on the left of the Allées de Meilhan, rapidly ascended four flights of a dark staircase, holding the baluster with one hand, while with the other he repressed the beatings of his heart, and paused before a half-open door, from which he could see the whole of a small room.
“You have wounded me to the heart.”
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