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longing
US /ˈlɔ:ŋɪŋ/
・UK /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/
B1
v.i.Intransitive VerbTo have a strong desire for something or someone
I am longing to go home, I miss her so much
n. (u.)Uncountable NounStrong desire for something or someone
I can’t stop longing for Miyoko
adj.AdjectiveHaving or showing a strong desire.
He cast a longing glance at the cake.
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Serving a hot customer in retail
- *Feelings of longing and desire*
*Feelings of longing and desire*
The Light of Happiness | learn English through story | Best way to improve English speaking skills
- But even the sweetest melodies cannot erase my own longing.
But even the sweetest melodies cannot erase my own longing.
How To Be More Loving
- A satirical manner can be a shield against an exiled longing for sweetness.
A satirical manner can be a shield against an exiled longing for sweetness.
The Appeal of Rescuing Other People
- We might assume that our greatest longing in relationships would be to be looked after by someone, an exceptionally kind person who could listen to us, nurture us, assist us and make us feel comforted and seen.
We might assume that our greatest longing in relationships would be to be looked after by someone, an exceptionally kind person who could listen to us, nurture us, assist us and make us feel comforted and seen.
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- Its raw portrayal of loneliness and longing is amplified by the song's soulful melody.
Its raw portrayal of loneliness and longing is amplified by the song's soulful melody.
The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love
- Or perhaps our parental figure was constantly at the office or unavailable behind a locked study door. They might have had a violent, unpredictable temper or left us somehow feeling that we were just never good enough for them. As a result, to an extent we may not even have realised, we became experts at independence. We came to associate safety with a high degree of self-protective isolation. We might have become big readers or fascinated by the animal world or obsessed with music or computer games. Without quite knowing we had done so, we learnt never to trust a flesh-and-blood, three-dimensional human again. Our experiences may not have affected the strength of our longing for love, but they have heavily impacted our capacity to endure mutually satisfying relationships. We may now, as adults, tell ourselves that we want closeness and surrender. We will sob sincerely when we lose love, but we are continually taking steps to ensure we will never be at any sustained risk of finding it. The true terror for us is not that love should fail, but that it should, by some oversight on our part, succeed. For this would ask of us a level of defencelessness and exposure to another person and to a chance of happiness that has no precedent in our lives and poses immense, ego-shattering challenges to the armoured way our personalities have been structured.
Or perhaps our parental figure was constantly at the office or unavailable behind a locked study door. They might have had a violent, unpredictable temper or left us somehow feeling that we were just never good enough for them. As a result, to an extent we may not even have realised, we became experts at independence. We came to associate safety with a high degree of self-protective isolation. We might have become big readers or fascinated by the animal world or obsessed with music or computer games. Without quite knowing we had done so, we learnt never to trust a flesh-and-blood, three-dimensional human again. Our experiences may not have affected the strength of our longing for love, but they have heavily impacted our capacity to endure mutually satisfying relationships. We may now, as adults, tell ourselves that we want closeness and surrender. We will sob sincerely when we lose love, but we are continually taking steps to ensure we will never be at any sustained risk of finding it. The true terror for us is not that love should fail, but that it should, by some oversight on our part, succeed. For this would ask of us a level of defencelessness and exposure to another person and to a chance of happiness that has no precedent in our lives and poses immense, ego-shattering challenges to the armoured way our personalities have been structured.
NEVER say 'I WANT' in English | How to speak better English
- And at the end of the day, you go home and you know somebody asks you, 'What would you like?' Oh, I've been longing for a beer all day, meaning you've been thinking about it all day.
And at the end of the day, you go home and you know somebody asks you, 'What would you like?' Oh, I've been longing for a beer all day, meaning you've been thinking about it all day.
- I've been longing for a beer all day meaning you've been thinking about it
I've been longing for a beer all day meaning you've been thinking about it
How to Know If You Have Real Friends (And What to Do If You Don't)
- or a tank commander who... or a mother of two delightful children with a longing to...
or a tank commander who... or a mother of two delightful children with a longing to...
POP CULTURE: What Is Cinema For?
- Whereas the worst sort of films eject us back into our lives, full of longing and disenchantment, the best ones leave us ready to re-engage with circumstances with which we'd unfairly grown bored.
Whereas the worst sort of films eject us back into our lives, full of longing and disenchantment, the best ones leave us ready to re-engage with circumstances with which we'd unfairly grown bored.
- full of longing and disenchantment,
full of longing and disenchantment,
President Obama Delivers the Rutgers University Commencement Address
- Point number one: When you hear someone longing for the good old days, take it with a grain of salt.
Point number one: When you hear someone longing for the good old days, take it with a grain of salt.
- Point number one: When you hear someone longing for the
Point number one: When you hear someone longing for the