heart1 nounheart2 verb
heartheart1 /hɑːt $ hɑːrt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINheart
Origin:
Old English heorteEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Eating too many fatty foods is bad for the heart.
- Let's stop talking about irrelevant issues, and get to the heart of the matter.
- Money always lies at the heart of our fights.
- My heart was beating so fast I thought it would burst.
- Put your hand on your heart and repeat after me.
- This new book gets to the heart of the controversy over nuclear power.
- After visiting a heart specialist, Tom discovered she had heart valve damage, court papers said.
- And her heart gave just a little kick of worry as she turned to Ted Morgan again.
- Doctors said that while his heart was fine, his vascular system had given up the ghost.
- It lacks light and shade, the conviction and theatrical intensity that drives words straight into people's hearts.
- It was a Series that played at the heart of the modern entertainment dilemma.
- Therefore I have no heart, and can not love.
- We have your interests at heart.
Longman Language Activatorto change your opinion or belief about something
to change your opinion about something or someone: · At first the doctor said I was suffering from a virus, but now he's changed his mind.· Everyone has a right to change their mind.change your mind about: · I'm hoping Dad will change his mind about Louise after he meets her tonight.· I've changed my mind about the Riviera. I do like it after all.
formal to change your opinion because something has happened that has made you realize that you were wrong before: revise your opinion about/of: · Mrs Pemberton revised her opinion of her future son-in-law when he was accepted into law school.· Since visiting the refugee camps, I have revised my opinion about immigration quotas.
to change your mind about something and talk about it in a very different way from how you did before: · She used to be a Communist, but she changed her tune when her parents left her all that money.· You've changed your tune all of a sudden! Only yesterday you were saying you thought Christmas presents were a waste of money.
when you begin to feel differently about something or someone so that your attitude completely changes: · It's hard to explain this apparent change of heart.have a change of heart: · He didn't want kids at first, but he's had quite a change of heart.change of heart about: · We can only hope Congress may have a radical change of heart about welfare benefits.
also come round British to change your mind so that you gradually begin to agree with someone else's idea or opinion, especially after they have persuaded you that they are right: · He'll come around eventually. He doesn't have any choice, does he?· My mother stopped speaking to me when I first married Tom, but she's slowly coming around now.come around to somebody's view/way of thinking: · We had to talk to Sam for a long time before he came round to our way of thinking.come around to the idea/view that: · A lot of employers are coming around to the idea that older employees have a lot to offer a company.come around to doing something: · We're hoping that they'll eventually come round to accepting our offer.
formal to say publicly or formally that you have changed your mind and stopped believing what you used to believe, especially about religion or politics: · During the Moscow Show Trials in the 1930s, prisoners were forced to publicly recant.· After the Reformation, many Catholics recanted to avoid punishment.
someone's real character British /true colors American if someone shows their true colours they do something that shows what they are really like, when they have been pretending to be something different: · With the elections safely behind him, Hitler began to show his true colours.· He was friendly to me at first but he showed his true colors when we were both up for the same promotion.
if someone is nice, jealous, frightened etc underneath , they really are nice, jealous, or frightened even though their behaviour shows a different character: · I know that she seems very aggressive, but underneath she's really quite shy.· Underneath all that boastful talk you'll find that he's actually a very nice guy.underneath it all: · She laughed as if she was joking but underneath it all, I knew she meant it.
if someone is cruel, dishonest, good etc deep down , that is their true character even though they hide this in their usual behaviour: · Deep down, I think she's really very ambitious.· Yeah, sometimes he can be really nice and polite but, I tell you, deep down he's an animal!
if you are a particular type of person at heart , that is your true character even though you may sometimes think you are different: · She's a traveller at heart. You'll never get her to settle down.· Paul was an easy-going fellow at heart who wanted only to enjoy himself.
not enthusiastic · Are you sure you want to come? You don't sound very enthusiastic.unenthusiastic/not enthusiastic about · She had never been very enthusiastic about her job as a designer.distinctly unenthusiastic (=definitely unenthusiastic) · The staff were distinctly unenthusiastic about the whole idea.
without much enthusiasm or effort: · Her apology was very half-hearted.· People are starting to criticize the government for its half-hearted approach to reform.half-hearted attempt: · Yves had made a half-hearted attempt to be friendly.
if you say your heart's not in it , you mean you are not enthusiastic about something you are doing, especially because you are not interested in it any more or because you do not think it is worth doing: · I really loved teaching at first but my heart's not in it any more.· My heart's not in this job. In fact I hate it.
not enthusiastic about something that someone has suggested or done, especially because you do not think it is very good: · Their response to my idea was only lukewarm.lukewarm to/towards: · Research chief, Michael Greenall, said "I'm lukewarm toward the whole deal."lukewarm about: · Investment fund managers are a little lukewarm about the prospects of these bonds.lukewarm response/reaction etc: · Lester finished speaking, and there was a ripple of rather lukewarm applause.
if someone shows a lack of enthusiasm about something, they are not as enthusiastic about it as people expect them to be: a clear/distinct/marked lack of enthusiasm (=very definite and clear lack of enthusiasm): · Sam showed a distinct lack of enthusiasm when I told him my holiday plans.lack of enthusiasm for: · Many people displayed a lack of enthusiasm for the proposal.
: muted response/enthusiasm/reaction etc expressions of feelings which are not as enthusiastic as usual or as expected: · There was rather a muted response to the speech.· The Air Transport Association expressed muted support for the action.
to feel happy again after feeling sad · Cheer up, Mandy - the insurance will cover most of the damage.· You'd better get dressed and cheer up. The guests are coming any minute.
to start to look happy again: · Mrs Verity brightened up at the news.· "Oh, I know the answer!" she said, brightening up.
to start to feel a little more happy: · She wasn't feeling too good yesterday but she perked up in the evening.· Jessica always perks up when Richard comes over.
to feel happier and more hopeful, especially because you have received some good news, or have seen or thought something encouraging: be heartened/be cheered by: · We are all heartened by the news that several families had already reached safety.be heartened/be cheered to see/hear/know/learn etc: · He was cheered to learn that his two attackers had been arrested.
to feel a little happier and more hopeful because something has happened to make a bad situation better: · Yes, the situation's pretty bad, but take heart - we'll find a way out of it.take heart from/in: · Company executives are taking heart from the success of recent sales.
to stop hoping · Some seeds take a long time to germinate, so don't lose hope if nothing happens in the first year.lose hope/give up hope of doing something · After his accident, Jack had almost given up hope of ever working again.lose hope/give up hope that · We never lost hope that our son would return one day.
to stop hoping and become extremely unhappy, because you think there is no possibility of something happening: · You mustn't despair. Nothing is impossible.· He glared at her, despairing.despair of doing something: · Kate despaired of ever seeing her husband again.
to stop hoping that you will achieve something, because you feel you have not been making much progress: · I think if he fails again he'll just lose heart and give up.· The tunnel had never been finished. Perhaps the builders lost heart and abandoned it.
use this to say that people are beginning to stop hoping that someone is safe, that something will succeed etc: · Hopes are fading, but the search for survivors of the earthquake continues.hopes are fading for: · Hopes are fading for the missing fourteen year old.
to make someone completely stop hoping that something will happen or is true: · I didn't want to dash your hopes unnecessarily.dash sb's hopes of doing something: · a shattering knee injury which dashed his hopes of playing in the World Cup
kind someone who is kind tries to help people and make them happy or comfortable, and shows that they care about them: · Everyone loved Mary. She was the kindest, most generous person in the world.kind to: · He's a good brother. He's always been kind to me.it is kind of somebody (to do something): · "Karen gave me a lift to the station." "That was kind of her."
kind behaviour: · What this child needs is a little love and kindness.· She was touched by this simple act of kindness.kindness to: · I shall never forget her kindness to me.
especially spoken someone who is nice is kind and friendly, and often helpful: · I've got a nice boss, and the pay's good.· "She offered to pay for everything." "That was a nice gesture."nice to: · Why can't they just be nice to each other?it is nice of somebody (to do something): · It was nice of them to invite us.
someone who is considerate or thoughtful thinks about other people's feelings and tries to do things that will make them happy or comfortable: · Louis was always considerate towards other people.it is considerate/thoughtful of somebody (to do something): · It was considerate of them to warn us that they might be late.· "I didn't phone this afternoon. I thought you might be resting." "That was very thoughtful of you."
if you are good to someone, especially someone who is old, young, sick etc, you are kind to them and give them what they need: good to: · My stepfather's always been very good to me and treated me like one of his own children.it is good of somebody (to do something): · It's good of you to see me at such short notice.
someone who is gentle is nice and kind, and is never angry or violent: · My father was a professional boxer, but at home with the family he was always quiet and gentle.· a sweet, gentle girl who wouldn't hurt a fly
if you say that someone's heart is in the right place, you mean that they do not always do the right thing, but they are basically a good, kind person: · He can be rude and bad-tempered sometimes, but his heart's in the right place.
to know something so well you can repeat it from memory also know something off by heart British to know every word of a poem, story, song etc, that you have learned so that you can say it or sing it without making any mistakes: · Eleanor had heard the story so many times that she knew every word of it by heart.· I studied the poem until I knew it off by heart.
British /have something down pat American to be able to give a speech or an answer immediately and easily because you have learned it thoroughly or because you have said the same thing a lot of times before: · She only had to repeat the lines once or twice, and she'd have them down pat.· Like most politicians he had all his answers off pat, but he didn't have anything particularly new or interesting to say.
able to repeat something from memory in exactly the same way as it was said or written: · Each Monday the teacher made us recite a poem which had to be word perfect .
to like someone to think someone has good qualities so that you feel friendly towards them: · I've always liked Sally - she's a lot of fun.· Everybody liked Mr. Schofield, but he wasn't a very good teacher.· I never really liked her - she was always a bit stuck-up and condescending.
to like someone very much, especially when you have known them for a long time: · You're very fond of Tyler, aren't you?· Over the years, the old man grew very fond of his nurse.
to like someone that you have known for a long time, so that you would be upset if they left you: · We've grown quite attached to you, Annie, and we'll be very sorry to see you leave.· Nurses can easily get too attached to their patients.
informal to like one person in particular more than the other people in a group: · She's always had a soft spot for her youngest grandson.· I've had a soft spot for Janet ever since she took my side in the argument I had with Jimmy.
to like someone because of a particular quality that they have, especially when other people do not notice that quality in them: · Tom's so innocent. He only sees the good in everyone he meets.· I can't figure out what Doug sees in her.
spoken someone that you like because they have the same attitudes that you have, or like the same things that you like: · I like the way she runs her business - a woman after my own heart.
if two people hit it off , they like each other, especially as soon as they meet: · Art Howe asked him to come for an interview for the coaching job, and the two men hit it off immediately.· Those two didn't really hit it off at first, did they?hit it off with: · You can't expect to hit it off with everyone you meet.
the main part of a problem, idea, or belief the most important part of a difficult problem, a question, or an argument etc that must be dealt with or understood before any further progress can be made: · Whether we can get funding or not is the crux.the crux of the matter/problem/question etc: · Finding a cheap source of energy is really the crux of the matter.· The crux of the court case is whether consumers deserve a refund.
the main feature or quality that gives something its own special character: the essence of something: · Equality is the essence of democracy.· The essence of his teachings can be summed up in the phrase "Know yourself."
the most important part of a problem, consideration, question etc: the heart of the matter/problem/question etc: · Let's stop talking about irrelevant issues, and get to the heart of the matter.lie at the heart of something: · Money always lies at the heart of our fights.go/get to the heart of something: · This new book gets to the heart of the controversy over nuclear power.
the main part of an idea, belief, way of thinking etc, that everything else depends on: the core of something: · The core of the play's appeal is that the good guys win in the end.to the core of something: · She had the ability to cut through to the core of a problem.at the core of something: · The profit motive is at the core of the capitalist system.
the main fact about a situation, that must be accepted and cannot be changed or avoided: · Most people want to work in a place where they feel valued. That's the bottom line.the bottom line is: · The bottom line is, he's gone and he's not coming back.
the middle the part of something, such as a space or area, a piece of writing, or a period of time, which is half way between one side and the other, or halfway between the beginning and the end: · "Did you enjoy the movie?" "It was OK but I got a little bored towards the middle."middle of: · Gary rowed out towards the middle of the lake.· It was the middle of summer.· Going through the middle of Tokyo in the rush hour can be a nightmare.
British /center American the middle of a space, area, or object, especially the exact middle: · The flower has white petals, and is deep pink at the centre.· I love chocolates with soft centers.the centre of something: · Draw a line through the center of the circle.at the centre/in the centre (of something) (=exactly in the middle of something): · A bomb has exploded in the crowded business district in the centre of the old city.right in the centre (=exactly in the centre): · The women all wore a red dot right in the centre of their foreheads.
the middle of an area, town, or city: · The hotel is located in the heart of Moscow.· a quiet village in the heart of the English countryside
the central part of a large object such as a very large rock or the Earth: · The Earth has a solid inner core 2500 km in diameter.· Only the core of the volcano remained.
what you say when you promise something · "Promise me you'll write to me." "I promise."I promise (that) · I won't go. I promise I won't go.
say this when you want to make a very serious and sincere promise: · You won't regret this - I give you my word.I give you my word/you have my word (that): · I give you my word that I'll do everything I can.· Do I have your word, Mr Bigelow, that this problem will be corrected?
say this when you are making a promise to someone you know well - used especially by children: · "Do you promise?" "Cross my heart."
say this when you are making a very firm promise, that you will never break. I swear is used in court: · I swear that the evidence I give will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
when someone really feels something when you really feel something, really want something etc, and you are not just pretending to feel it: · Do you think she's really sorry?· Do you really want to come with us? It'll be very boring for you.· I don't think she really believes she can win.
use this to describe feelings, attitudes and beliefs that someone really feels and is not just pretending to feel: · She was clearly in real pain.· He didn't show any real regret for the suffering he had caused.· Real commitment is needed from everyone on the team if we're going to make this project work.
if you are sincere , or have sincere feelings, you really feel or believe something and are not just pretending: · It is my sincere belief that if we work together we can achieve peace in this country.sincere in: · They seemed to be sincere in their concern for the children's welfare.sincere thanks/apologies formal: · I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those who helped us.
genuine feelings are real and not pretended - use this especially when you are surprised that someone has these feelings: · I'm not sure if her sympathy was really genuine.· For the first time on the trip, I saw genuine fear in his eyes.· This is the first genuine attempt to reach a peaceful settlement to the dispute.
very real and strongly felt: · Christine breathed a heartfelt sigh of relief.· She expressed her heartfelt thanks to all those who had helped and supported her.· Please accept our heartfelt sympathy on your sad loss.· The family made a heartfelt plea to the kidnappers to release their son.
if you say or mean something from the heart , you really mean it and feel it very strongly: · He stood up and spoke simply but from the heart.from the bottom of somebody's heart: · I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart.straight from the heart: · I'm speaking straight from the heart when I say that I believe Marguerite deserves to be chairman.
if you truly believe, want, or feel something, you believe, want, or feel it very strongly and are not just pretending: · I truly believe he is innocent.· She seems truly sorry for what she did.· I truly am impressed with your work.
a feeling that is true is real and strongly felt, not just pretended: · At last he had found true happiness.· As far as Gabby was concerned this was true love.
to make someone feel sad · Something at school was making her unhappy, but she didn't want to talk about it.it makes somebody sad/unhappy to do something · It made me sad to see her looking so old and ill.
to make someone feel sad and want to cry: · I'm sorry if I upset you - I didn't mean to.· The idea of having to change school seemed to upset him more than we thought it would.it upsets somebody to do something: · Her father died when she was ten, and it still upsets her to think about it.
if a situation or event saddens someone, it makes them feel sad, especially because they think that this type of situation or event should not happen: · Everyone was saddened by the news that housing is to be built on the fields beside Cliff Lane.· Those of us who knew him are shocked and saddened by his death.it saddens somebody to do something: · Sometimes it saddened him to think that he was no longer young.it saddens somebody that : · It saddens me that there are people who go around vandalizing public places like this.
to make someone feel very sad or unhappy, especially so that they feel that only bad things happen and they cannot change the situation: · Listening to the news can really depress you, if you let it.· Shaun decided to leave. The way the others were behaving was beginning to depress him.it depresses somebody to do something: · It depressed me to think that five years ago I was earning more than I do now.
informal to gradually make someone feel unhappy and tired over a period of time: · The endless rain was beginning to get him down.· You can tell me if there's anything that's worrying you or getting you down.
to make someone very sad and upset, especially because a relationship has ended or because they are very disappointed: · When Annie left him, it broke his heart.it breaks somebody's heart (that): · It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined.it breaks somebody's heart to do something: · It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone house where she'd lived for so long.
spoken if something is a downer , it makes you feel unhappy, especially because it is not good or successful: · I thought the movie was going to be a total downer, but it wasn't.on a downer: · The home team concluded its season on a big downer with a 2- 0 defeat.
to make someone feel very unhappy and without hope - use this especially when a bad situation is continuing and they cannot see how to change it: · There were times when the endless arguments drove him to despair.· By the time I was 17, the atmosphere at the school was driving me to despair.
to not feel sorry for someone in a bad situation to feel that someone's problems are their own fault: · I have no sympathy for him - he hasn't even tried to look for a job.· I'm afraid I don't have much sympathy for people who spend more than they can afford and then find themselves in debt.have/feel little sympathy for somebody: · The fact is that most Americans feel little sympathy for AIDS sufferers.
spoken use this humorously when you do not feel any sympathy at all for someone: · "He says he can't come out tonight because he has to look after the kids." "My heart bleeds! That must be the first time he's stayed in with them since they were born!"
to feel sorry because someone else is in a bad situation to feel sad for someone because they have had bad luck or they are in a bad situation: · I think he felt sorry for me because I'd just lost my wallet.· He'll probably go to jail for this. It's his wife I feel sorry for.· I feel sorry for the poor person who's going to have to sort this mess out.· I feel really sorry for young married couples these days. It's hard going for them.can't help feeling sorry for somebody (=use this when you should not really feel sorry for someone, but you do): · I know he's being a jerk, but I can't help feeling a little sorry for him.
also sympathise British to feel sad for someone who is having problems, because you understand how they feel: · My dear, I completely understand and sympathize, but there's not much I can do about it, really.sympathize with: · She felt Mark should have sympathised with her and supported her, instead of criticizing. sympathize with somebody's plight/problems/dilemma: · It's hard not to sympathize with the plight of single parents in today's world.
to feel sad for someone who is having problems, because you understand how they feel: · I have great sympathy for anyone who has lived through depression.· It wasn't possible not to feel sympathy for Anna -- she'd lost her husband and her son in the space of only a few weeks.have/feel deep sympathy for: · The judge said he had the deepest sympathy for Maria's situation, but that he had no option but to sentence her.
to sympathize very strongly and sincerely with someone who has problems, is suffering etc: · Of course I feel for him - he's my brother. But he did bring it on himself.· You couldn't help but feel for Charles. He'd been so unlucky in life.
to feel very sorry for someone who is in a much worse situation than you: · I pity anyone who has to feed a family on such a low income.· I don't want you to pity me - I just want you to help me.· He felt pity for Marla out there all by herself in some little nowhere town.
spoken use this to say that you feel extremely sorry for someone, especially because something very sad has happened to them: · I know how awfully disappointed you must be, and my heart goes out to you.· My heart went out to all those poor little children standing shivering in the cold.
to feel sorry for someone and do something to help them: · The old couple, poor as they were, took pity on her and gave her food.· We walked on through the pouring rain until a kind driver took pity on us and offered us a ride.
to realize that someone is unhappy or having problems, and behave kindly to them: · I'm sure if you talk to your boss, he'll understand.· You can only apologize, and hope that she'll understand.understand why/what/how: · I completely understand how things are when money is tight.· We're trying very hard to understand what she's going through.
to tell someone what you are feeling to tell someone about something that has been worrying you or annoying you for a long time so that you feel better afterwards: · I feel so much better now that I've got that off my chest.· Writing to you is a good way to get things off my chest.
to tell someone everything about some strong emotions that you are feeling, especially feelings of unhappiness: · Suddenly, Jason burst into tears and poured out his heart, telling his mother all about everything.pour out your heart/soul to: · I had no idea Kay was so unhappy until she poured out her soul to me last night.
to tell someone about something very private or secret, especially a personal problem, because you feel that you can trust them: · He was a good listener and Elinor found it easy to confide in him.confide in about: · He wanted desperately to confide in someone about his feelings of failure.confide in that: · Harriet confided in me that she and Mark were considering divorce.
to become upset · I get upset when I see people being cruel to animals.· At the slightest mention of her ex-husband's name she gets upset.get upset about · It was an awful thing for him to say, but there's no point in getting upset about it.
informal to become very upset or angry, so that you think things are worse than they really are: · I'll tell you what he said, but promise you won't get worked up.get worked up about/over: · It's not worth getting worked up about. Anyone can make a mistake.get (yourself) all worked up: · If there's nothing you can do, why get yourself all worked up, honey?
to be more upset by what someone says than they intended you to be: · Don't take anything he said to heart - he was drunk.· Brian is a very sensitive kind of person and he takes criticism very much to heart.
especially British, informal to become very upset about something in a way that other people think is unnecessary: · There's no need to get so het up - it's only a driving test!
to want something very much and be determined to get it to decide that you want something that will be hard for you to get, and to make a very determined effort to achieve it: · Now she's set her sights on the manager's job, nothing will stop her.· Quite consciously, I set my sights on the best-looking boy in the whole school.
to want something so much that you will be very disappointed if you cannot have it or get it: · We've set our hearts on this little house in the country.set your heart on doing something: · I had set my heart on becoming a pilot.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1verbs
Tim’s heart was aching for her. It will gladden the hearts of my friends to see you. Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems? He suffered a massive stroke. My heart just melted when I saw her crying. She ran, her heart pounding in her chest. He has a soft heart beneath that cold exterior. Her second son had a special place in her heart. She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly. Such prejudices strike right at the heart of any notions of a civilized society. Her plight has touched the hearts of people around the world. poems in a lighter vein My grandfather had a weak heart. Montgomery’s new style of leadership met with Leslie’s whole-hearted approval.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Her heart was beating fast.
(=it beats very strongly)· He reached the top, his heart pounding.
(=it beats very fast)· Was there someone in the alley? Joe’s heart began to race.
heart + NOUN· You should not take this medication if you have heart problems.
· Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.
(=something wrong with your heart)· The baby was born with a heart condition.
(=the number of times someone’s heart beats per minute)· Your heart rate increases as you exercise.
adjectives· Eating oily fish can help maintain a healthy heart.
(=an unhealthy heart)· The effort proved too much for her weak heart.
Meaning 2adjectives (=a kind character)· My father had a good heart.
(=a kind and generous character)· She may be only small, but she has a big heart.
(=a kind and sympathetic character)· Julia’s soft heart had been touched by Minnie’s grief.
(=used about someone who does not feel sympathy for other people)· It takes a hard heart not to be moved by these images of suffering.
(=feeling very sad)· She made her way to the hospital with a heavy heart.
(=feeling happy)· Paul left for home with a light heart.
(=feeling very sad because of a problem in love)· I wonder how many broken hearts Carlo was responsible for.
verbs (=make someone feel very sad)· It broke my heart to see him so sick.
(=do what your emotions want you to do)· Go for it. Follow your heart. Who cares what everyone else thinks?
(=to feel very sad)· It made his heart ache to look at her
phrases (=all your feelings)· She loved Peter with all her heart and soul.
(=matters relating to love)· I had little experience of affairs of the heart.
(=someone makes decisions based on emotions rather than careful thought)· He has never been one to let his heart rule his head.
(=a very kind character)· She was rather brisk in manner but with a heart of gold.
(=a very cruel character)· You’d have to have a heart of stone not to feel sorry for them.
(=to be happy and confident)· The team was in good heart, despite their loss this weekend.
(=to feel very unhappy)· He was too sick at heart to know what to say.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Tim’s heart was aching for her.· The cathedral is right in the heart of the city.
British English (=with advertisements for a new lover or friend)· Some men place advertisements in the lonely hearts columns.
· I’m taking some medicine for a heart condition.
(=be extremely sad and cry a lot)· Lucy read the letter and cried her eyes out.
· Laura was born with a rare heart defect.
(=a heart that is weak and not very healthy)
· He is being treated for kidney disease.
· There is a shortage of kidney donors.
· The technique keeps the donor heart beating while it is transported.
It will gladden the hearts of my friends to see you. Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems? He suffered a massive stroke. (=the most important part of something)· The crux of the matter is: how do we prevent these floods from happening again?
My heart just melted when I saw her crying.· He is almost back to full fitness after a knee operation.
(=one with heart disease)· Some heart patients have to wait between three months and a year for surgery.
She ran, her heart pounding in her chest. (=tell someone all your feelings, including your most secret ones)
· He was born with heart problems.
(=your heart beats faster because you are afraid, excited etc) She caught sight of Rob and felt her heart quicken.
She caught sight of Rob and felt her heart quicken. (=the number of beats per minute)· A miner’s resting heart rate can be between 40 and 60 beats a minute.
He has a soft heart beneath that cold exterior. Her second son had a special place in her heart. She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly. Such prejudices strike right at the heart of any notions of a civilized society.· He died after suffering a massive heart attack.
· I want you to know that you have my whole-hearted support.
· She is now fit again after knee surgery.
· His fearsome appearance strikes terror into the hearts of his enemies.
Her plight has touched the hearts of people around the world. poems in a lighter vein· The hotel is located in the very heart of the city.
My grandfather had a weak heart. Montgomery’s new style of leadership met with Leslie’s whole-hearted approval.· The system caused many a broken heart over the generations.· It was the universal panacea for a broken heart.· Harald died three months later, I believe of a broken heart.· This was after David had split up with Hermione and was nursing a broken heart.· Eating never fixed a broken heart!· Neither miscarriages nor broken hearts, feuds or fainting fits, had ever managed to extinguish the footlights.· Some said she'd left with a broken heart.· No broken heart, you're free.
· Discussion Overall we found that periodontal disease was associated with a small increased risk of coronary heart disease.· For coronary heart disease alone, the death rate in that same 10-year period declined by 26 percent.· Prevention of coronary heart disease with pravastatin in men with hypercholesterolaemia.· We found no association between extent of active dental decay and risk of coronary heart disease.· The essential question is whether the association between dental disease and coronary heart disease is causal.· Similar differences in relative risks between young and old have been observed in studies of other risk factors for coronary heart disease.· That diet is associated with the group's continuing lower coronary heart disease rates, despite higher blood pressure.· The incidence of coronary heart disease was the primary outcome measure in our analyses.
· Performance-related pay is obviously dear to the hearts of the authors of the Patient's Charter.· Again, the golden rule is only pick a cause that is dear to your heart.· He stole your dear heart away with his lies.· This pretension was to be dear to the heart of Philip Augustus.· The question of establishment raised mutatis mutandis other causes dear to radical hearts.· You've all the enthusiasm needed to campaign for a cause or idea that's near and dear to your heart.
· Eve had spent the day wandering around Dublin with a heavy heart.· Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle.· I bowed to superior will and entered journalism with a heavy heart.· Even so, he felt heavy of heart.· They walked together towards the street, her body heavy but her heart lighter than when she had come.· Virginia went up to her bedroom with a heavy heart, to change out of the clothes she'd worn all day.· She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart, wondering if she would ever see her sister again.
· Data integration is especially a problem for geographers because information synthesis is at the very heart of the discipline.· Fifteen acres of rich, tropical gardens in the very heart of the city.· The implications of its absence in animals permeate to the very heart of our everyday talk about them.· This site is next to our great national cathedral - the very heart of the capital city.· Catalysts lie at the very heart of the chemicals industry.· Will the Secretary of State answer that question truthfully because it strikes at the very heart of democracy?· Enigmatic, delicate and beautifully understated, this is a book that will draw you into its very heart.· The point at the very heart of anti-insider dealing legislation is the prohibition on the use of valuable information.
NOUN· Is it surprising that he should die a natural death from a heart attack?· When she had a heart attack, with no health insurance, they were evicted and ended up homeless.· One had had a suspected heart attack, another had a broken leg.· Gave Mrs Grote a heart attack.· He later was rector of two other Norfolk parishes and retired in 1979 after a heart attack.· The drug, called tPA, is a blood-thinner widely used to break up the clots that cause heart attacks.· She thought of those other, milder heart attacks and felt afraid for him.· For two decades, research has re-ported that anger is related to an increased risk of heart attack.
· Still she said nothing, but she could feel her heart beating faster.· Otherwise it is an ordinary day, the curtains billowing, house empty, heart beating. 3.· Paige could feel her heart beating like a trapped bird in her chest and her senses reeled.· Her heart beating erratically, she obeyed, clasping her hands together to prevent her fingers from straying into his black hair.· Only a machine keeps the heart beating. 5.· She felt her body, the sweat that held them together, Nathan's heart beating frantically against her chest.· I listened to my heart beating.· She went with him, her heart beating heavily.
· He was put down early in 1986 at the age of eighteen when an incurable heart condition was diagnosed.· Two passengers with minor cuts and a man with a heart condition were taken to hospitals.· It was unlike her to miss a heart condition in a special patient.· But it did not work at all well for the degenerative diseases such as cancer, lupus, or various heart conditions.· She turned to the dealers and complained this time about her heart condition.· Sinai Hospital Geriatrics Department identified 233 older adults with heart conditions, all of whom should have been receiving the drugs.· He did not know that in his last months he had developed a fatal heart condition.· Instead all she had was a heart condition, which progressively weakened her until she died at fifty-five.
· Continual weight fluctuation increases the risk of heart disease and early death.· The ability of skin cholesterol to predict heart disease is similar to that of blood cholesterol.· It may be that a relaxed and cheerful attitude to socializing is the real protective against heart disease.· She recently became a spokeswoman for the cause of reducing heart disease in women.· Excess flab causes heart disease, strokes, cancers, arthritis and a tendency to find Jo Brand funny.· Emphysema and valvular heart disease have left him debilitated and physically dependent.· There will also be targets aimed at reducing the incidence of strokes, heart disease and preventable cancers.· Overweight children and adults have increased heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels.
· Muscle cramps, kidney and even heart failure are the physical results of prolonged bulimia.· Patients with liver or heart failure frequently have a primary respiratory alkalosis.· Any great degree of such aortic valve incompetence will place an unacceptable work-load on the heart, with resulting heart failure.· Starting soon, some one from the Massachusetts center will check up several times a week on senior citizens with congestive heart failure.· But fainting, and heart failure, is possible.· If the patient develops early overt congestive heart failure it is contraindicated, but do seriously consider it later.· In addition, hypocalcemia has been associated with cardiac enlargement and congestive heart failure.
· Susan's cousin, Craig O'Mahoney, was born with heart problems and had to be rushed to a hospital on Tyneside.· Yeltsin, 66, suffers from heart problems, recently underwent bypass surgery and was stricken with pneumonia last month.· Later that year came the first signs of health trouble when he was taken to hospital with a heart problem.· However, Seldane may cause heart problems if taken with certain antibiotics or anti-fungal drugs, warns Choi.· There is often associated muscle weakness and sometimes heart problems can occur.· The disorder is not a type of heart problem, neurosis, or depression, how-ever.· If caught during the early weeks of pregnancy it can cause deafness, blindness and heart problems in the baby.· His family told authorities Daniels had no history of heart problems.
· Then our heart rate climbs, steadily, until our ears are gulping on the new blood.· After a minute of this, your heart rate has slowed by 20 percent.· This increases your heart rate and encourages more oxygen into the body as you breathe more quickly.· Prolonged high levels of cholesterol, blood pressure, and heart rate tax the cardiovascular system.· The study was stopped if symptoms became severe or if heart rate rose above 140 beats per minute.· Hypothermia weakens muscles and slows heart rate, which may stop if body temperature falls below 90 degrees.· This is displayed on the electro-cardiograph screen, along with heart rate.· Like digestion, heart rate, respiration, or perspiration, sleep is an involuntary function of the autonomic nervous system.
· The following is an example of some cognitive objectives for teaching the nursing care of a patient recovering from heart surgery.· Has the price of heart surgery gone up in the last five hundred years?· Tiny Kane Elmore died after becoming infected with the bacteria following heart surgery.· Among many recent attempts to measure spirituality in relation to health, heart surgery patients help make a point.· With today's 99 percent success rate the future for most open heart surgery patients is rosy.· Galway who has made a full recovery after heart surgery a year ago, now follows a careful diet.· Under the current arrangements, the priorities within open heart surgery are decided solely by the clinicians concerned.· In May this year he had heart surgery.
VERB· The beating heart of labor was enchanted to a stone.· I waited and heard the beating of my heart.· Here l am, at my age, and I never heard the beating of my heart before.· They can go deep into it, on foot, and still find the beating heart of wilderness there.
· I knew Marcus needed me and it was breaking my heart.· It was part sadness, like a broken heart.· A terrible, impersonal courtesy had crept into Luke's manner, and it was breaking Maria's heart all over again.· This bread is so popular that it broke my heart having to throw it out.· Nothing worth breaking your heart over.· As she goes through bottles, bands and boyfriends, she leaves a trail of her broken heart behind her.· And I didn't break any hearts - they all knew the score.· And, now, they race with broken hearts.
· Gossip has it that Madonna has also captured Beatty's heart.· They remember history by evoking magical names from the past, players who captured the hearts of the nation.· If only he hadn't captured her heart.
· If a stock-oriented ports folio makes you nervous and more likely to die young from a heart attack, forget it.· Of course, he defied doctor's orders, and in 1977 he died of a massive heart attack, aged sixty.· Then he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1983 at the age of 53.· Then I sow one of my colleagues die from a heart attack and two others crack up under the strain.· The autopsy report stated that Agit Salman died of a heart attack.· A day or so later, his father died of a heart attack.
· Eric Clapton eat your heart out.· Pablo Picasso, eat your heart out.· Philip Schofield, eat your heart out.· We all know those clergymen and their choirboys, don't we? Eat your heart out, Socrates!· The square tango had to be seen to be believed - eat your hearts out, disco dancers!· Kate is obviously eating her heart out for a colour changer and an intarsia carriage.· Keith Floyd eat your heart out!!
· Ruth looked, feeling her heart thump.· My head was resting against his chest and I felt his heart beating against my eye and cheek.· She turned away, feeling sick at heart, even though she knew she should be glad.· He could feel his heart beating in his throat.· When he talked to me, I felt my heart jump.· Jess swallowed, feeling her heart pump and thud.· She felt her heart thump in reaction to the stress she had been under.
· The allure of diamonds lies at the heart of the issue.· Unlike some Straussians, however, he highlights the persistent waltz rhythms that lie at the heart of the horror.· Though selection of countries lies at the heart of comparison, selection without reflection may lead to serious problems of inference.· Therein, lies the heart, the pity and the anguish of this initial collaboration between Strauss and poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal.· The village lies in the heart of Winifred Holtby country, between the main Wolds area and the contrasting lowlands of Holderness.· Supporters claim the policy lies at the heart of their efforts to impose financial hardships on the Castro regime.· The job description lies at the heart of good recruitment and selection practice.· It is one that lies close to the heart of any study of the interaction of religion and society.
· It took some effort for Charles not to lose heart.· Like their rivals, they expect no gifts, no walkovers against an opponent who has lost heart and given up.· How easy it was to lose heart.· Knowing the examination is a written one, he loses heart.· But the London Planetarium has not lost its heart.· I really lost heart when I realized that you could probably eat the chemicals spread across my table.· It was Niki who had lost heart.· People who participate only in theory lose heart.
· After the war, black GIs came home with opened eyes and hearts full of pride.· She was friendly and easy to talk to and, after a while, I opened up my heart.· She felt guilty, always guilty, thinking how she should be opening her whole heart to him.· But incredulity it was that popped my eyes open and stopped my heart, swept away my slightest consciousness of pain.· He was close to tears when he started to read a statement in which he opened his heart as never before.· We opened our hearts and wept.
· He stopped on the stairs, all his old fears returning, feeling his heart beginning to pound.· His heart pounded as he hung up the receiver.· I hurried home, my heart pounding and my hands trembling in spite of myself-I could not believe it.· I jumped, a small, involuntary hop in place, my heart pounding.· She forced her eyes open, and at once her heart was pounding.· He wanted to pretend cool detachment, but his heart was pounding.· I felt my own blouse sticking to my back, my heart pounding fast.
· We may pour out our hearts about the situation in which we find ourselves, expressing our trust, hope and confidence.· Amid all the purple, there was cardinal and gold, spilling from guts and pouring from hearts.· He poured out his heart to me.· She would regularly pour out her heart to the kind-hearted friend who she has known since her teenage days.· I think he poured his heart and soul into dance.· Andrus had gone to Zoser and poured out his heart.
· On the back of this publicity, a range of young artists arose, set to conquer our hearts and minds.· He was not a man to give way easily and he had clearly set his heart on making her recognise her father.· Thoughts of the night that had just passed set her heart pounding and the blood rushing to her face.· It fell with a crash which rattled her composure and set her heart thudding.· The desire to reform, to set the human heart in harmony with principles of virtue produced moral plays.· So now, after all, there was something she had set her heart on.· The thought of running to catch a bus may be enough to set your heart racing.
· She stopped breathing but her heart kept on thudding its own wild race.· I wish I could call you now but a ringing phone at such an hour stops the very heart.· She stopped immediately, her heart thumping in sudden fright as she saw that the chapel was occupied.· The first drug paralyzed his lungs; the second stopped his heart.· The fire to a Gruncher is like your heart is to you. Stop your heart and you die at once.· The look on the dead man's face was ghastly, as if some phantom of the night had stopped his heart.· Thomas Cotterill had stopped breathing and his heart had stopped.· Shiona stopped breathing, her heart pounding inside her.
· I predicted that a dramatic event would soon strike at the heart of the Royal Family.· We want to set up an event that will make it appear they have struck at the heart of our government.· The Slav opposition collapsed almost immediately, as if the very name of Charles had struck terror into their hearts.· Every crisis would strike terror into the hearts of people everywhere.· If there is a single subject guaranteed to strike fear in the hearts of parents, it is drugs.· The very physical description of the Huns proved sufficient in and of itself to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies.· Those two little hyphenated words struck terror in the heart of some one eager for a weekend of yoga classes and silent breakfasts.· The man whose very name struck terror in the hearts of managing directors?
· He suffered a heart attack early in the game.· In Connecticut, a Waterbury man suffered a fatal heart attack Sunday night after going outside to fill his snowblower with gasoline.· The swop did not come to light until Arlena, who suffered from a congenital heart defect, had to undergo surgery.· Finally, at eighty-six, she suffered a very severe heart attack that killed her.· In Britain one in ten men under the age of retirement will suffer a heart attack.· Before it could be resolved, Alsop suffered a heart attack.· And in Dusseldorf police said a member of the Republican party suffered a heart attack after being beaten up by demonstrators.· In the spring of 1993, Li suffered a heart attack and was relieved of more duties.
· It tore her heart to see him go.· If they start building here, it will be like tearing my heart out.· Long and slow, powerful enough to tear the heart right out of her.· Well, sir, what they saw inside, it just tore their hearts out, it was so horrible.· Why do I tear my heart by recalling our words then?· Brewer reveals why the burning of Sarajevo's National Library tore out the heart of the city.· A torn heart also causes earthquakes.
· That despairing bleat touched a heart she hadn't been sure still existed.· The test of its substance is the right to differ as to things that touch the heart of the existing order.· Shiona felt a cold hand touch her heart.· George Burns' sense of timing and captivating smile touched the hearts and funny bones of more than three generations.· He touched he heart, awakening the love, stirring the pain.· He wanted her to be permanent, an edifice whose piles touched the heart of the earth.· Peace on Earth as he lets his light shine, he touched my heart and now he's mine.· It was enough to touch my heart.
· From a slightly more elevated plane of cinematic endeavour comes news to warm the heart of Woody Allen.· And the biographies warmed the heart.· If it's the latter then there was plenty more at the show to warm any enthusiast's heart.· This is an inspirational tale that would warm the heart of Joseph Campbell.· Satisfaction warmed her heart as she watched two healthy pups suckling contentedly.· It warmed my heart that nearly all their favorite musicians were females.· It warmed our hearts and fed our faith.· Words, smiles, laughs and hugs can warm the heart of another.
· Since its conception, the Format has been winning hearts and minds as a useful mechanism.· Their charm and informality immediately won many hearts in circles high and low.· Was this going to be the man who won Madeleine's heart?· Robbie Williams won our collective heart years ago.· Take your audience by the hand and lead them along with you. 7. Win hearts - then minds 8.· This year a mere sprat of a northern lass won my heart playing hers out on a mighty and sonorous trombone.· The urgent appeal won the hearts and minds of all who love and know Snowdon, and the response has been incredible.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the hearts and minds of somebody► by heart► do something to your heart’s content► somebody’s heart misses/skips a beat► a man/woman etc after my own heart► your heart’s desire/everything your heart could desire► my heart was in my mouth► it does your heart good to see/hear something► somebody’s heart leapsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► absence makes the heart grow fonder► (heart) bypass operation/surgery► capture somebody’s heart► clutch at somebody’s heart► your heart/thoughts go out to somebody► your heart/stomach lurches► pierce somebody’s heart► your heart sinks► steal somebody’s heart► tear somebody’s heart (out)/tear at somebody’s heart► wear your heart on your sleeve► worm your way into somebody’s affections/heart/confidence etc
- I guess I'm just a kid at heart.
- Paul was an easy-going fellow at heart who wanted only to enjoy himself.
- She's a traveller at heart. You'll never get her to settle down.
- His latest challenge is on a smaller scale, but it's much closer to his heart.
- I hold you near, close to my heart, There's so much for me to give, Where to begin?
- It is one that lies close to the heart of any study of the interaction of religion and society.
- One subject is obviously dear to Schofield's heart - the captaincy of Great Britain and Leeds.
- Other songs: Include Stainsby Girls, inspired by a Middlesbrough school close to his heart.
- The electrification of the network, a topic close to Lenin's heart, was discussed in the pages of Gudok.
- The President would go to Williamsburg, Virginia, a place close to his heart.
- My heart just sank when I read Patty's letter.
- I believed that with all my heart.
- And I am glad, yes, glad with all my heart.
- And you do it with all your heart in order to f fulfill whatever.
- He held that microphone steady with all his heart.
- I believe with all my heart that we were about to be overrun.
- I wish with all my heart I could believe what you say.
- It had seemed right in that split second; now she wished with all her heart that she hadn't done it.
- Brian is a very sensitive kind of person and he takes criticism very much to heart.
- Don't take anything he said to heart - he was drunk.
- Jack took his father's advice to heart.
- After his return to the Church, Gary Cosgrove began taking this counsel to heart.
- As a young seminarian, Stuart Cullen had taken that to heart.
- But Alain, he is so sensitive, he has taken the affair to heart.
- Had he taken the advice to heart, he might have written a quite different book.
- Having thus cleverly disarmed his remarks, he effectively placed the onus for taking them to heart squarely on Robby.
- He really took the matter to heart and finally wrote his Master's thesis on the subject.
- I wish my friends would take that to heart.
- In fact, I think quite a lot of them took it to heart.
- My heart goes out to them.
- You poor little dear - my heart goes out to you, waiting all this time.
- the ace of hearts
- He's set his heart on a new bike for Christmas.
- By January 1768 they were back in Vienna, where Leopold had set his heart on securing an opera commission for Wolfgang.
- He's always set his heart on going to Simon's school.
- He was not a man to give way easily and he had clearly set his heart on making her recognise her father.
- I have held no office because Thou did not will it, and I never set my heart on office.
- So now, after all, there was something she had set her heart on.
- After this last furlough we paid a last sad visit to the school and found a small girl crying her heart out.
- Anyway, then she just sprawled on the floor and cried her heart out.
- For the first time since I cried my heart out in Puerto Rico - I was crying.
- March 7: I cried my heart out last night after seeing the movie High Tide.
- She cried her heart out, all because of an unruly trouble-making, black-hearted child who was ripping her apart.
- We would march along in step, doing eighty-eight paces to the minute, singing our hearts out.
- I didn't have the heart to tell my daughter we couldn't keep the puppy.
- She was doing the best she could, but her heart just wasn't it it.
- Surely even an idiot must realise that they wouldn't donate this huge amount out of the goodness of their hearts.
- Baptism is a mark of belonging, a ground of assurance, which the Spirit can take home to our hearts.
- Crowds have taken Mota to their hearts.
- So listen carefully and take it to your hearts.
- I had lost my heart to the little, golden flowers that brightened the meadows like a thousand suns.
- This very thing was only one of the reasons why he had never wanted to lose his heart to anyone.
- He can be rude and bad-tempered sometimes, but his heart's in the right place.
- Mike's a little grouchy sometimes, but his heart's in the right place.
- Blood flows out from the heart to the tissues as before, but its return is now forced.
- Both versions monitor about a dozen heart parameters, most importantly the flow of blood from the heart.
- But speaking from the heart did not seem wise.
- In our language-the Ojibwa language-we say the knowledge comes from the heart.
- It had not come from the heart of the congregation, but from behind the footlights.
- No musical notation, for music must come from the heart and not off a page.
- The Hague Appeal will not merely be a cry from the heart.
- Far from bumping along on the bottom, desperate for money, it is in good heart.
- I can see the land is in good heart, and I remember enough to know the extent of the estates.
- The gelding show-ed he was in good heart this week by winning at Edinburgh on Thursday.
- With the prospect of William and Harry joining them for a holiday afterwards, Diana was in good heart.
- Have a heart! I'll never get all that done.
- What a great meal! You certainly know the way to a man's heart!
- "He says he can't come out tonight because he has to look after the kids." "My heart bleeds! That must be the first time he's stayed in with them since they were born!"
- My heart bleeds for those poor children.
- You can't afford a third car? My heart bleeds!
- All this put a sharp chill in his heart.
- And in her heart she allowed hope to blossom into fragile life again.
- Believe me, we all had a warm place in our hearts for Sidney.
- How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and every day have sorrow in my heart?
- Never was a boy more overpowered, lonely, and frightened, or carried a greater burden of unhappiness in his heart.
- Only in memories will Earnhardt return to a place he held deep in his heart.
- They circled frantically in her head and in her heart.
- We are empty in our hearts.
- A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.
- For Joshua, at sixty-two, and suffering from a bad leg, distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance.
- He had a bad back as well, you know, just like Rich.
- He had a bad leg and they kept on at him to hurry up.
- Medical deferment for a very bad heart.
- That coming from him who would go sick with a bad back whenever a job tired him.
- The problems-from bad backs to carpal tunnel syndrome to headaches-have made the headlines of every health magazine in the country.
- I hadn't, June, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
- It's what I've always wanted from the bottom of my heart..
- It'll break your father's heart if you tell him you're quitting the team.
- It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined.
- It really broke his heart when she told him it was over.
- It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone house where she'd lived for so long.
- When Annie left him, it broke his heart.
- According to legend, anyone who ever fired the weapon died of a broken heart or cardiac arrest.
- Harald died three months later, I believe of a broken heart.
- He has to find a way to heal a broken heart and help hold his family together.
- It was part sadness, like a broken heart.
- It was the universal panacea for a broken heart.
- Sindham dies and then Ana dies of a broken heart.
- The system caused many a broken heart over the generations.
- This was after David had split up with Hermione and was nursing a broken heart.
- It warms the cockles of my female heart to know that such womanly wiles still continue to manipulate and convince.
- I was able to browse through the bookstore to my heart's content.
- And I can go fishing to my heart's content.
- He could come and argue to his heart's content.
- Instead she took refuge in the library where she could read and research to her heart's content.
- Once you've stuck your shapes and text on the page you can rotate and repeat they to your heart's content.
- She had lazed around the pool to her heart's content - and she had played tennis with Carlos three times.
- Throw it around to your heart's content.
- I didn't take it, cross my heart!
- I just bought a new convertible. Eat your heart out, Jay.
- Eric Clapton eat your heart out.
- Kate is obviously eating her heart out for a colour changer and an intarsia carriage.
- Keith Floyd eat your heart out!!
- Pablo Picasso, eat your heart out.
- Philip Schofield, eat your heart out.
- The square tango had to be seen to be believed - eat your hearts out, disco dancers!
- The date was engraved on his heart.
- Litigation is not for the faint-hearted - or the half-hearted.
- Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted.
- Well, starting your own business is not for the faint-hearted.
- For this alone, I may find it in my heart to forgive her.
- He hoped the moon could find it in its heart to overlook his sins as it climbed the heavens.
- To his grief, Donny's widow would not find it in her heart to speak to him again.
- Surely even an idiot must realise that they wouldn't donate this huge amount out of the goodness of their hearts.
- And then Nancy will harden her heart against him.
- But difficulties did not harden his heart.
- He hardened his heart and turned on his computer, smiling acidly at the screen.
- He tried to harden his heart in advance, but knew it was just a front.
- She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him.
- The girl had hardened her heart so much; there was no point in giving her further cause.
- Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.
- When he had left her with a tiny baby, she had hardened her heart somehow.
- Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack.
- I will surely give some one a heart attack ... I have varicose veins in my legs.
- That ought to give Francois a heart attack.
- Eve had spent the day wandering around Dublin with a heavy heart.
- Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle.
- I bowed to superior will and entered journalism with a heavy heart.
- Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers, then with a heavy heart she gathered them up.
- Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart.
- She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart, wondering if she would ever see her sister again.
- She made her way to the cells with a heavy heart.
- Virginia went up to her bedroom with a heavy heart, to change out of the clothes she'd worn all day.
- As we shall find, this distinction lies at the root of Anselm's movements in his last years as archbishop.
- Basic compassion, not just for the old but for the younger generation too, lies at the heart of this idea.
- That is the issue which lies at the heart of Mr. Thorpe's case.
- That question appears to lie at the heart of the highly publicized battle raging between Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc.
- That view lies at the root of a government drive against the racist right.
- The creation of a modernised democracy therefore lies at the heart of all our proposals.
- They overlook the human ability to negate, which lies at the root of thinking.
- We found that two key resource uses and two basic technologies lay at the root of lunar industry.
- He sat down to his dinner with a light heart.
- I pitched into the chores with a light heart, singing to myself as I worked.
- The breakdown of his marriage to Anna and remarriage to Wendi Deng were not done easily or with a light heart.
- He met Dominique through a lonely hearts ad.
- How would you describe yourself in a lonely hearts ad?
- They talked about books, the theatre, cinema, where they lived, lonely hearts columns.
- When Caroline smiled at Eddie, his heart missed a beat.
- For her part, she felt that he was some one to whom she could open her heart and who would understand.
- He was close to tears when he started to read a statement in which he opened his heart as never before.
- Just allow your intuitive faculties to operate, open your heart and be honest with yourself and the landscape.
- Robbie opened his heart after a secret charity gig at London's Equinox club on Thursday.
- She thought about it and decided it was a sign, and what it meant was: open your heart.
- Three quarters of all the teenagers questioned would open their hearts at home.
- We opened our hearts and wept.
- But where there are sellers there are buyers, and it was this latter rare species we had set our sights on.
- Gazing intently into her computer screen, Christine Montgomery has set her sights on the next generation of electronic language translators.
- He knew he was bound to pull any girl he set his mind on - he always had.
- Heath had set her sights on the U. S. Senate seat from Colorado.
- Her youth and beauty elicited a predictable reaction from my father, who set his sights on her at once.
- Sofa Head's greatest asset is the realisation that you don't have to set your sights on one target.
- Wagner set his sights on a degree in electrical engineering, and he followed his star with a fervid intensity.
- Yes, she thought, if Tamar had set her mind on something she would never rest until it was accomplished.
- Teng is thought to have her sights set on the Board of Supervisors' presidency.
- But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
- If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
- Many of the Keishinkai parents have their hearts set on Keio.
- Movie sniper Jude Law and Rachel Weisz are covered in mud but still have their sights set on desire.
- All the cruelty and injustice made her sick at heart.
- But Aeschylus too was sick at heart.
- He struggles against it, he rejects it, he grows sick at heart.
- I was alone, dry of mouth, sick at heart.
- She turned away, feeling sick at heart, even though she knew she should be glad.
- They were sick at heart, weak in the bones.
- Believe me, all those cannon, mortars and volley guns should strike fear into the heart of the enemy.
- Every crisis would strike terror into the hearts of people everywhere.
- Nothing here to strike fear into the hearts of the people.
- The Slav opposition collapsed almost immediately, as if the very name of Charles had struck terror into their hearts.
- The very physical description of the Huns proved sufficient in and of itself to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies.
- The sight of the puppies in the cages tugged at the women's hearts.
- Charity had felt something tug at her heart the moment she had first seen this cove.
- Arthur's 96, but he's still young at heart.
- It's ideal for children aged over five and adults who are young at heart.
- Obtain a fifty five Plymouth for the young at heart.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveheartened ≠ disheartenedheartening ≠ dishearteningheartlessheartynounheartheartlessnessheartinessadverbheartilyheartlesslyhearteningly ≠ dishearteninglyverbhearten ≠ dishearten
1body organ [countable] the organ in your chest which pumps blood through your body: Regular exercise is good for the heart. Can you hear my heart beating? Her cheeks were hot and her heart was pounding. My heart raced. Were we going to land safely? Daniel had no history of heart problems. She suffers from a rare heart condition. His breathing and heart rate were now normal.2emotions/love [countable] the part of you that feels strong emotions and feelings: His heart was full of anger and grief. The plight of the refugees had tugged at the nation’s heart. The doctor had an extremely kind heart. She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart. It would break Kate’s heart (=make her extremely sad) to leave the lovely old house. He left the country with a heavy heart (=great sadness). Edith loved her boy with all her heart and soul. I was still pretty innocent then when it came to affairs of the heart (=matters relating to love and sex). a woman with a heart of gold (=very kind character) Sometimes I think he’s got a heart of stone (=very cruel character). I’m glad I followed my heart rather than my head for once. My father told me never to let my heart rule my head.kind-hearted/cold-hearted/hard-hearted etc (=having a kind, unkind, cruel etc character) He thinks of himself as a warm-hearted and caring human being.3your chest [countable usually singular] the part of your chest near your heart: He put his hand on his heart.4shape [countable] a shape used to represent a heart5from the (bottom of your) heart with great sincerity and strength of feeling: Leonard spoke from the heart. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. She sang the songs straight from the heart.6in your heart (of hearts) if you know, feel, or believe something in your heart, you are secretly sure about it although you may not admit it: In her heart she knew she would never go. Deep in his heart, he wanted Laura back.7important part of something [singular] the most important or central part of a problem, question etcthe heart of something difficult issues at the heart of science policy We must get to the heart of the problem.8encouragement [uncountable] confidence and courage: This inspiring service gave us new heart. We mustn’t lose heart when people complain. We’ve got to take a bit of heart from the fact that we won.9at heart if you are a particular kind of person at heart, that is the kind of person that you really are even though you may appear or behave differently: He may be a working class boy at heart, but his lifestyle has been transformed. Let’s face it, we’re all romantics at heart. → have somebody’s (best) interests at heart at interest1(5), → young at heart at young1(5)10the centre of an area [countable] the middle part of an area furthest from the edgein the heart of something a house in the heart of Londonat the heart of something an old house at the heart of an ancient forest11close/dear to somebody’s heart very important to someone: The president liked to go to Williamsburg, a place close to his heart. Money is dear to Kathleen’s heart.12the hearts and minds of somebody the thoughts, emotions, and attitudes a group of people have about a particular subject, which is a combination of their strong emotional feelings and their calm and sensible thoughts: The president must try to win the hearts and minds of the voters.13by heart when you know something by heart, you remember all of it exactly: After a few days of phoning Stephanie, he knew her number by heart. Actors have to learn their lines by heart.14 somebody’s heart sinks used to say that someone suddenly lost hope and began to feel unhappy: Her heart sank when she saw the number of books she had to read.15with all your heart with all your strength, energy, or emotion: He hates Los Angeles with all his heart. We sang the hymn with all our hearts.16take something to heart to consider what someone says to you very seriously, often because it upsets you: Anne took his criticisms very much to heart. We took Stephen’s warnings to heart.17somebody’s heart goes out to somebody used to say that someone feels a lot of sympathy towards another person: My heart goes out to the families of the victims.18card games a)[countable] a heart shape printed in red on a playing card b)hearts [plural] the suit (=set) of playing cards that have these shapes on them: the ace of hearts c)[countable] one of the cards in this set: Have you got any hearts?19do something to your heart’s content to do something as much as you want: She had lazed around the pool to her heart’s content. The dog can run to its heart’s content out there.20somebody’s heart misses/skips a beat used to say that someone suddenly feels a moment of fear or excitement: His heart missed a beat as he saw the body of a small child at the water’s edge.21set your heart on something to want something very much: His father bought him the bike he had set his heart on. She had set her heart on becoming a hairdresser.22a man/woman etc after my own heart someone who likes the same things or behaves in the same way that you do: Geoff really is a man after my own heart.23cry/sing etc your heart out if you cry, sing etc your heart out, you do it with all your energy or emotion: He found me crying my heart out and was so kind. → eat your heart out at eat(4), → pour your heart out at pour24your heart’s desire/everything your heart could desire the one thing you want most, or everything that you could possibly want: To have a baby was her heart’s desire.25not have the heart to do something to be unable to do something because it will make someone unhappy: I didn’t have the heart to tell her that her beautiful vase was broken.26somebody’s heart isn’t in it used to say that someone does not really want to do something: She’s getting bored with the job and her heart’s not in it.27do something out of the goodness of your heart to do something out of kindness, not because you have been asked or expect a reward: All these people were helping us out of the goodness of their hearts.28take somebody to your heart if people take someone to their hearts, they like them very much: The fans have taken Hudson to their hearts.29vegetable [countable] the firm middle part of some vegetables: artichoke hearts30give/lose your heart to somebody to start to love someone very much31my heart was in my mouth used to say that you suddenly felt very afraid32somebody’s heart is in the right place informal used to say that someone is really a kind person and has the right feelings about something important: I don’t think his idea will work, though his heart’s in the right place.33it does your heart good to see/hear something used to say that something makes you feel happy34somebody’s heart leaps literary used to say that someone suddenly feels happy and full of hope: ‘I couldn’t live without you,’ he said and Jane’s heart leapt.35be in good heart formal to feel happy and confident: The team are in good heart and ready for the season’s matches.36have a heart! used to tell someone not to be too strict or unkind – used humorously37know the way to somebody’s heart to know the way to please someone – used humorously38my heart bleeds (for somebody) used to say that you do not really feel any sympathy towards someone → a broken heart at broken2(9), → cross my heart at cross1(11), → have a change of heart at change2(1), → sick at heart at sick1(9), → strike at the heart of something at strike1(7), → wear your heart on your sleeve at wear1(8), → win somebody’s heart at win1(3)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbssomebody’s heart beats· Her heart was beating fast.somebody’s heart pounds/thuds/thumps (=it beats very strongly)· He reached the top, his heart pounding.somebody’s heart races (=it beats very fast)· Was there someone in the alley? Joe’s heart began to race.heart + NOUNheart trouble/problems· You should not take this medication if you have heart problems.heart disease· Smoking increases the risk of heart disease.a heart condition (=something wrong with your heart)· The baby was born with a heart condition.somebody’s heart rate (=the number of times someone’s heart beats per minute)· Your heart rate increases as you exercise.adjectiveshealthy· Eating oily fish can help maintain a healthy heart.a bad/weak heart (=an unhealthy heart)· The effort proved too much for her weak heart.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesa good/kind heart (=a kind character)· My father had a good heart.a big heart (=a kind and generous character)· She may be only small, but she has a big heart.a soft heart (=a kind and sympathetic character)· Julia’s soft heart had been touched by Minnie’s grief.a cold/hard heart (=used about someone who does not feel sympathy for other people)· It takes a hard heart not to be moved by these images of suffering.a heavy heart (=feeling very sad)· She made her way to the hospital with a heavy heart.a light heart (=feeling happy)· Paul left for home with a light heart.a broken heart (=feeling very sad because of a problem in love)· I wonder how many broken hearts Carlo was responsible for.verbsbreak somebody’s heart (=make someone feel very sad)· It broke my heart to see him so sick.follow your heart (=do what your emotions want you to do)· Go for it. Follow your heart. Who cares what everyone else thinks?somebody’s heart aches (=to feel very sad)· It made his heart ache to look at herphrasesheart and soul (=all your feelings)· She loved Peter with all her heart and soul.affairs of the heart (=matters relating to love)· I had little experience of affairs of the heart.somebody’s heart rules their head (=someone makes decisions based on emotions rather than careful thought)· He has never been one to let his heart rule his head.a heart of gold (=a very kind character)· She was rather brisk in manner but with a heart of gold.a heart of stone (=a very cruel character)· You’d have to have a heart of stone not to feel sorry for them.be in good heart (=to be happy and confident)· The team was in good heart, despite their loss this weekend.be sick at heart (=to feel very unhappy)· He was too sick at heart to know what to say.heart1 nounheart2 verb
heartheart2 verb [transitive] informal COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Tim’s heart was aching for her. It will gladden the hearts of my friends to see you. Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems? He suffered a massive stroke. My heart just melted when I saw her crying. She ran, her heart pounding in her chest. He has a soft heart beneath that cold exterior. Her second son had a special place in her heart. She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly. Such prejudices strike right at the heart of any notions of a civilized society. Her plight has touched the hearts of people around the world. poems in a lighter vein My grandfather had a weak heart. Montgomery’s new style of leadership met with Leslie’s whole-hearted approval.
Tim’s heart was aching for her.· The cathedral is right in the heart of the city.
British English (=with advertisements for a new lover or friend)· Some men place advertisements in the lonely hearts columns.
· I’m taking some medicine for a heart condition.
(=be extremely sad and cry a lot)· Lucy read the letter and cried her eyes out.
· Laura was born with a rare heart defect.
(=a heart that is weak and not very healthy)
· He is being treated for kidney disease.
· There is a shortage of kidney donors.
· The technique keeps the donor heart beating while it is transported.
It will gladden the hearts of my friends to see you. Why don’t you have a heart-to-heart with him and sort out your problems? He suffered a massive stroke. (=the most important part of something)· The crux of the matter is: how do we prevent these floods from happening again?
My heart just melted when I saw her crying.· He is almost back to full fitness after a knee operation.
(=one with heart disease)· Some heart patients have to wait between three months and a year for surgery.
She ran, her heart pounding in her chest. (=tell someone all your feelings, including your most secret ones)
· He was born with heart problems.
(=your heart beats faster because you are afraid, excited etc) She caught sight of Rob and felt her heart quicken.
She caught sight of Rob and felt her heart quicken. (=the number of beats per minute)· A miner’s resting heart rate can be between 40 and 60 beats a minute.
He has a soft heart beneath that cold exterior. Her second son had a special place in her heart. She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly. Such prejudices strike right at the heart of any notions of a civilized society.· He died after suffering a massive heart attack.
· I want you to know that you have my whole-hearted support.
· She is now fit again after knee surgery.
· His fearsome appearance strikes terror into the hearts of his enemies.
Her plight has touched the hearts of people around the world. poems in a lighter vein· The hotel is located in the very heart of the city.
My grandfather had a weak heart. Montgomery’s new style of leadership met with Leslie’s whole-hearted approval.PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► absence makes the heart grow fonder► (heart) bypass operation/surgery► capture somebody’s heart► clutch at somebody’s heart► your heart/thoughts go out to somebody► your heart/stomach lurches► pierce somebody’s heart► your heart sinks► steal somebody’s heart► tear somebody’s heart (out)/tear at somebody’s heart► wear your heart on your sleeve► worm your way into somebody’s affections/heart/confidence etc
to like something or someone very much – used especially on the Internet and in magazines: - A sweetheart, this little lady, not bad legs either.
- For Joshua, at sixty-two, and suffering from a bad leg, distances had begun to take on an extraordinary significance.
- He had a bad back as well, you know, just like Rich.
- He had a bad leg and they kept on at him to hurry up.
- Medical deferment for a very bad heart.
- That coming from him who would go sick with a bad back whenever a job tired him.
- The problems-from bad backs to carpal tunnel syndrome to headaches-have made the headlines of every health magazine in the country.
- I hadn't, June, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
- It's what I've always wanted from the bottom of my heart..
- It'll break your father's heart if you tell him you're quitting the team.
- It breaks my heart that his career has been ruined.
- It really broke his heart when she told him it was over.
- It would break her heart to leave the lovely old stone house where she'd lived for so long.
- When Annie left him, it broke his heart.
- According to legend, anyone who ever fired the weapon died of a broken heart or cardiac arrest.
- Harald died three months later, I believe of a broken heart.
- He has to find a way to heal a broken heart and help hold his family together.
- It was part sadness, like a broken heart.
- It was the universal panacea for a broken heart.
- Sindham dies and then Ana dies of a broken heart.
- The system caused many a broken heart over the generations.
- This was after David had split up with Hermione and was nursing a broken heart.
- It warms the cockles of my female heart to know that such womanly wiles still continue to manipulate and convince.
- I was able to browse through the bookstore to my heart's content.
- And I can go fishing to my heart's content.
- He could come and argue to his heart's content.
- Instead she took refuge in the library where she could read and research to her heart's content.
- Once you've stuck your shapes and text on the page you can rotate and repeat they to your heart's content.
- She had lazed around the pool to her heart's content - and she had played tennis with Carlos three times.
- Throw it around to your heart's content.
- I didn't take it, cross my heart!
- I just bought a new convertible. Eat your heart out, Jay.
- Eric Clapton eat your heart out.
- Kate is obviously eating her heart out for a colour changer and an intarsia carriage.
- Keith Floyd eat your heart out!!
- Pablo Picasso, eat your heart out.
- Philip Schofield, eat your heart out.
- The square tango had to be seen to be believed - eat your hearts out, disco dancers!
- The date was engraved on his heart.
- Litigation is not for the faint-hearted - or the half-hearted.
- Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted.
- Well, starting your own business is not for the faint-hearted.
- For this alone, I may find it in my heart to forgive her.
- He hoped the moon could find it in its heart to overlook his sins as it climbed the heavens.
- To his grief, Donny's widow would not find it in her heart to speak to him again.
- Surely even an idiot must realise that they wouldn't donate this huge amount out of the goodness of their hearts.
- And then Nancy will harden her heart against him.
- But difficulties did not harden his heart.
- He hardened his heart and turned on his computer, smiling acidly at the screen.
- He tried to harden his heart in advance, but knew it was just a front.
- She hardened her heart and thought she should swiftly make it clear she had not come in search of him.
- The girl had hardened her heart so much; there was no point in giving her further cause.
- Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.
- When he had left her with a tiny baby, she had hardened her heart somehow.
- Doctors at Leicester Royal Infirmary are to assess the benefits of giving magnesium to heart attack victims immediately after an attack.
- I will surely give some one a heart attack ... I have varicose veins in my legs.
- That ought to give Francois a heart attack.
- Eve had spent the day wandering around Dublin with a heavy heart.
- Here is a soldier who was waiting, with a heavy heart, to suffer and die in battle.
- I bowed to superior will and entered journalism with a heavy heart.
- Lisa glanced defeatedly at the pile of papers, then with a heavy heart she gathered them up.
- Many Opposition Members who will obey the three-line Whip and vote against the motion will do so with a heavy heart.
- She gave her letter to the postman with a heavy heart, wondering if she would ever see her sister again.
- She made her way to the cells with a heavy heart.
- Virginia went up to her bedroom with a heavy heart, to change out of the clothes she'd worn all day.
- As we shall find, this distinction lies at the root of Anselm's movements in his last years as archbishop.
- Basic compassion, not just for the old but for the younger generation too, lies at the heart of this idea.
- That is the issue which lies at the heart of Mr. Thorpe's case.
- That question appears to lie at the heart of the highly publicized battle raging between Hasbro Inc. and Mattel Inc.
- That view lies at the root of a government drive against the racist right.
- The creation of a modernised democracy therefore lies at the heart of all our proposals.
- They overlook the human ability to negate, which lies at the root of thinking.
- We found that two key resource uses and two basic technologies lay at the root of lunar industry.
- He sat down to his dinner with a light heart.
- I pitched into the chores with a light heart, singing to myself as I worked.
- The breakdown of his marriage to Anna and remarriage to Wendi Deng were not done easily or with a light heart.
- He met Dominique through a lonely hearts ad.
- How would you describe yourself in a lonely hearts ad?
- They talked about books, the theatre, cinema, where they lived, lonely hearts columns.
- When Caroline smiled at Eddie, his heart missed a beat.
- For her part, she felt that he was some one to whom she could open her heart and who would understand.
- He was close to tears when he started to read a statement in which he opened his heart as never before.
- Just allow your intuitive faculties to operate, open your heart and be honest with yourself and the landscape.
- Robbie opened his heart after a secret charity gig at London's Equinox club on Thursday.
- She thought about it and decided it was a sign, and what it meant was: open your heart.
- Three quarters of all the teenagers questioned would open their hearts at home.
- We opened our hearts and wept.
- But where there are sellers there are buyers, and it was this latter rare species we had set our sights on.
- Gazing intently into her computer screen, Christine Montgomery has set her sights on the next generation of electronic language translators.
- He knew he was bound to pull any girl he set his mind on - he always had.
- Heath had set her sights on the U. S. Senate seat from Colorado.
- Her youth and beauty elicited a predictable reaction from my father, who set his sights on her at once.
- Sofa Head's greatest asset is the realisation that you don't have to set your sights on one target.
- Wagner set his sights on a degree in electrical engineering, and he followed his star with a fervid intensity.
- Yes, she thought, if Tamar had set her mind on something she would never rest until it was accomplished.
- Teng is thought to have her sights set on the Board of Supervisors' presidency.
- But do the public have their sights set on an Urbanizer?
- If you have your hearts set on a joint endowment, you have two alternatives to cashing in the present one.
- Many of the Keishinkai parents have their hearts set on Keio.
- Movie sniper Jude Law and Rachel Weisz are covered in mud but still have their sights set on desire.
- All the cruelty and injustice made her sick at heart.
- But Aeschylus too was sick at heart.
- He struggles against it, he rejects it, he grows sick at heart.
- I was alone, dry of mouth, sick at heart.
- She turned away, feeling sick at heart, even though she knew she should be glad.
- They were sick at heart, weak in the bones.
- Believe me, all those cannon, mortars and volley guns should strike fear into the heart of the enemy.
- Every crisis would strike terror into the hearts of people everywhere.
- Nothing here to strike fear into the hearts of the people.
- The Slav opposition collapsed almost immediately, as if the very name of Charles had struck terror into their hearts.
- The very physical description of the Huns proved sufficient in and of itself to strike terror into the hearts of their enemies.
- The sight of the puppies in the cages tugged at the women's hearts.
- Charity had felt something tug at her heart the moment she had first seen this cove.
- Arthur's 96, but he's still young at heart.
- It's ideal for children aged over five and adults who are young at heart.
- Obtain a fifty five Plymouth for the young at heart.
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