3
pine for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, desire, long)
3
prefer(verb, desire, fancy, want, need)
3
sink(pain, idle, sulk, languish, pine)
3
sorrow(verb, break, fail, desire, weaken)
3
weep(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
2
agonize(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
2
aim(verb, desire, want, seek, hope)
2
anguish(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
2
anticipate(verb, want, hope, trust, wish)
2
aspire to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, covet, hungered)
2
assume(verb, want, hope, trust, anticipate)
2
await(verb, want, hope, trust, anticipate)
2
be brokenhearted(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
2
be deprived(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
be desirous of(verb, desire, crave, long, covet)
2
be down and out(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
be hard up(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
be in need of(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
be inadequate(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
be needy(verb, take, desire, exact, demand)
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