2
complain(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
2
cry(verb, desire, sorrow, want, complain)
2
demand(verb, take, desire, exact, claim)
2
deplore(verb, desire, sorrow, want, cry)
2
desiderate(verb, desire, fancy, want, need)
2
despond(verb, break, fail, weaken, idle)
2
die
2
die for(expression, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
do without(expression, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
dream of(verb, expression, desire, miss, crave)
2
drive for(expression, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
droop(pain, idle, sulk, languish, pine)
2
exact(verb, take, desire, demand, claim)
2
fade(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
2
feel a dearth of(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
feel the necessity for(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
feel the pinch(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
2
go hungry(expression, take, desire, exact, demand)
2
grudge(verb, crave, covet, envy, begrudge)
2
have occasion for(expression, idiom, take, desire, exact)
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