1
be greedy(verb, desire, fancy, need, require)
1
be in a funk(idle, sulk, languish, pine, brood)
1
be inflamed(verb, desire, rage, blaze, boil)
1
be neglected(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
be passionate(verb, desire, rage, crave, blaze)
1
be stirred up(verb, desire, rage, blaze, boil)
1
boil(verb, rage, blaze)
1
breathe fire(verb, expression, desire, rage, blaze)
1
bristle(verb, desire, rage, blaze, boil)
1
command(verb, desire, want, need, require)
1
conk out(verb, expression, break, fail, weaken)
1
could do with(verb, expression, idiom, desire, fancy)
1
craving
1
decline(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
deteriorate(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
die on vine(verb, expression, idiom, break, fail)
1
die over(verb, expression, crave, covet, begrudge)
1
dwindle(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
1
eat up(verb, expression, desire, rage, blaze)
1
ebb(verb, break, fail, weaken, suffer)
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