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  • 1have your heart set on something — have your heart set on (something) (or set your heart on (something)) ◇ When you have your heart set on something or when you set your heart on something, you want it very much. She has her heart set on a new bicycle. • • • Main Entry: ↑heart * * …

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  • 2not have the heart (to do something) — not have the ˈheart (to do sth) idiom to be unable to do sth because you know that it will make sb sad or upset Main entry: ↑heartidiom …

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  • 3heart — W1S1 [ha:t US ha:rt] n ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑liver, ↑lung, ↑muscles, ↑stoma …

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  • 4heart*/*/*/ — [hɑːt] noun 1) [C] the organ in your chest that pumps blood around your body I could hear his heart beating.[/ex] Did you know he had a weak heart?[/ex] 2) [C] your feelings when they are considered as part of your character You have to do what… …

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  • 5heart — noun 1 BODY ORGAN (C) the organ in your chest which pumps blood through your body: Eating too many fatty foods is bad for the heart. | My heart was beating so fast I thought it would burst. | have heart trouble/have a heart condition (=have… …

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  • 6heart — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ healthy, strong ▪ bad, weak ▪ beating, pounding, racing ▪ …

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  • 7set your heart on something — set your ˈheart on sth | have your heart ˈset on sth idiom to want sth very much • They ve set their heart on a house in the country. Main entry: ↑heartidiom …

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  • 8lose heart — To become discouraged • • • Main Entry: ↑heart * * * lose heart phrase to stop believing that you can succeed He never lost heart, even though his rival was way ahead. Thesaurus: to lose hope, or to give up hopesynonym …

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  • 9(a) change of heart — a change of heart phrase a situation in which you change your opinion about someone or something The government seems to have had a change of heart about nursery education. Thesaurus: change of opinionsynonym Main entry: change * * * a ˌchange of …

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  • 10at heart — adverb in reality (Freq. 2) she is very kind at heart • Syn: ↑at bottom, ↑deep down, ↑inside, ↑in spite of appearance * * * DEEP DOWN, basically, fundamentally, essentially, in essence, intrinsically; really, actually …

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