to be desperate for something

  • 1Desperate for Magic — Desperate for Magic[1][2]is a one man multi character play written and performed by American playwright Chambers Stevens. Written with a grant from The Tennessee Commission and the Ingram Industries Theater Fellowship Ingram Content Group,… …

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  • 2desperate for/to do — having a great need or desire for something. → desperate …

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  • 3desperate — [[t]de̱spərət[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need... Desperate with… …

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  • 4desperate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling, showing, or involving despair. 2) extremely bad or serious: a desperate shortage. 3) having a great need or desire for something: desperate for a cigarette. 4) violent or dangerous. ● desperate diseases must have desperate …

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  • 5Desperate Housewives : liste des épisodes — Liste des épisodes de Desperate Housewives Cette page présente la liste des épisodes du feuilleton télévisé Desperate Housewives. Sommaire 1 Saison 1 (2004 2005) 2 Saison 2 (2005 2006) 3 Saison 3 (2006 2007) …

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  • 6desperate — des|per|ate W3 [ˈdespərıt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: desperatus, past participle of desperare; DESPAIR2] 1.) willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger ▪ I had no money left and was desperate.… …

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  • 7desperate — des|per|ate [ desp(ə)rət ] adjective ** 1. ) very worried and angry because you do not know how to deal with an unpleasant situation: The missing man s family is getting increasingly desperate. a ) usually before noun done because you can think… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 8desperate */*/ — UK [ˈdesp(ə)rət] / US adjective 1) a) very worried and angry because you do not know how to deal with an unpleasant situation The missing man s family are getting increasingly desperate. b) [usually before noun] done because you can think of no… …

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  • 9desperate — 01. She hates her job, and is [desperate] to find something else. 02. Hunger made them [desperate]. 03. The little girl had been drinking pop all afternoon and was [desperate] to find a bathroom. 04. Her suicide attempt was an act of… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 10desperate — adjective 1》 feeling, showing, or involving despair.     ↘tried in despair or when everything else has failed. 2》 extremely bad or serious: a desperate shortage. 3》 (often desperate for/to do) having a great need or desire for something. 4》… …

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