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141 yearn
intransitive verbyearn for or after something/for somebody/to do something — sich nach etwas/jemandem sehnen/sich danach sehnen, etwas zu tun
* * *[jə:n]- academic.ru/83415/yearning">yearning* * *[jɜ:n, AM jɜ:rn]vi▪ to \yearn for [or after] sth/sb sich akk nach etw/jdm sehnen [o SCHWEIZ a. plangen] fam, nach etw/jdm verlangen geh* * *[jɜːn]visich sehnen (after, for nach)to yearn to do sth — sich danach sehnen, etw zu tun
to yearn for sb — sich nach jdm sehnen, nach jdm verlangen
* * *a) jemanden herbeisehnen,b) sehnsüchtig auf jemanden warten2. Zuneigung empfinden (to, toward[s] für)* * *intransitive verbyearn for or after something/for somebody/to do something — sich nach etwas/jemandem sehnen/sich danach sehnen, etwas zu tun
* * *v.sich sehnen v.
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