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Meanings of love in English
Strong, positive emotion based on affection.
Related terms
Sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people.
Synonyms
Examples for "know"
Examples for "know"
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A senior government source said: We know what companies' investment criteria is.
2
However, we know where that road leads today, when food is abundant.
3
You know, in other words the end result, Trump said without explanation.
4
WANT to know the most dangerous words in the market right now?
5
But we know subsidy leads to distortion, leads to longer term problems.
1
May 20:-Requiresspoon-feeding; sleeps well; remains always in bed in stiff attitudes.
2
If everyone went right to bed, they could continue their new explorations.
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I went to bed that night still concerned about my employment situation.
4
Young men who were friends of the family carried her funeral bed.
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She entered; it was empty; the bed had not been slept in.
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Or else to actually fuck you-I'venever been quite clear on that.
2
We used to fuck around like that: Try a longer strap, John.
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You want to get right out into it right the fuck now.
4
Now be so good as to drink your water and fuck off.'
5
I like how increasingly fashion is available that's saying fuck the rules.
1
So whenever you talk about the free market -or free jazz!
2
The week of jazz runs for seven days from Monday, September 20th.
3
Today in music history, jazz musician Lyle Mays died earlier this week.
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A buzzing trombone, an insinuating saxophone: jazz, played a long way off.
5
Of course, I never go to jazz clubs when I am home.
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The message is clear: big bang Friday was a good day's work.
2
Not after the bang: the heart attack I had two years ago.
3
I think that's an absolutely bang-on way to go about arranging society.
4
Uncertainty and reality collided with a bang for Americans and American tennis.
5
Another week of Isidingo means we start Monday off with a bang.
1
Austria, also, claims the honour of the invention of the screw steamer.
2
The faint crunching sound of the screw going into the wood ceased.
3
Nail or screw the buttons to the table, as shown in Fig.
4
The screw had two arms and was over nine feet in circumference.
5
Just a screw-up on my part. Neither starting quarterback returned to action.
1
So you're losing out on the square root of absolutely eff all.
2
What the effing eff do you expect me to do with this?
3
The next, you're wondering where the eff you left those insulated mittens.
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Also read: EFF calls on SA government to grant Mugabe political asylum
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However, the auction has been delayed due to the EFF's application today.
1
We are going to work really hard to get over the hump.
2
He watched a tiny hump of land far across the starboard bow.
3
The upper deck in the hump traditionally houses the business class section.
4
Unfortunately for Abbie, the date concludes and not one hump is thrust.
5
The hump rose up and took on the dimensions of an animal.
1
But they kept on shouting, and soon we heard a knock-knock-thumpa-thumpa-bonk-bonk nearby.
2
This is a metabolic bonk where you completely run out of energy.
3
Then a lady comes in, I forget who she is, and you bonk.
4
But if you don't do anything else, it just goes bonk.
5
It hit the end of its runners with a hollow bonk.
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But he's certainly clear that I'm not going to sleep with him.
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I can tell, right now, that he wants to sleep with me.
3
You sleep with Colleen, then break up with her a week later?
4
He will sleep with Milling and the others in dormitory number two.
5
We try to get to know them before we sleep with them.
1
I laid down the law to them: 'You will not get laid.
2
Here, if you get laid off or leave, there's a hundred jobs.
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All he ever seemed to do was get laid and make money.
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No matter how bad the economy gets , you'll never get laid off.
5
During your life you could lust and get laid all you wanted.
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They have sex several times a day for the next few days.
2
Now you think I'm 'fragile' because I don't want to have sex.
3
She may have sex, but you need to help her protect herself.
4
However, you do not need him intact to have sex with him.
5
One testicle is fine; it doesn't affect the ability to have sex.
1
To do it right, you need a good candidate and great information.
2
However, he added: I think there's a good chance they'll do it.
3
The question, of course, is why does Greene continue to do it.
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In fact, it's a great way to learn; just do it intentionally.
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Only one problem with the idea; Jane did n't want to do it.
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There must be intimate social order, and this is the method provided.
2
Our relations with the French Republic continue to be intimate and cordial.
3
Let it drop for the future, if we are to be intimate.
4
Our relations must continue to be intimate, and they should be friendly.
5
I cannot yet judge well, but think we shall not be intimate.
1
She says that although they did not have intercourse, Johnson fondled her.
2
People say you can get a lot expressed if you have intercourse.
3
Do you ignore her concerns and pressure her to have intercourse?
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There is nothing physically that builds up and pushes her to have intercourse.
5
She struggled violently and Kürten tried to have intercourse with her standing up.
1
Helen, I must have it away.
2
Perhaps a bright young man who was quick on his feet might have it away down that road to safety.
3
Have it away on toes.
4
"But the local buggers will have it away with anything." He glared at Stan, who gave him a bland look.
5
'Tell your man to open the door to me at eight o'clock on Monday morning,' he replied, 'we'll have it away without any fuss.
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Probably so...say, do you think he'll have it off at one stroke?
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Indeed, I'm not sure I'll not have it off as it is.
3
Well, I'd have it off-asquick as it could come, that's all.
4
My flannel shirt stuck to, and impeded me; I would have it off.
5
But first we're going to have it off with you properly.
1
Clark said responsibility for the situation must lie with the RNZ board.
2
The answer may lie with Turkey, which borders Syria to the north.
3
Control over the funds would lie with the countries receiving the money.
4
And to their amazement the girls began to lie with each other.
5
If he lie with her, let him make bot with 60 shillings.
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Well, I will have a go at it, at any rate.
2
He made up his mind to have a go at it.
3
The others did have a go at it later, though.
4
That notion struck my fancy, and I nearly decided to have a go at it.
5
I wanted to have a go at it.
1
We get it on a line the same as the other goods.
2
I could get it on him, but could not keep it there.
3
Because it's interesting to get it on with somebody half my size.
4
To get it on the shoulders of the Kafirs was the next difficulty.
5
She got it bottled, and worked diligently to get it on the market.
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We don't sleep together -not since the first year with you.
2
I will wish that we could sleep together, just one more time.
3
Let Your Excellency go on: the duchess and I will sleep together.
4
He draws me in and we sleep together or date a bit.
5
New people come out of women when men and women sleep together.
1
That doesn't mean he wants any more than a quick roll in the hay.
2
How about a roll in the hay with a scoundrel?
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Go full out for a lusty roll in the hay.
4
A dry piece of chicken and a roll in the hay with their hillbilly cousin.
5
They said that one lad or the other had taken a roll in the hay with her.
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We stopped and listened, not quite able to make out the words.
2
However, she's actually far more lovely-looking than she likes to make out.
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We'll make out a list of all the things we shall need.
4
Soon it was possible to make out the results of the battle.
5
Lorraine heard his low voice, although she couldn't make out the words.
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She said Louise had gone, and let us make love right away.
2
In other words, they should stop fighting the inevitable and make love.
3
Fortunately, or unfortunately, he didn't try to make love to her now.
4
I was going to make love perhaps for the first time ever.
5
The burning need to make love to her grew stronger every day.
Usage of love in English
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KJC: I really love designing products for different people and different occasions.
2
We love our state and we're concerned for its future…, he said.
3
TIM: I would love to visit South Africa if given the opportunity.
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Young children often love to hear the same story again and again.
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I hope our love can continue in this chaotic time, he said.
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Do you feel it's possible to find true love on reality TV?
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When I ask myself whether I love Mark, the answer is yes.
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This is one of several reasons why I love Europe so much.
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We love competition because competition usually means there is... choice, Moore said.
10
Beauty brands love to launch new products around this time of year.
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Another value Africans must adopt is love and concern for young people.
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But to know people, you need the opposite method: trust, love, openness.
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I love playing international cricket, but unfortunately that is the case today.
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I love the way a young tree sketches out its final form.
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A great love is necessary for a great art, Mr. Flint explained.
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I mean, Judy and I love working together; we think it's great.
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Love through the time
Love across language varieties
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Australia
Common
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