passionate interest
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpassionateandinterest
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passionate
adjective
uk/ˈpæʃ.ən.ət/us/ˈpæʃ.ən.ət/
having very strong feelings ...
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interest
noun
uk/ˈɪn.trəst/us/ˈɪn.trɪst/
the feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more ...
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(Definition ofpassionateandinterestfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Interviewees, when talking about their study, referred to their oftenpassionateinterestin the subject as the key reason for studying for a qualification.
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In particular, hispassionateinterestin the history of archaeology was built early on, and formed the subject of both his graduate and doctoral dissertations.
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The mostpassionateinterestis taken in these new towns in countries which are looking forward.
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He clearly has apassionateinterestin the subject, and he also has a detailed knowledge of it.
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I developed apassionateinterestin horseracing at an early age—perhaps too early.
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I have apassionateinterestin the area and a desire to see its improvement.
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He has apassionateinterestin the well-being of the racing industry in all its aspects.
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I do not know whether it is a pecuniary one, but it is apassionateinterest.
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Those of us who have apassionateinterestin manufacturing want to know why that has happened.
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There is a situation which very naturally the country is watching withpassionateinterest, to see which way it goes.
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That aspect of the library emerges from the local interest from individuals within the town who take apassionateinterestin it.
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I should like to reassure him that my noble friend is following withpassionateinteresteverything we do.
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Among our young people there is apassionateinterestin archæology, and that is one sign of the rising interest.
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I appreciate that he takes apassionateinterestin issues that involve drugs, such as drug-related crime and drugs treatment.
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Nevertheless, he still takes apassionateinterestin this matter.
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The penultimate issue is anotherpassionateinterestof mine.
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There does not seem to be apassionateinterestin what comes over the ether which would justify this.
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I myself am not so naive as to expect that anything which touches the pockets of our fellow citizens should not evokepassionateinterestand eager controversy.
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It has apassionateinterestin education.
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A person with apassionateinterestin cinema is called a cinephile.
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