romantic fantasy

collocation in English

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romantic
adjective
uk
/rəʊˈmæn.tɪk/us
/roʊˈmæn.t̬ɪk/
relating to love or a close ...
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fantasy
noun
uk
/ˈfæn.tə.si/us
/ˈfæn.tə.si/
a pleasant situation that you enjoy thinking about but is unlikely to happen, or the activity of imagining things ...
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(Definition ofromanticandfantasyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is, they had to be independent, free from dependency on husbands, brothers, fathers, and fromromanticfantasyas well.
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We are talking not about someromanticfantasybut about the reality of people's daily lives.
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Realizing the impossibility of herromanticfantasy, she phones the police, but then returns to tell him she did so and plead with him.
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Inromanticfantasythe emphasis is on role-playing and character interaction more than on combat.
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An imaginative use of modern materials, rather than mereromanticfantasywas desired.
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A prolific author, she has written everything from horror toromanticfantasyto contemporary fantasy to humour to space opera.
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The video's main theme is aromanticfantasynarrative.
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It is a mixture ofromanticfantasywhich also fits into the kemonomimi genre.
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The novel is a lightweightromanticfantasy.
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Everything - from romantic fantasies to poetic aims to ideological debates - is so tightly wrought, the voice so monologic, that one finds oneself, in places, desperate for some kind of moderation.
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However, the heroine's inability to relinquish her romantic fantasies also reveals women's collusion in their oppression through false and damaging sentimentalism.
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However, she is a bit boy-crazy, given to crushes and romantic fantasies, and is also an otaku.
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Ironically, she also tends to have very vivid romantic fantasies with those she fears.
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Although she was not raised in the art world, her father and grandmother often sang songs and told her stories, encouraging her romantic fantasies.
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She soon began writing her own romantic fantasies that she shared with family members.
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The promise made through the love coupon can range from romantic fantasies to taking care of domestic chores.
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Emma's romantic fantasies are foiled by the practicalities of common life.
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