Unit 16

Shades in meaning:

Yearn for =  you want sth  you don’t have and (often) cannot have

Hanker for/after  = crave, desire e.g. hanker after glory

Covet = desire possession of sth, often enviously or even unlawfully

->Covetous

Collocations:

Bliss =perfect happiness

Blissfully happy

                Ignorant

                Unaware


Expressions very happy:

Full of the joys of spring

Be thrilled to bits

Feel on top (NO ARTICLE) of the world

Be floating/walking on air

Be over the moon

Be on cloud nine

Be in seventh heaven