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wishful [ˈwɪʃfʊl] adj
having wishes or characterized by wishing wishfully adv wishfulness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations wishful adj that’s just wishful thinking → das ist reines Wunschdenken, das ist nur ein frommer Wunsch wishful [ˈwɪʃfʊl] adj it's just wishful thinking → è solo un'illusione wishful [ˈwɪʃfʊl] adj it's just wishful thinking → è solo un'illusione How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This meeting with William and Dora was fortunate from the point of view of my studies; for that very night, as I dined with them en pension, I found that providence, with his usual foresight, had placed me next to a very charming American girl of the type that I was particularly wishful to study. She watched his countenance as if she were particularly wishful to be assured that he took kindly to his reception, she showed every possible desire to conciliate him, and there was an air of humble propitiation in all she did, such as I have seen pervade the bearing of a child towards a hard master. I'm as wishful t' have you settled well as if you was my own daughter; and so's your aunt, I'll be bound, for she's done by you this seven 'ear, Hetty, as if you'd been her own. |
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