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51worried face — anxious, unquiet, careworn, upset, troubled …
52afraid for — anxious about the well being of. → afraid …
53on the rack — anxious, often because you are waiting for something or because people are asking you difficult questions. You re left on the rack for three days waiting for the results from the hospital. Here was a respected politician being put on the rack (=… …
54Dual Alliance — Anxious about the possibility of being caught between France and Russia in future military conflicts, Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of the new German Empire after 1871, began cultivating cordial relations with the Habsburg Empire soon after… …
55anxiously — anxious ► ADJECTIVE 1) experiencing worry or unease. 2) very eager and concerned to do something. DERIVATIVES anxiously adverb anxiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin anxius, from angere to choke …
56anxiousness — anxious ► ADJECTIVE 1) experiencing worry or unease. 2) very eager and concerned to do something. DERIVATIVES anxiously adverb anxiousness noun. ORIGIN Latin anxius, from angere to choke …
57carking — anxious, careful. N …
58Attachment in adults — deals with the theory of attachment in adult romantic relationships.Attachment theory was extended to adult romantic relationships in the late 1980s. Four styles of attachment have been identified in adults: secure, anxious preoccupied,… …
59List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …
60international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
