noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep , genuine , great , real , special , strong , warm
▪ mutual
▪ brotherly , marital
▪ physical ( esp. AmE )
VERB + AFFECTION
▪ feel , have , hold sb in ( esp. BrE ), retain ( formal )
▪
He has a great ~ for animals.
▪
He was held in great ~ by hundreds of students.
▪ display , express , give sb , show (sb)
▪ get , receive
▪ return
▪ crave , need , want
▪
He just wants a bit of ~.
▪ gain , win
▪
She had tried hard to win his ~.
▪ develop
▪
She had developed a real ~ for him.
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
He'll be remembered with genuine ~.
▪ ~ for
▪
I have a deep ~ for his mother.
▪ ~ to , ~ towards/toward
▪
The teacher showed ~ to all her students.
PHRASES
▪ a display of ~
▪
I don't go in for public displays of ~.
▪ a feeling of ~
▪
a strong feeling of ~
▪ love and ~
▪
I yearn for the love and ~ I once had.
▪ the object of sb's ~s
▪
The object of his ~s was a young opera singer.
▪ a show of ~ , a sign of ~