ADJ.

fatal | massive, serious

She died of a massive heart attack.

| mild, minor | suspected

VERB + HEART ATTACK

have, suffer

He suffered a fatal heart attack while cycling.

| die from/of

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ADJ.

healthy, strong | bad, weak | artificial | human

HEART + VERB

beat | pump sth

The heart pumps blood through the body.

| fail, stop | hammer, palpitate, pound, race, throb, thud, thump

HEART + NOUN

rate | complaint, condition, defect, disease, failure, murmur, problem, trouble | bypass, operation, surgery, transplant

a triple heart bypass operation open-heart surgery

ADJ.

big, good, kind, soft, tender, warm | cold, hard | broken | heavy, sinking

With a heavy heart, she watched him go.

| light

He set off with a light heart.

VERB + HEART

have

She has a kind heart. Have you no heart?

| break

He broke her heart.

| gladden | steal, win | harden | open, pour out

Finally, he broke down tears and poured out his heart to her.

HEART + VERB

jump, leap, lurch, miss/skip a beat

Her heart leapt with joy.

| ache

My heart aches when I think of their sorrow.

| desire sth

everything your heart could desire

| sink | go out

Our hearts go out to (= we sympathize deeply with)

the families of the victims.

PREP.

at ~

At heart he is a republican.

| from the ~

I could tell he spoke from the heart.

| in your ~

In my heart, I knew it wasn't true.

PHRASES

an affair of the heart

(= a romance) Her novels tend to deal with affairs of the heart

| a change of heart

(= a change of attitude) He could have a change of heart and settle down to family life.

| from the bottom of your heart

I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, to spare his life.

| heart and soul

He committed himself heart and soul to the cause.

| have a heart of gold/stone

(= to be a kind/cruel person) (= no sympathetic feelings),

the hearts and minds of sb

to win the hearts and minds of the nation's youth

| in good heart

(= cheerful and well),

put some/more heart into sth

Let's sing it one more time from the beginning?and put some heart into it!

| sick at heart

(= very unhappy),

with all your heart

I wish you well with all my heart.

ADJ.

very

VERB + HEART

lie at

The distinction between right and wrong lies at the heart of all questions of morality.

| go to

The committee's report went to the heart of the government's dilemma.

PREP.

at the ~

the issue at the heart of modern government

| ~ of

We live in the very heart of the city.

PHRASES

the heart of the matter/problem