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How to pronounce“yearn”in English

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In natural English speech, "yearn" appears in contexts such as: "I am an autistic person it is obvious when you see me I have no voice but yearn to say so much if you are willing to listen I will try to say how I feel I live in a total blur of information if I have too many people in a room at one time and one place it is too overwhelming for me to have to process". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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I am an autistic person it is obvious when you see me I have no voice but

yearn to say so much if you are willing to listen I will try to say how I feel I live in a total blur of information if I have too many people in

a room at one time and one place it is too overwhelming for me to have to process

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verb

To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

“All I yearn for is a simple life.”

Synonyms:pant salivate

verb

To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

“If I don’t go now, thought Charlotte, I shall have lost a chance which I shall eternally regret and yearn after.”

Synonyms:pant salivate

noun

A strong desire or longing; a yearning, a yen.

“Gibbs now said he wasn't going to pull any punches with Gary when he knew how jealous a man could get, so he also wanted to tell him that Phil Hansen was reputed to have a yearn for attractive ladies.”

Synonyms:lust urge ache appetency

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