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[hɑːt]

noun

1) [C] the organ in your chest that pumps blood around your body

I could hear his heart beating.[/ex]

Did you know he had a weak heart?[/ex]

2) [C] your feelings when they are considered as part of your character

You have to do what your heart tells you is right.[/ex]

3) [C] the central part of something

a beautiful house deep in the heart of the English countryside[/ex]

4) [C] a shape that represents love

5) hearts

[plural] the SUIT of playing cards that have red heart shapes on them

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at heart — used for saying what someone's basic character is[/ex]

I'm really a country person at heart.[/ex]

break sb's heart — to upset someone very much, especially by showing them that you do not love them[/ex]

break sb's heart — to make someone feel extremely sad[/ex]

have your heart set on (doing) sth — to decide that you want something very much[/ex]

sb's heart goes out to sb — used for saying that someone feels sorry for someone else[/ex]

sb's heart is in the right place — used for saying that someone tries to do good things even though it does not always seem like this[/ex]

sb's heart is not in sth — used for saying that someone does not really care about something that they are doing[/ex]

lose heart — to feel disappointed and try less hard because of this[/ex]

not have the heart to do sth — to not want to do something because it seems cruel[/ex]

(off) by heart — if you know something by heart, you can remember all the words or music in it[/ex]

(straight) from the heart — being completely honest about your feelings[/ex]

take sth to heart — to think about something seriously, often so that it upsets you[/ex]

to your heart's content — as much or as often as you like[/ex]