Admire and Fancy

Admire

Admire verb - To think very highly or favorably of.

Usage example: I admire the way you handled such a touchy situation

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Fancy and admire are semantically related. (British) in adore topic. In some cases you can use "Fancy" instead a verb "Admire". informal substitute

Fancy verb - To take pleasure in.

Usage example: the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown

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Admire and fancy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Admire" instead a verb "Fancy".

someone	admire someone	fancy someone
women	admire women	fancy women

T has his cab pimped out so that the teenagers who've been hanging around a drug dealer's fancy car will admire him instead of a no-good pusher.

Source: Film / D.C. Cab
In the fancy restaurant on the ship's top deck, Ryan and Carranya admire a painting called "Imdahl's Sunrise".

Source: Video Game / Love And War

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