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Wanting something so hard your chest files a formal complaint.

means To feel a deep, aching, often wistful longing for someone or something.

from From Old English giernan, to desire, rooted in a word for eagerthe same restless craving humans have been naming for a thousand years.

Body languageOld uses tied it to the heart.
Eager cousinShares roots with the word yearning's intensity.
Tense alertUnlike 'crave,' it leans wistful, not greedy.
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