Смысл: avowant

avowant[əʹvaʋənt]
n юр.
<Í> ответчик (в иске о восстановлении нарушенного владения), признающий факт захвата чужого имущества и пытающийся оправдать этот захват

want Идиома

want a piece of me

want to hurt me, want revenge, have at me I wrote a letter to the local paper criticizing the hockey team. Now everybody wants a piece of me.

want it so bad I can taste it

want it very much, die for I want that trophy. I want it so bad I can taste it.

want to make something of it

do you want to argue or fight about it? Yes, I did kiss Millie Watkins. Wanna make something of it?

waste not, want not

if you do not waste, you will not be needy Melinda's motto is Waste Not, Want Not. She's very efficient.

do you want to ride

tear his ass up

want a piece of someone

to be attracted to someone, usually in a physical sense: "I want a piece of him"

in want of

in need of；wanting需要
The baby is in want of special care．这个婴儿需要特别护理。
We are so well provided that we are not in want of anything．我们应有尽有，什么也不缺。
Are you in want of money？你需要钱吗？

want for nothing

Idiom(s): want for nothing

Theme: WEALTH

to lack nothing; to have everything one needs or wishes.
• The Smiths don't have much money, but their children seem to want for nothing.
• Jean's husband spoils her. She wants for nothing.

not want to catch

Idiom(s): not let someone catch someone doing something AND not want to catch sb doing sth

Theme: CATCHING

to find someone doing something wrong. (The idea is that the person ought not to do the wrong thing again, not that the person simply avoid getting caught.)
• How many times have I told you not to play ball in the house? Don't let me catch you doing that again.
• If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times: Don't do that! I don't want to catch you doing it again!

Waste not, want not.

If you never waste anything, you will have it when you need it.

The more you have, the more you want.

Satisfying one need only creates another need.

want ad|ad|want

n. A small advertisement on a special page in a newspaper that offers employment opportunities and merchandise. "You want a temporary job?" he asked the recent arrival in town. "Go and look at the want ads!"

want

want
In addition to the idioms beginning with want, also see waste not, want not.
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- want for nothing
- want in

want in

want in
1) Desire to enter, as in The cat wants in. The antonym is want out, as in The dog wants out. [First half of 1800s]
2) Wish to join a business, project, or other undertaking, as in Some investors want in but have not yet been admitted. Again, the antonym is want out, as in Many Quebec residents want out of Canada. [Mid-1900s]

wanting

wanting
wanting in
deficient in