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fond in English:

1. fondness fondness


He has a great fondness for music.
I have no fondness for my last boss, who was a jerk.
Neil's fondness for loose change
Neil's fondness for loose change. A couple display a fondness for each other.
Well, I don't understand your fondness for out-dated stuff
I have a fondness for sweets.
Without anger and fondness.
All of his friends were body pillows, and all of hers were dolls; so they bonded over their fondness for animating the inanimate. However, because they were not inanimate objects but people with complex emotions, their relationship was sometimes strained.

2. fond of fond of


my husband and I are very fond of Asia
I'm very fond of pizza.
I'm very fond of my large schoolboy collection of superhero comics.
I'm especially fond of you.
A sherbet lemon. They're a kind of Muggle sweet I'm rather fond of.
John is clearly fond of Maria
I'm very fond of spicy food
You're very fond of her, aren't you?
I’m fond of my niece – she’s so sweet.
"Dumbledore isn't fond of the Azkaban guards," said Mr. Weasley heavily.
I have always been rather fond of this organisation.
I was very fond of this space because it's the first massive industrial complex I found on my own that is abandoned.
I'm very fond of my little nephew. He's adorable.
Kate is very fond of her younger brother.
We're realy fond of programmes like that.

3. of of


Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
How nice of you!
Of course.
It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.
A box of chocolates
We were sitting peacefully at dinner, when all of a sudden the lights went out.
To the best of my knowledge, this chemical will prevent germs from breeding.
Eat a live frog every morning, and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
Genes consist of a specific sequence of DNA.
Carpentry and bricklaying are examples of manual labor.
By the age of seven, he had already made his own bow and arrows.
When we started out in 2009, I was convinced that our store would become one of the best in the city.
I'm very particular about what kind of people I invite into my house.
If a man wants to learn to sound like a native speaker of Japanese, he shouldn't only learn Japanese from women. The reverse is true for a woman.
Something you should know about me is that I half of what I say is meaningless.

English word "fond"(of) occurs in sets:

Adjectives + prepositions

4. like someone or something



5. having an affection or liking for