swoon
verb
to be extremely excited and impressed by someone who you like or admire
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Become excited
buzz
verb
if someone’s head, mind, or brain is buzzing with ideas, questions, etc. or if these are buzzing around in their head, mind, or brain, they cannot stop thinking about them
exult
verb
to feel or show great pleasure and excitement, especially about something that you have achieved
spin around
if thoughts spin around in your head, you keep thinking about different things in a nervous and uncontrolled way
go berserk
to become very excited
go crazy
if an audience or group of people go crazy, they become very excited
lick your lips
to feel very excited because you think you are going to get something good
go mad
to become extremely excited and happy
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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a sound made by stopping air as it passes through your throat. In some varieties of spoken...
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conflict mineral
a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons
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