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пыла́ть стра́стью

be afire with passion

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The offices were doused with gasoline and set afire. en.wikipedia.org

Several houses nearby were ordered set afire to improvise a smoke screen. en.wikipedia.org

One chose the minesweeper for its target, but her gunners set it afire, and it splashed several hundred yards astern. en.wikipedia.org

They removed papers, radio equipment, and other articles then set the sampan afire. en.wikipedia.org

Often the fields of cane are set afire to burn off the leaves and drive out the snakes that seem to enjoy this habitat. en.wikipedia.org

The mob sets her and all the skeletal remains of the nuns afire. en.wikipedia.org

The mobs also set afire three police vehicles, a couple of media outdoor broadcasting vans, machinery and a temporary cabin room of a construction company. en.wikipedia.org

He is locked in a barn and the barn is set afire. en.wikipedia.org

The final and telling round caught the lugger dead center, set it afire, and stopped it dead in the water. en.wikipedia.org

During her completion, she was accidentally set afire and was destroyed before being commissioned. en.wikipedia.org

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