ADJ

healthy, strong
bad, weak
artificial
human

HEART + VERB

beat
pump sth
The heart pumps blood through the body
fail, stop
hammer, palpitate, pound, race, throb, thud, thump

HEART + NOUN

rate
complaint, condition, defect, disease, failure, murmur, problem, trouble
bypass, operation, surgery, transplant
a triple heart bypass operation open-heart surgery

ADJ

big, good, kind, soft, tender, warm
cold, hard
broken
heavy, sinking
With a heavy heart, she watched him go
light
He set off with a light heart

VERB + HEART

have
She has a kind heart. Have you no heart?
break
He broke her heart
gladden
steal, win
harden
open, pour out
Finally, he broke down tears and poured out his heart to her

HEART + VERB

jump, leap, lurch, miss/skip a beat
Her heart leapt with joy
ache
My heart aches when I think of their sorrow
desire sth
everything your heart could desire
sink
go out
Our hearts go out to (= we sympathize deeply with) the families of the victims

PREP

at ~
At heart he is a republican
from the ~
I could tell he spoke from the heart
in your ~
In my heart, I knew it wasn't true

PHRASES

an affair of the heart (= a romance)
Her novels tend to deal with affairs of the heart
a change of heart
(= a change of attitude) He could have a change of heart and settle down to family life
from the bottom of your heart
I beg you, from the bottom of my heart, to spare his life
heart and soul
He committed himself heart and soul to the cause
have a heart of gold/stone (= to be a kind/ cruel person) (= no sympathetic feelings), the hearts and minds of sb
to win the hearts and minds of the nation's youth
in good heart (= cheerful and well), put some/more heart into sth
Let's sing it one more time from the beginning?and put some heart into it!
sick at heart (= very unhappy), with all your heart
I wish you well with all my heart

ADJ

very

VERB + HEART

lie at
The distinction between right and wrong lies at the heart of all questions of morality
go to
The committee's report went to the heart of the government's dilemma

PREP

at the ~
the issue at the heart of modern government
~ of
We live in the very heart of the city

PHRASES

the heart of the matter/problem