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wish

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /wɪʃ/US /wɪʃ/
noun

used especially in a letter, email or card to say that you hope that somebody will be happy, well or successful

verb

to want something to happen or to be true even though it is unlikely or impossible

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J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech | Harvard University Commencement 2008 video example

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I have asked myself what I wish I had known at my own graduation and what important lessons I have learned in the 21 years that have expired between that day and

J.K. Rowling Harvard Commencement Speech

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I have received thousands of good wish cards and gifts from all over the world.

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And I have always wished that for myself.

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