HEART AND SOUL: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" [adv]  with complete faith; "she was with him heart and soul"
	Synonyms:		body and soul, center, core, essence, gist, heart, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
	See Also:		cognitive content, content, haecceity, hypostasis, mental object, quiddity, quintessence, stuff
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		ad infinitum, all over, ardently, arduously, at all points, at full length, bec et ongles, breathlessly, committedly, cordially, decidedly, decisively, determinedly, devotedly, earnestly, effortfully, enthusiastically, every bit, every inch, every whit, excitedly, exuberantly, fervently, fervidly, firmly, fixedly, glowingly, hammer and tongs, hard, head and shoulders, heartily, heatedly, impassionedly, in all respects, in all seriousness, in earnest, in every respect, in extenso, in good earnest, industriously, inflexibly, inside and out, intensely, keenly, kindly, laboriously, like a bulldog, like a leech, manfully, neck deep, obstinately, on all counts, operosely, overall, passionately, perseveringly, persistently, purposefully, relentlessly, resolutely, resolvedly, root and branch, seriously, sincerely, singlemindedly, staunchly, steadfastly, steadily, strenuously, tenaciously, the hard way, through and through, throughout, to the brim, to the death, to the end, to the hilt, toilsomely, tooth and nail, unswervingly, unyieldingly, vigorously, warmly, wholeheartedly, with a will, with constancy, with effort, with total dedication, you name it, zealously