English proposal generates sentiment (7)
I believe the answer is:
emotion
'sentiment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'english proposal' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'proposal' becomes 'motion' (proposal at a meeting).
'e'+'motion'='EMOTION'
'generates' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "Mental feeling" , "Intense feeling" , "Fear possibly" , "Feeling, say love or hate" , "Feeling such as joy, sorrow and fear" .)