English proposal to show feelings! (7)
I believe the answer is:
emotion
'feelings' is the definition.
The answer is an example.
'english proposal' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'proposal' becomes 'motion' (motion is a kind of proposal).
'e'+'motion'='EMOTION'
'to show' is the link.
(Other definitions for emotion that I've seen before include "Mental agitation" , "Passion" , "Feeling such as joy, sorrow and fear" , "A strong instinctive feeling" , "eg Anger, fear, joy" .)