Collocations for happy - adj.
1. feeling pleasure
VERBS
appear,
be,
feel,
look,
seem,
sound
Outwardly the couple appeared happy.
Andrew felt happier than he had been for a long time.
Outwardly the couple appeared happy.
Andrew felt happier than he had been for a long time.
become
make sb
Money won't make you happy.
make sb
Money won't make you happy.
keep sb
He went home from time to time, to keep his mother happy.
He went home from time to time, to keep his mother happy.
die
I can die happy knowing that I have achieved this.
I can die happy knowing that I have achieved this.
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
only too, particularly
We'd be only too happy to accept your invitation.
only too, particularly
We'd be only too happy to accept your invitation.
completely,
perfectly
Dad seemed perfectly happy with my explanation.
Dad seemed perfectly happy with my explanation.
genuinely,
truly
For the first time in her life, she felt truly happy.
For the first time in her life, she felt truly happy.
far from,
not altogether,
not at all,
not entirely,
not exactly,
not particularly,
not too,
not totally
Her boss was not entirely happy about the situation.
Her boss was not entirely happy about the situation.
relatively
just
I'm just happy to be back home.
just
I'm just happy to be back home.
amazingly,
blissfully,
deliriously,
ecstatically,
ridiculously,
strangely,
surprisingly
clearly, obviously
clearly, obviously
PREPOSITION
about
I'm not too happy about her attitude.
I'm not too happy about her attitude.
for
So you're getting married, I hear. I'm really happy for you!
So you're getting married, I hear. I'm really happy for you!
with
I was quite happy with the way things went.
I was quite happy with the way things went.
2. giving pleasure
ADVERB
extremely,
fairly,
very,
etc.
gloriously (esp. BrE), particularly, wonderfully
It had been a wonderfully happy time.
gloriously (esp. BrE), particularly, wonderfully
It had been a wonderfully happy time.
quite
Happy is used with these nouns:
accident, association, atmosphere, balance, chance, childhood, choice, coincidence, collaboration, combination, compromise, couple, customer, day, disposition, ending, event, face, family, girl, grin, home, hour, knack, laughter, life, marriage, memory, mood, news, occasion, old age, outcome, pair, people, period, person, relationship, retirement, return, reunion, self, shopper, situation, smile, tear, thought, time, tune, year
accident, association, atmosphere, balance, chance, childhood, choice, coincidence, collaboration, combination, compromise, couple, customer, day, disposition, ending, event, face, family, girl, grin, home, hour, knack, laughter, life, marriage, memory, mood, news, occasion, old age, outcome, pair, people, period, person, relationship, retirement, return, reunion, self, shopper, situation, smile, tear, thought, time, tune, year