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Collocations for pleasure - noun

1. enjoyment

ADJECTIVE

considerable, deep, enormous, great, intense
It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome my next guest.
genuine, real
pure, sheer
quiet
The audience nodded with quiet pleasure at her remark.
obvious
endless
Children find endless pleasure in playing with water.
malicious, perverse, sadistic
personal
She takes personal pleasure in tormenting her students.
vicarious
He gained vicarious pleasure from watching people laughing and joking.
aesthetic, physical, sensual, sexual

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VERB + pleasure

bring (sb), give (sb), provide
derive, find, gain, get, take
My grandfather got immense pleasure out of life until the end.
experience, feel

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PREPOSITION

for pleasure
Some people read for pleasure, and others read to study.
with pleasure
His eyes lit up with pleasure.
pleasure at
He beamed with pleasure at seeing her.
pleasure from
She was deriving a perverse pleasure from his discomfort.
pleasure in
They took great pleasure in each other's company.

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PHRASES

business and pleasure, business or pleasure, etc.
I often meet useful people at parties, so I combine business with pleasure.
Are you in Chicago for business or pleasure?
for your listening, reading, viewing, etc. pleasure
The photographs are now available for your viewing pleasure.
have the pleasure of sth
May I have the pleasure of the next dance?
pleasure and pain
These memories bring both pleasure and pain.

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2. sth that makes you happy

ADJECTIVE

great
dubious
the dubious pleasure of growing up in the public eye
little, simple, small
one of life's little pleasures
fleeting, momentary, temporary
guilty
Daytime TV is one of his guilty pleasures.

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VERB + pleasure

have (formal)
I hope to have the pleasure of meeting you again.
enjoy
forgo

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pleasure + NOUN

boat, craft
cruise

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PHRASES

the pleasures of life
She enjoys the simple pleasures of life.
the pleasures of the flesh
Priests promise to forego the pleasures of the flesh.
To what do I owe the pleasure? (= why are you visiting me?)

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