I. interjection
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an attractive/handsome/pleasing etc appearance
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Large blue eyes set in a long thin face give him a striking and attractive appearance.
be pleased to hear
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She’ll be pleased to hear that she can leave hospital tomorrow.
eager to please
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She’s a very hard worker and very eager to please .
nice/pleased to meet you (= used to greet someone politely when you have just met them for the first time )
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‘This is my niece, Sarah.’ ‘Pleased to meet you.’
please find enclosed (= used in business letters to say that you are sending something with a letter )
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Please find enclosed an agenda for the meeting.
please give generously
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The situation is now desperate, so please give generously .
Yes, please
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‘Would you like a sandwich?’ ‘ Yes, please .’
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(I'm) pleased to meet you
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A forty-year-old actor with great presence warmly shakes William's hand Male lead Pleased to meet you.
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However, Mrs Singh was pleased to meet her and generally liked all the teachers and what she saw.
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I am so pleased to meet you.
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We would be very pleased to meet you and feel sure that we can offer you an interesting and worthwhile programme.
as pleased as Punch
as pleased as punch
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He's as pleased as punch about the baby.
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He had landed a contract as pleased as Punch , and I made a feast for his friends.
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He was a strong, healthy lad and as pleased as punch to be working with Dad.
be glad/delighted/pleased etc to see the back of sb/sth
be glad/pleased etc to see the back of sb/sth
be only too glad/pleased to do sth
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Cliff is only too pleased to prepare a celebratory meal for any special occasion.
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I was only too glad to help.
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If none is required, they will be only too pleased to tell you.
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She was only too glad to have even this talk bouncing against walls that had become a tomb.
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The governments were only too pleased to oblige.
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The Library would be only too pleased to explore further suggestions along similar lines. 13.4.
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They know the way that the wind is blowing, and would be only too pleased to be redeployed into another trade.
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We would be only too pleased to provide information on the Association.
couldn't be better/worse/more pleased etc
next (please)
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His freestyle looked soft and gentle next to all the churning power strokers.
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If you do this for the next ten years you will have achieved 360 of your goals.
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It is definitely suited to family skiing as is Valmorel, the next resort we visited.
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Once off you walk over the mountains to the next town, and over again to another.
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Other works of reference are discussed in the next section.
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Our next bulletin is at 10.30 p.m.
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The next sweeps period is even worse.
pleased to help/assist
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If you do not understand the details enclosed please contact the Finance Department where the staff will be pleased to assist.
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NatWest understands your needs and is pleased to help.
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Our group bookings specialists are always pleased to assist the discerning traveller who requires quality, service and value second to none.
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There will always be some one who will be only too pleased to help.
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They will be pleased to help and advise you.
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They will be pleased to help and so will the suppliers listed, including, of course, myself.
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They will be pleased to help you with specific questions and will give you as much general information as they can.
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Whatever the size of your kitchen, our talented designers will be pleased to help you plan it.
pleased with yourself
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After deceiving us all like that, she went away, no doubt very pleased with herself.
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I had made a big profit on the deal and was feeling inordinately pleased with myself.
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Selina looks awfully pleased with herself.
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Feeling pleased with herself, Loretta went back to her office.
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He hurried out exceedingly pleased with himself and enjoying the prospect of what promised to be a very good wrestling match.
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He just patted his pocket and grinned, looking awfully smug and pleased with himself.
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Robert the next day seemed urbane, sure of himself, even, she thought, pleased with himself.
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She was pleased with herself and her own calm style.
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Then he looked down, seemed pleased with himself, unembarrassed.
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This made me feel rather pleased with myself.
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You are pleased with yourself for venturing, testing your mettle.
surprised/angry/pleased etc isn't the word for it
you will be delighted/pleased etc to know (that)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Would you like some more wine?" "Yes, please ."
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Please feel free to ask questions at any time.
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Could I please borrow the car?
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Paige, sit down, please .
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Two pancakes for me, please .
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Would you please hurry up - we're going to be late.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
particularly
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The motion had particularly pleased Mobuto who was desperate to bring Zimbala back into world affairs.
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The harp, an instrument Britten favored, proved particularly pleasing , its celestial tones foreshadowing Billy's dire end.
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Adrian Garvey and Mark Andrews seemed particularly pleased to have their names read out.
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The applause in the auditorium was loud and long, and the members of the Working Groups were particularly pleased .
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He seemed particularly pleased with himself.
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This particularly pleased the young officers who always favored a firm policy, whatever it might be.
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It renders a particularly pleasing quality to quail, squab, and pheasant.
so
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And I am so pleased , Verence, to see your essential modern attitude.
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This myth, which so pleased the masters, did not find acceptance among slaves.
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Service, please So much for client care!
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However, research teams are so pleased with the results of science experiments that they asked managers for a new two-day extension.
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So PLEASE readers, this must go no further.
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I was so pleased to get my first client.
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She hadn't felt so pleased by anything in a long time.
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She told me, she never saw a man so pleased by a glass of wine.
very
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I actually was very pleased indeed to have the opportunity.
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We are very pleased to see the administration proposal.
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I did not think Martha was very pleased with the arrangement.
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But he could not have been very pleased with it.
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And I am very pleased she is kind to my poor Rosa - very pleased indeed.
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Most organizations have been very pleased with the practical results of their programs, and with the typically very positive employee responses.
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I was very pleased with him.
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We are very pleased that these students chose Howard University.
■ NOUN
desire
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It was that, blended with a kind of unconvincing desire to please which made people nervous of him.
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They felt like giants of desire , pleased happy monsters digging into pay dirt.
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I could sense their warmth and desire to please but I didn't know how to respond.
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Only unhappiness is gained by acting in accordance with duty, or obligation, or guilt, or the desire to please others.
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Our desire to please them will take precedence over our own needs, and our self-possession will be compromised.
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William and Joe and their entire consignment of cod vanished in the desire to please Araminta.
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This wish is merely repressed, not abolished, by the desire to please the parents by obeying their prohibition.
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Even allowing for a desire to please his audience, sentiments of that sort sound better news than warnings of confrontation.
eye
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No need to impart a message, no need to please the eye of the masses, no need to conform.
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The knack of outline planting is to arrange a selection of these shapes in groups that are pleasing to the eye .
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Quite apart from that, we want to see beautiful people that are pleasing to the eye .
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Many modern offerings are hard put to please the eye quite so much.
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The inside of the church is friendly and pleasing to the eye .
result
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Apart from mud sticking everywhere we were quite pleased with the final result .
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Morales was pleased with the poll results .
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Headteachers could be as secretive as they pleased , concealing their results and disguising their problems.
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Vineyards like Napa Ridge like the idea of using low impact, natural pest control and are pleased with the preliminary results .
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Employees and supervisors are pleased with the results from the new conveyor system.
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However, research teams are so pleased with the results of science experiments that they asked managers for a new two-day extension.
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The architects of the system say they are generally pleased with the results so far.
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Most organizations have been very pleased with the practical results of their programs, and with the typically very positive employee responses.
■ VERB
do
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The client pays the bar to take her off, to do what he pleases .
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He is crazy about me, he says; he would do anything to please me.
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He was going to do as he pleased .
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She would do as she pleased , I knew, and I would watch the tide rise.
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She loves the Poet, and will do anything to please him, including turning tricks for a variety of kinky characters.
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She knew that as long as she was discreet, she could do as she pleased .
feel
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I also felt a need to please people, whatever the cost.
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And I felt both pleased and powerful for being in a position to remind him and tell him no.
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This made me feel rather pleased with myself.
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She hadn't felt so pleased by anything in a long time.
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When it was over, Rice felt pleased with the outcome.
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We feel very pleased that the crown weren't able to prove the charge of criminal damage.
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For instance, when we rise up in the morning, and it is a fine day, we feel pleased .
seem
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Jansher seemed pleased to be showing me his roots.
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Then he looked down, seemed pleased with himself, unembarrassed.
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This time it seemed to please him.
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He seemed anxious to please , but not in an unctuous way.
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Somehow, they remained different and seemed rather pleased by that.
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Adrian Garvey and Mark Andrews seemed particularly pleased to have their names read out.
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He seems pleased when I say this.
try
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He's trying too hard to please and it's not a nice sight.
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I try and try to please everyone, but nobody likes me.
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I'd already given up trying to please my father.
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Others may simply have tried to please .
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Therefore just as the employee tries to please the boss, the boss will try to please the employee.
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There are always smiles, no problems in their lives and they spend their time trying to please others.
want
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It was so frustrating because I wanted to please our customers, but! was constantly having to say no.
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The passive-aggressive child wants to please , but angry feelings push up to the surface in maladaptive ways.
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They must also want to please each other and help each other to find fulfilment, as well as looking for personal satisfaction.
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In addition, they may be timid in expressing their anger-they seem always to want to please .
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Sophie basically wants to please and is quite informative.
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She was the person he wanted to please , and she was not pleased.
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After all, he obviously wanted it of her, and she wanted to please him.
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I want to please you - most of us like to be popular and enjoy pleasing other people.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(I'm) pleased to meet you
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A forty-year-old actor with great presence warmly shakes William's hand Male lead Pleased to meet you.
▪
However, Mrs Singh was pleased to meet her and generally liked all the teachers and what she saw.
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I am so pleased to meet you.
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We would be very pleased to meet you and feel sure that we can offer you an interesting and worthwhile programme.
as pleased as Punch
as pleased as punch
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He's as pleased as punch about the baby.
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He had landed a contract as pleased as Punch , and I made a feast for his friends.
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He was a strong, healthy lad and as pleased as punch to be working with Dad.
be glad/delighted/pleased etc to see the back of sb/sth
be only too glad/pleased to do sth
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Cliff is only too pleased to prepare a celebratory meal for any special occasion.
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I was only too glad to help.
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If none is required, they will be only too pleased to tell you.
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She was only too glad to have even this talk bouncing against walls that had become a tomb.
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The governments were only too pleased to oblige.
▪
The Library would be only too pleased to explore further suggestions along similar lines. 13.4.
▪
They know the way that the wind is blowing, and would be only too pleased to be redeployed into another trade.
▪
We would be only too pleased to provide information on the Association.
couldn't be better/worse/more pleased etc
next (please)
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His freestyle looked soft and gentle next to all the churning power strokers.
▪
If you do this for the next ten years you will have achieved 360 of your goals.
▪
It is definitely suited to family skiing as is Valmorel, the next resort we visited.
▪
Once off you walk over the mountains to the next town, and over again to another.
▪
Other works of reference are discussed in the next section.
▪
Our next bulletin is at 10.30 p.m.
▪
The next sweeps period is even worse.
pleased to help/assist
▪
If you do not understand the details enclosed please contact the Finance Department where the staff will be pleased to assist.
▪
NatWest understands your needs and is pleased to help.
▪
Our group bookings specialists are always pleased to assist the discerning traveller who requires quality, service and value second to none.
▪
There will always be some one who will be only too pleased to help.
▪
They will be pleased to help and advise you.
▪
They will be pleased to help and so will the suppliers listed, including, of course, myself.
▪
They will be pleased to help you with specific questions and will give you as much general information as they can.
▪
Whatever the size of your kitchen, our talented designers will be pleased to help you plan it.
pleased with yourself
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After deceiving us all like that, she went away, no doubt very pleased with herself.
▪
I had made a big profit on the deal and was feeling inordinately pleased with myself.
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Selina looks awfully pleased with herself.
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Feeling pleased with herself, Loretta went back to her office.
▪
He hurried out exceedingly pleased with himself and enjoying the prospect of what promised to be a very good wrestling match.
▪
He just patted his pocket and grinned, looking awfully smug and pleased with himself.
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Robert the next day seemed urbane, sure of himself, even, she thought, pleased with himself.
▪
She was pleased with herself and her own calm style.
▪
Then he looked down, seemed pleased with himself, unembarrassed.
▪
This made me feel rather pleased with myself.
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You are pleased with yourself for venturing, testing your mettle.
surprised/angry/pleased etc isn't the word for it
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Choose room colors to please yourself, not your friends.
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I only got married to please my parents.
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I think he tries a little too hard to please .
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Most young children are eager to please their teachers.
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Sam is always doing little things to please her, but she hardly even notices.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Can not afford national advertising, so relies on verbal testimonials to expand business, so eager to please .
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I think we have the right to move about as we please .
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I was pleased because this is a perfect text for a pentecostal sermon: it predicts the New Jerusalem.
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I was pleased he hadn't seen the note or the tears that I left behind on my Granny's face.
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I was pleased that they selected these people.
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Serious snowboarders will be pleased to discover most aspects of the sport have been covered.
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They felt this would impart a pleasing curvature to an otherwise rectangular building.
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Unfortunately, it's impossible to please everyone, all of the time, at the same time, but I tried.