noun
1 comfort and pleasure
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , pure , sheer
▪
It was sheer ~ to step into a hot bath.
▪ ultimate
▪
the ultimate ~ of a sauna in your own home
▪ relative
▪
We lived in relative ~.
▪ real
▪ modern
… OF LUXURY
▪ touch
▪
Silk sheets added the final touch of ~.
VERB + LUXURY
▪ enjoy
▪
We enjoyed the ~ of an expensive bottle of wine.
▪ afford
▪
We can't afford such ~.
▪ live in
▪ offer
▪
The resort offers ~ on a grand scale.
LUXURY + NOUN
▪ hotel
▪ car , coach ( BrE ), liner ( BrE ), sedan ( AmE ), yacht
▪ cruise
▪ apartment , flat ( BrE ), home
▪ goods , items
▪ brand
▪
people who can afford to buy ~ brands
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
brought up in ~
PHRASES
▪ have the ~ of (doing) sth
▪
He had the ~ of spending time at his family's summer home.
▪ a life of ~
▪
He wasn't dead, but living a life of ~ in Australia.
▪ the lap of ~
▪
You're certainly living in the lap of ~!
2 sth expensive and unnecessary
ADJECTIVE
▪ expensive , unaffordable
▪ affordable
▪ little , simple , small
▪
one of life's little luxuries
▪ unnecessary
▪ rare
▪
Bathrooms were a rare ~ at that time.
▪ modern
VERB + LUXURY
▪ afford
▪
We can't afford luxuries.
▪ enjoy , have , indulge in
▪ do without
▪ miss
▪
He missed the simple luxuries of life, like regular meals.
LUXURY + NOUN
▪ tax
PHRASES
▪ have every ~
▪
She's had every ~ in life.