I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cry of pain/despair/delight etc
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A rock was loose and he fell with a sharp cry of surprise.
a delighted grin
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‘I've managed to fix it!’ she said, with a delighted grin.
a scream of laughter/delight
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We could hear the children’s screams of laughter.
a yell of surprise/delight/triumph etc
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Dan gave a yell of delight when Larsson scored.
be excited/thrilled/delighted etc at the prospect (of sth)
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I was excited at the prospect of going to Washington.
childlike delight/wonder/excitement
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The sight filled her with childlike excitement.
culinary delights (= food that tastes very good )
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the region’s culinary delights
greet the news with surprise/delight etc formal (= react to the news in a particular way )
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Fans greeted the news of the victory with a loud cheer.
pure joy/pleasure/delight
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Lucinda flashed him a smile of pure joy.
sample the delights of
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Here’s your chance to sample the delights of country life.
scream with laughter/delight
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She threw her head back and screamed with laughter.
shiver with cold/fear/delight etc
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She shivered with fear and anger.
take delight/pleasure/pride etc in (doing) sth
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You should take pride in your work.
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At first, he took no interest in the baby.
Turkish delight
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
culinary
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Or whatever ethnic culinary delights you are offered.
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This is one of the many New York culinary delights that appear only in ersatz forms outside the city.
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She might not be able to manage one of Marguerite's culinary delights , but at least she could cook herself a meal.
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Guests were full of praise for the culinary delights , and the branch was able to add £527 to its funds.
great
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They give me very great pleasure and delight .
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He has almost given up hunting which was his greatest delight .
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To my great delight they all did comfortably worse than Arosa.
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On the contrary: I took great delight in my thinness and saw it as the embodiment of my strength and virtue.
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He seemed to take great delight in taking the church for a ride.
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He thought it best that she not know his great delight .
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That was the great delight in discovering Jung.
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Like music, the better one knows the score, the greater the delight and reward one gains from reading it.
pure
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With stylish roman numerals, gold-plated case and soft leather strap, these elegant watches are a pure delight to wear.
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As I set off I had a fleeting glimpse of the leer of pure delight on Simkin's face.
sheer
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In the end, the poems must be read as expressions of sheer delight in friendship.
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It has been sheer delight for them.
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Birdsong and rebirth and the sheer undiluted delight of living creatures awaking to face another day.
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Utterly daft and unsophisticated, it elevated Allen to the very head of the children's table - and is sheer delight .
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A sheer delight A simple style and a light touch can be all you need to create a stunning window treatment.
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Imagine yourself in a beautiful garden, dancing across the lawns in sheer delight .
■ VERB
cry
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Several times he cried his delight and hugged his father.
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I know and name a few of her train stops and she cries out with delight .
express
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She shut herself in out of the drizzling rain, and expressed her delight with everything.
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The band often finds a radio-ravaged fan after a show who expresses surprise and delight in the retro sound.
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They then began to light bonfires, expressing their delight .
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Picasso and Léger continued to express their delight in the seen world.
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He landed at Durlston and expressed his delight at the beautiful scenery and pure air.
laugh
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Gaily shook his head and, watching them, Florence Ames laughed with delight .
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The crowd began to clap, and some of them laughed with delight .
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Despite her vehement protests, he hauled her enfeebled body inside and turned, laughing with delight .
sample
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I had been quite looking forward to sampling its unsavoury delights .
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If you want the chance to sample these delights for yourself, enter our competition today!
shiver
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She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.
squeal
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I was squealing with delight at the tricks his middle finger was playing when suddenly Captain leapt on us growling.
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The children squealed with delight when Karen tallied up the poker chips and announced that Jennifer and Bryan had the highest scores.
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Victoria squealed in delight as Stephen caught the erupting bubbles in three tall tulip glasses.
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He heard them squealing with delight .
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Stickit squealed in delight , waving at the ant figures far below.
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Their high voices squealing with delight when Carla mispronounced some word they coaxed her to repeat.
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She squealed with delight as she recognised him instantly.
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Then she flung herself on to his stomach, squealing with delight , and he began to tickle her.
take
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Not one took any delight or pride in what he had done.
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On the contrary: I took great delight in my thinness and saw it as the embodiment of my strength and virtue.
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The first verse concludes: We live at our pleasure, and take our delight .
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We come away well-pleased with ourselves, perhaps, but seldom have we taken the least delight in others' efforts.
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Nor did they necessarily take any delight in the state-centred approach.
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Stan seems to take a mischievous delight in turning up specimens under people's noses.
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He seemed to take great delight in taking the church for a ride.
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You take delight in vexing me.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be glad/delighted/pleased etc to see the back of sb/sth
be in a transport of delight/joy etc
be transported with delight/joy etc
hug yourself with joy/delight etc
unholy amusement/delight/pleasure
you will be delighted/pleased etc to know (that)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Horton takes great delight in learning.
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Imagine our delight when we saw your article in the New Yorker.
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Paul's delight at being asked to play the piano for us was clear.
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Robin laughed with delight as the birthday cake was carried in.
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To the audience's delight , she agreed to do another number.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All the build up of delight shrivelled and stripped Jay to lonely self-scourging.
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He is also a great friend of the Festival, and it will be a delight to have him with us again.
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Is it not a form of self desecration not to cultivate this primeval delight in flowers?
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Like most other volumes in the Compass Guide series, the book is a delight to look at and read.
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Mrs Foster encouraged the staff to avail themselves of the lodge's delights.
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The study of Scripture, he suggested, did nothing to hinder an inquisitive man's delight in the study of nature.
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With stylish roman numerals, gold-plated case and soft leather strap, these elegant watches are a pure delight to wear.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
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After all, the role of the other woman was hardly one she delighted in .
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There was nothing too small to delight in .
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Gainsbourg seems to have delighted in his role as a cultural enfant terrible.
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Interspersed are glosses on cyber-history of the sort that Time and Newsweek have been delighting in since the middle of 1995.
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audience
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Critchley then developed the alternative career that delighted the wide audience that enjoyed his witty political comment.
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The delighted audience seemed not to notice.
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Issey Miyake continues to delight audiences at his beautiful shows by determining his own uniquely futuristic fashion logic.
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A decade later and it is still tackling the controversial issues and delighting its loyal audience .
response
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So we were delighted by the interested response of visitors.
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However we have been delighted by the response so far.
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seem
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Simple answers like this seem to delight younger kids, who demand a reason for everything.
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His audiences seemed delighted with the new game of discovering the errors in earlier paintings.
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Gainsbourg seems to have delighted in his role as a cultural enfant terrible.
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Old Chao seemed genuinely delighted to see him.
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The man is a huge liability and seems to delight in putting his feet right in it.
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He seemed delighted to hear that she was fine.
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Mr Gillis seemed to delight in slamming it down on the top of the tousled head below.
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To Hugh she seemed beautiful and he delighted , somewhat guiltily, in having her eat opposite him.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be glad/delighted/pleased etc to see the back of sb/sth
be in a transport of delight/joy etc
unholy amusement/delight/pleasure
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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This movie classic will delight the whole family.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But nothing delights him more than his futures markets, which are something of a hangover from his trading days.
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Their decision to end cooperation will delight Belgrade.