noun
1 thing that brings happiness/improves your life
ADJECTIVE
▪ great , real
▪ mixed (= a thing that has advantages and disadvantages)
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
A TV can be a real ~ for old people.
PHRASES
▪ a ~ in disguise (= a thing that seems unfortunate, but is later seen to be fortunate) , count your ~s (= to be grateful for the good things you have)
2 approval/support
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪ official
VERB + BLESSING
▪ have
▪ give sb/sth
▪
The government has given its official ~ to the project.
▪ get , receive
▪
She received the full ~ of her employers.
PREPOSITION
▪ with sb's ~ , without sb's ~
▪
He went off to Latin America with his mother's ~.
3 prayer
ADJECTIVE
▪ traditional
▪ papal
▪ divine , spiritual
VERB + BLESSING
▪ bestow , give , make , pronounce , say
▪
The ~ was said in Hebrew.
▪ ask , ask for
▪ receive
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
They asked God's ~ on their pastoral work.