Emotions / B2

PLEZH-uh/ˈpleʒə/

Pleasure is a feeling of happiness or enjoyment, or something that causes it: with pleasure; a pleasure to read. Enjoyment is a close twin; please is the verb (already in the dictionary). Pleasure in the poem is not a mark-scheme heading. Mix-up: pleasant (adjective); pressure. Do not write “a pleasure” as a grade.

Meaning

A feeling of happiness or enjoyment; something that causes it.

Examples

• “Pleasure in the poem is not a mark-scheme heading; quote the image.”
• “It was a pleasure to host the inspectors, which is the courtesy sense in the letter.”

Good to know

with pleasure; take pleasure in; a pleasure to + verb. Adjective: pleasant. Verb: please. Trap: pressure. Literature, letters, and orals. Enjoyment, not a mark.

Near in meaning

enjoyment

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