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DELIGHT

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delight I. verb A. tranzitiv

a încânta, a desfăta, a delecta;

(pasiv) to be delighted a fi încântat / foarte bucuros;

(I am) delighted (to meet you) (sunt) încântat (de cunoştinţă);

he is delighted with you este încântat de tine.

delight I. verb B. intranzitiv

to delight in a se delecta cu; a iubi, a-i face plăcere;

to delight in music a iubi muzica;

to delight to a fi încântat să, a-i face plăcere să.

delight II. substantiv

încântare, desfătare, plăcere; extaz;

Turkish delight rahat locum;

to have / to take (a) delight in a găsi plăcere în, a iubi;

he takes a delight in worrying her îi face plăcere s-o necăjească.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

The audience began to anticipate it and to roar with delight when it came.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

She possessed eyes whose gaze I delighted to encounter.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

What shall we do about that? asked Jo, delighted with the fancy which lent a little romance to the very dull task of doing her duty.

(Little Women, de Louisa May Alcott)

She waited its slow progress in a torment of delight.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Her brother and sister came back delighted with their new acquaintance, and their visit in general.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

I shall be delighted if you will stay.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Your case has certainly some features of great interest, and I shall be delighted to look into it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It became his chief delight in life, as it became White Fang's chief torment.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

“Mas'r Davy bor', so sh' is!” and he sat and chuckled at her for some time, in a state of mingled admiration and delight, that made his face a burning red.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Let me entreat you, cried Mr. Elton; it would indeed be a delight!

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

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