ADJ
- considerable, deep, enormous, great, intense
- It gives me enormous pleasure to welcome my next guest
- genuine, real
- pure, sheer
- quiet
- The audience nodded with quiet pleasure at her remark
- obvious
- endless
- Children find endless pleasure in playing with water
- malicious, perverse, sadistic
- vicarious
- He gained vicarious pleasure from watching people laughing and joking
- aesthetic, physical, sensual, sexual
VERB + PLEASURE
- bring (sb), give (sb), provide
- derive, find, gain, get, take
- My grandfather got immense pleasure out of life until the end
PREP
- for ~
- Some people read for pleasure, and others read to study
- with ~
- His eyes lit up with pleasure
- ~ at
- He beamed with pleasure at seeing her
- ~ from
- She was deriving a perverse pleasure from his discomfort
- ~ in
- They took great pleasure in each other's company
PHRASES
- business and pleasure
- I often meet useful people at parties, so I combine business with pleasure
- have the pleasure of sth
- May I have the pleasure of the next dance?
ADJ
- great
- doubtful, dubious
- the dubious pleasure of growing up in the public eye
- little, simple
- one of life's little pleasures
- fleeting, momentary, temporary
VERB + PLEASURE
- have (formal)
- I hope to have the pleasure of meeting you again
- enjoy
- forego
PHRASES
- the pleasures of life
- She enjoys the simple pleasures of life
- the pleasures of the flesh
- Priests promise to forego the pleasures of the flesh