VERB + PRIDE
- feel, have, swell with
- They have a fierce pride in their traditions. He swelled with pride as he held the trophy
- express
PREP
- with ~
- I wear my policeman's uniform with pride. ' My daughter's a writer, ' he added with pride
- ~ in
- She expressed pride in her child's achievement
PHRASES
- a cause/matter for pride
- Their reputation for fairness is a matter for pride
- a source of pride, take (a) pride in sth
- She takes great pride in her work
ADJ
- great
- civic, family, local, national, personal, professional
- dented, hurt, injured, wounded
- He was nursing his hurt pride
- foolish, stubborn
- It was foolish pride that prevented me from believing her
VERB + PRIDE
- have
- I don't want your money?I have my pride, you know!
- hurt
- I didn't mean to hurt your pride
- restore, salvage
- We want to restore pride in our public services. They managed to salvage some pride with a late goal
- swallow
- She swallowed her pride and phoned him
PREP
- out of ~
- She refused their help out of pride
- through ~
- It would be stupid to refuse through pride
PHRASES
- a matter of pride
- It is a matter of pride for him that he has never accepted money from his family
- a sense of pride
- They have a strong sense of pride in their work
- with your pride intact
- She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his pride intact