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  • 11one's pride and joy — a person or thing of which one is very proud. → pride …

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  • 12Joy Adamson — (January 20, 1910 – January 3, 1980) was a naturalist and author, best known for her book, Born Free , which described her experiences in raising Elsa from cub to lioness. The book Born Free was an international bestseller and printed in several… …

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  • 13pride — [n1] self esteem amour propre, delight, dignity, ego, egoism, egotism, ego trip, face, gratification, happiness, honor, joy, pleasure, pridefulness, repletion, satisfaction, self admiration, self confidence, self glorification, selflove, self… …

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  • 14joy — [n] great happiness, pleasure alleviation, amusement, animation, bliss, charm, cheer, comfort, delectation, delight, diversion, ecstasy, elation, exultation, exulting, felicity, festivity, frolic, fruition, gaiety, gem, gladness, glee, good humor …

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  • 15pride — pride1 W3S3 [praıd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feeling of pleasure)¦ 2¦(respect)¦ 3¦(too much pride)¦ 4 take pride in your work/appearance etc 5 somebody s pride and joy 6 the pride of something 7 have/take pride of place 8¦(lions)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; …

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  • 16joy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ pure, real, sheer, true, unadulterated, unalloyed, utter ▪ ecstatic, great, overwhelming …

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  • 17pride — noun 1) their triumphs were a source of pride Syn: self esteem, dignity, honor, self respect, self worth, self regard, pride in oneself Ant: shame 2) take pride in a good job well done Syn …

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  • 18pride — 1 /praId/ noun (U) 1 FEELING OF PLEASURE a feeling of satisfaction and pleasure in what you have done, or in what someone connected with you has done: show/feel/take pride in (doing)sth: The employees all show great pride in their company. | She… …

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  • 19pride — [[t]pra͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦♦ prides, priding, prided 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N in n/ing Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good. ...the sense of pride in a job well… …

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  • 20pride — prideful, adj. pridefully, adv. pridefulness, n. prideless, adj. pridelessly, adv. /pruyd/, n., v., prided, priding. n. 1. a high or inordinate opinion of one s own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or… …

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