placer-1
delight ; pleasure ; gratification ; enjoyment ; treat.
Reality is often very much lacking in delight.
It may be that, apart from the simple pleasure of browsing, documents arranged on shelves, may be easily examined.
It is the 'intellectual challenge' and the 'gratification of providing personal assistance' that constitute the attraction of reference librarianship.
So I read on with increasing interest and enjoyment and, let it be said admiration too.
In the summer months one of the greatest treats of all is home-made mayonnaise; a thick mass of unctuous golden ointment, perfect for dipping slices of raw vegetables.
amante del placer
pleasure-loving
It was one of the best days of all our lives and a triumph for the pleasure-loving layabout over the industrious follower of Adam Smith.
a placer
at will
Once having got into the system, he or she can switch from database to database at will.
buscador de placeres
pleasure seeker
Three hundred years ago, Venice was, for pleasure seekers, the single most seductive destination in the world.
buscar placer
seek + pleasure
Come to reading willingly, seeking many pleasures from books, and you soon find enjoyment.
casa de placer
house of pleasure
Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
crucero de placer
pleasure cruiser
Up to 60 people were feared drowned last night after a pleasure cruiser was rammed, run over, and sunk by a huge dredger in the early hours.
dar placer
give + pleasure
give + enjoyment
I have myself a well-known dislike for historical fiction; it is a genre that on the whole gives me little pleasure.
Literary novels do not set out simply to entertain and give enjoyment; indeed they can be tremendously depressing.
dar un gran placer
give + Nombre + great pleasure to
Horses have always had a special place in her heart and it gives her great pleasure to capture them.
derivar placer de
obtain + pleasure from
For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
encontrar gran placer en
find + great pleasure in
I find great pleasure in using color out of context to express emotion and to entertain the viewer.
encontrar placer
find + delight
find + enjoyment
There is a new profession of trail blazers, those who find delight in the task of establishing useful trails through the enourmous mass of records.
Come to reading willingly, seeking many pleasures from books, and you soon find enjoyment.
estropear el placer
spoil + pleasure
My problem was to make the other children aware of that truth about literature without at the same time spoiling William's pleasure in reading 'Ransome'.
gemir de placer
groan with + pleasure
moan with + pleasure
She groaned with pleasure and licked her lips.
You need to learn some tips so you can make her moan with pleasure tonight.
gran placer
great pleasure
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
no ser un placer
bring no + joy
there + be + no joy
take no + joy
As teachers, we have to shatter their naivete (because ultimately that is what education ought to be), but it brings no joy to do so.
Well, friends, we were really scraping the bottom of the barrel, and there was no joy, no joy at all.
Make no mistake, I take no joy in seeing peaceful protesters attacked.
obtener placer
take + pleasure
obtain + pleasure from
derive + pleasure
Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.
For me a picture of myself in a dentist's waiting room is a perfect metaphor for set and setting very much in play against the easily obtained pleasures I usually get from reading.
He was interested mostly in what he described as 'word of God' and he derived pleasure and consolation from his reading = Estaba interesado principalmente en lo que describía como la "palabra de Dios" y obtenía placer y consuelo de su lectura.
obtener placer de
get + pleasure from
You cannot get pleasure from a literary book until you have 'lived inside it' - have discovered the patterns of event, of character, of language, of meaning, being woven in it.
placer corporal
bodily pleasure
Though the modern use of the term 'epicurean' is associated with the saying, 'Eat, drink and be merry,' epicureanism did not advocate simple pursuit of bodily pleasure.
placer de la lectura, el
joy of reading, the
Universal schooling does not guarantee a daily reading habit, and the emphasis on teaching the techniques of reading can obscure the real joy of reading, of engaging emotionally with the text.
placer oculto [Placer del que no sentimos avergonzados admitir]
guilty pleasure
For some folks chocolate is a guilty pleasure, others like candy but mine comes from 1959-1964: The Twilight Zone.
placer prohibido
outlaw delight
forbidden pleasure
Because books are so often used as a means of instruction, children too often come to suppose that this is is how all books must be read, except, of course, for those outlaw delights like comics.
Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.
placer sexual
sexual pleasure
Most women who get labelled as frigid are actually warm, caring people but they find displaying overt sexual pleasure difficult.
por el placer de hacerlo
(just) for the fun of (doing) it
(just) for the hell of (doing) it
(just) for the sake of it
Last week, I decided to collect as many sarcastic and funny remarks as I could, just for the fun of it.
The article is entitled 'A Marshland index - or ìndexing for the hell of it'.
When they started to eff and blind just for the sake of it, I felt they lost the plot a bit.
por placer
for kicks
(just) for the fun of (doing) it
(just) for the hell of (doing) it
(just) for the sake of it
These robbers carry out their vicious attacks for 'kicks' and street credibility rather than cash, a chilling study reveals.
Last week, I decided to collect as many sarcastic and funny remarks as I could, just for the fun of it.
The article is entitled 'A Marshland index - or ìndexing for the hell of it'.
When they started to eff and blind just for the sake of it, I felt they lost the plot a bit.
por puro placer
(just) for the fun of (doing) it
(just) for the sake of it
Last week, I decided to collect as many sarcastic and funny remarks as I could, just for the fun of it.
When they started to eff and blind just for the sake of it, I felt they lost the plot a bit.
proporcionar gran placer
find + great pleasure in
I find great pleasure in using color out of context to express emotion and to entertain the viewer.
proporcionar un gran placer
give + Nombre + great pleasure to
Horses have always had a special place in her heart and it gives her great pleasure to capture them.
que busca el placer
pleasure-seeking
But problems arise when pleasure-seeking behaviors take over a person's life, as in drug addiction or obesity.
que da placer
pleasure-giving
Cocaine works by stimulating pleasure-giving neurotransmitters.
que produce placer
pleasure-giving
Cocaine works by stimulating pleasure-giving neurotransmitters.
ser un gran placer
give + Nombre + great pleasure to
Horses have always had a special place in her heart and it gives her great pleasure to capture them.
ser un placer + Infinitivo
be happy to + Verbo
be a joy to + Verbo
Maybe Juan and his merry companions would be happy to relegate us to the boiler room, or a janitor's closet!.
So it was a joy to take a stroll down memory lane and revisit some of their most poignant and funny moments as described in the book.
sólo por placer
(just) for the fun of (doing) it
(just) for the hell of (doing) it
Last week, I decided to collect as many sarcastic and funny remarks as I could, just for the fun of it.
The article is entitled 'A Marshland index - or ìndexing for the hell of it'.
tener el placer de
take + pleasure
Just as Ivan finds that by taking pleasure in an extra piece of food he makes survival possible and beats Stalin and his jailors at heir own game.
