saw her husband walk through the door. relieved to see/know/hear etc We were so relieved to hear that nobody was hurt in the accident.
+ (that) 7'm fine,' she replied, relieved that he was no longer angry with her.
relief IriYnfj [n singular/U] the feeling you have when you are no longer worried about something
it is a relief to do sth It was a relief to get home after that terrible journey. with relic/ Martha noticed with relief that the strange man was no longer looking at her.
to sb's relie/ (=making someone feel relieved) He ran back to the restaurant and. to his relief, found his wallet was still on the table.
EJ to make someone feel happy
make sb happy /,meik (sb) haepi/ to make someone feel happy: Would winning ten million dollars really make you happy? I Nothing I did ever seemed to make him happy.
please /pli:z/ T] to make someone happy by doing what they want you to do: I only got married to please my parents. I Tony will do anything to please the boss.
satisfying /saet^sfai-113/ [adj] a satisfying
job, activity, or experience is one that you enjoy, especially because you feel you are doing something good and usefuclass="underline" Growing your own food can be very satisfying.
cheer up /.tjbr 'лр; [phrasa/ verb T] to make someone feel happy again after they have been unhappy
cheer up sb Sending flowers is a great
way to cheer up a friend who's
deoressed. i
cheer sb up Гт taking Angie out to a restaurant to cheer her up.
Ш to feel happy again after feeling sad
cheer up /.tjisr лрl \phrasal verb I] to feel happy again after you have been unhappy:
Matt soon cheered up when I offered to
take him to the ball game. I Cheer up. Jenny I Things aren't so bad.
HARD
opposite soft
^ if you mean 'hard to do or understand', go to difficult
II something that does not bend or change its shape
hard /ha:rd/ [adj] something that is hard does not change its shape when you press on it: The seats on the bus were hard and uncomfortable. I During the night the ground had become frozen and hard. I Diamonds are the hardest known substance in the world.
solid /'sol^dll'sa:-/ [adj] something that is solid is made of thick hard material is not hollow, and is difficult to damage or break:
That table looks pretty solid why don't you put the computer there? I a solid concrete floor I a solid oak door
firm <Тз:гтi |adj] not completely hard, but not changing shape much when you press it - use this about things that are sometimes soft, such as fruit, muscles, or the ground: exercises to make your stomach muscles nice and firm I I sat back and rested my head against a firm cushion.
Stiff ;stif; [adj] not easy to bend - use this about things like paper or cloth: He stuck the photos onto a sheet of stiff black cardboard. I The collar of his shirt felt stiff and uncomfortable.
tough /tAf/ [adj] meat that is tough is difficult to eat because it is not soft enough; materials that are tough are strong and difficult to break or damage: My steak's really tough - how s yours? I walking boots with tough rubber soles
Ed to become hard 'or to make something hard
harden .'ha:rdn [u I/T] to become hard or to make something hard: The glue needs about 24 hours to harden. I The steel is
hardened by heating it to a very high temperature.
set /set/ |u I] if a liquid substance sets, it becomes harder - use this to talk about something that slowly becomes harder after it is mixed with water, for example, food or building materials: How long does it take for cement to set?
setting - set - have set
HATE
II to hate someone or something
see also love, like/not like,
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hate ,/heit/ [u T] to dislike someone or something very much: Dave hated his parents when he was a teenager. I Why do vou hate school so much? hate doing sth Like most people, Sally hated being unemployed, and she was
very relieved when she found a new job
Qcan't stand/can't bear ka:nt
staend. kaint Ьеэг||,кжт-/ especially spoken if you can't stand or can't bear a person or situation, they make you feel very uncomfortable, very angry or very unhappy, and you want to avoid them: They had loved each other once, but now they couldn't
stand each other. I When I was pregnant. I couln't bear the smell of meat cooking.
can't stand/bear doing sth She couldn't bear seeing him in such pain. can't stand/bear sb doing stk / can't stand people smoking while I'm eating.
detest/loathe 'driest, bxv [и T) to hate
someone or something very much especially because they make you feel very angry: S/ie always detested any form of cruelty. I Mrs Morel was married to a man whom she loathed, detest/loathe doing sth Above all Williams detested being shouted at by officers young enough to be his sons.
A Use detest or loathe especially when j you are writing stories or descriptions. j
Ea a feeiing of hating someone or something
hatred /'heitr^d [n U] an extremely strong feeling of hating someone or something: / could see the jealousy and hatred in Jeff s eyes.
+ of Tom had a hatred of any kind of authority.
+ /or/towards use this about a feeling of hate for people, not things: Strangely, the murderer said he never felt hatred for any of his victims.
El someone who hates you and wants to harm you
opposite friend
enemy /enami/ [n C] Did your husband have any enemies?
make a lot of enemies (=make a lot of people hate you and want to harm you) He made a lot of enemies while he was working as a police officer.