Giáo án tiếng Anh 12 - Please verb

D WITH ▪ We’re all quite pleased with Amanda’s progress. 
PLEASED ABOUT ▪ His parents were very pleased about his award.pleased to see/hear/learn/be etc ▪ You’ll be 
pleased to hear that your application has been accepted. 
PLEASED (THAT) ▪ Laurie was pleased that her daughter decided to go to college. 
GLAD /glæd/ [adjective not before noun] happy about a situation, especially because it has improved or because 
it is not as bad as it could have been: ▪ We were all glad when it was time to go home. 
GLAD (THAT) ▪ She was glad that the birthday party was a success. ▪ ‘The meal was excellent.’ ‘I’m glad you 
liked it.’ 
GLAD TO SEE/HEAR/LEARN, etc. ▪ Viv was glad to learn they’d reached home safely. 
BE TICKLED /biː ˈtɪkəld/ [verb phrase] informal to feel happy and pleased that something has happened or that 
someone has done something for you, especially when it is amusing or unusual: BE TICKLED ABOUT/WITH 
▪ Kurt is tickled about all the attention he’s been getting. 
BE TICKLED (THAT) ▪ We’re tickled that the magazine has become so popular. 
BE TICKLED PINK/BE TICKLED TO DEATH feel very happy ▪ I’m sure Dick will be tickled pink to see 
you. 
GLOAT /gləʊt/ [intransitive verb] to show in an unpleasant way that you are happy about your own success or 
someone else’s failure or problems: ▪ He has an unpleasant habit of gloating whenever he wins at tennis. ▪ I hate 
to gloat, you guys, but I told you it wouldn’t work. 
GLOAT OVER ▪ It was horrible to see her gloating over her brother’s misfortune. 
GLEEFUL /ˈgliːfəl/ [adjective] really enjoying the fact that something good has happened to you or that 
something bad has happened to someone else: ▪ She seemed almost gleeful when I told her Hope had been fired. ▪ 
The park was full of gleeful children playing on sleds. 
GLEEFULLY [adverb] ▪ ‘Go ahead and ask him - he won’t help you either!’ Phil yelled gleefully. 
PLEASE /pliːz/ interjection 
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1. used to be polite when asking someone to do something: 
 - Could you please clean up the living room? 
 - Sit down, please. 
 - Please be quiet! 
2. used to be polite when asking for something: 
 - I’d like a cup of coffee, please. 
 - Please can I go to Rebecca’s house? 
3. said in order to politely accept something that someone offers you: 
 - ‘More wine?’ ‘Yes, please.’ 
4. Please! informal 
a) said when you think what someone has just said or asked is not possible or reasonable: 
 - Oh, please, he’d never do that. 
b) used to ask someone to stop behaving badly: 
 - Alison! Please! 
5. please Sir/Mrs Towers, etc. British English spoken used by children to get an adult’s attention 
SATISFY /ˈsætəsfaɪ, ˈsætɪsfaɪ/ verb 
(past tense and past participle satisfied, present participle satisfying, third person singular satisfies) 
[transitive] 
1. to make someone feel pleased by doing what they want: 
 - Nothing I did would ever satisfy my father. 
 - Her explanation failed to satisfy the jury. 
2. if you satisfy someone’s needs, demands etc, you provide what they need or want 
satisfy sb’s needs/demands/desires 
 - The program is designed to satisfy the needs of adult learners. 
satisfy sb’s hunger/appetite (= give someone enough food to stop them from feeling hungry) 
 - A salad won’t be enough to satisfy my appetite. 
 - Just to satisfy my curiosity (= find out something) , how much did it cost? 
3. formal to make someone feel sure that something is right or true = convince 
satisfy somebody of something 
 - Jackson tried to satisfy me of his innocence. 
satisfy yourself (that) 
 - Having satisfied herself that no one was there, she closed the door. 
4. formal to be good enough for a particular purpose, standard etc = meet: 
 - Have you satisfied all the requirements for the general degree? 
COLLOCATIONS 
NOUNS 
satisfy a need 
 - Education must satisfy the needs of its pupils. 
satisfy a demand 
 - The company was unable to satisfy demand for the product. 
satisfy somebody's appetite/hunger 
 - They don't get enough food to satisfy their appetite. 
satisfy a desire 
 - It is difficult to satisfy a desire for power. 
satisfy an urge 
 - Her urge to travel had never been satisfied. 
satisfy somebody's curiosity (= let someone know something they want to know) 
 - I had to read the letter, just to satisfy my curiosity. 
satisfy somebody's wants (= provide the things that someone wants) 
 - We work hard to satisfy customers' wants. 
satisfy somebody's aspirations (= provide the things that someone hopes to get) 
 - The new government failed to satisfy the aspirations of the people. 
satisfy somebody's cravings (= satisfy a strong desire ) 
I needed to satisfy my cravings for chocolate. 
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COLLOCATIONS 
NOUNS 
satisfy a requirement 
 - The application must satisfy the requirements of Article 6. 
satisfy a condition 
 - Free treatment is available providing that two conditions are satisfied. 
satisfy a criterion 
 - These programmes permit students to enter higher education without satisfying all the admissions criteria. 
satisfy somebody (that) 
 - Applicants will have to satisfy the committee that they are suitable for the job.be satisfied with/that accept 
something as true 
 - The police said that they were satisfied with his story and let him go free. 
1. WHEN YOU THINK SOMETHING IS GOOD ENOUGH 
SATISFIED /ˈsætɪsfaɪd, ˈsætəsfaɪd/ [adjective] the way you feel when you think that something is as good as it 
should be, for example someone’s work or something you buy: ▪ I did the whole essay again, but she still wasn’t 
satisfied. ▪ Sussman puffed on his pipe, a satisfied grin on his face. 
SATISFIED WITH ▪ His boss seems satisfied with his work. ▪ 95% of passengers say they are satisfied with the 
bus service.satisfied that ▪ Patients seemed satisfied that the standard of care was adequate. 
SATISFIED CUSTOMER ▪ A good travel agent knows that a satisfied customer will always come back. 
HAPPY /ˈhæpi/ [adjective not before noun] informal satisfied with what you have achieved: ▪ Pinker stated that 
he was perfectly happy with the arrangement.HAPPY WITH ▪ Doctors said they were happy with how the 
operation had gone.happy about ▪ I’d gotten a lot done over the weekend and was happy about that. 
PLEASED /pliːzd/ [adjective not before noun] especially British the way you feel when you think something is 
very good and you feel very satisfied with it: ▪ Were you pleased when you saw the results? 
PLEASED WITH ▪ Tom’s teacher was pleased with his progress. ▪ ‘How’s your new car?’ ‘It’s great - I’m really 
pleased with it.’ 
FIND/CONSIDER SOMETHING SATISFACTORY /ˌfaɪnd, kənˌsɪdəʳ something ˌsæt sˈfæktəri/ [verb 
phrase] to think something is good enough because it is of a high enough standard or it gives you what you need: ▪ 
A decision was made that both sides found satisfactory. ▪ The new rules will not affect schools that parents 
consider satisfactory. 
2. WHEN YOU HAVE WHAT YOU WANT IN YOUR LIFE, YOUR JOB, etc. 
SATISFIED also HAPPY informal /ˈsætɪsfaɪd, ˈsætəsfaɪd, ˈhæpi/ [adjective not usually before noun] happy 
because you have what you want: ▪ Delia won’t be happy until she’s earning more than her husband. ▪ Bowman 
said he had been perfectly happy in his role as director, before the change in job specifications. 
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SATISFIED WITH ▪ I don’t really want a bigger house - I’m satisfied with what I’ve got. ▪ I’d be happy with a 
part-time job, as long as the wages were ok. 
SATISFIED TO DO SOMETHING ▪ My kids are perfectly happy to watch the same videos over and over 
again. 
CONTENT /kənˈtent/ [adjective not before noun] satisfied with everything in a situation, so that you do not want 
to change anything or ask for anything more: ▪ The baby sat on its mother’s lap, perfectly content.content to do 
something ▪ At the moment my mother seems content to take things slowly. ▪ He rarely talked about his own 
work, and was content to listen to the experiences of others. 
CONTENT WITH ▪ He was a strong, vital man, successful and content with his life. 
FULFILLED /fʊlˈfɪld/ [adjective not usually before noun] satisfied because you feel that your life or your work 
is interesting, useful, and important: ▪ I think if I could write a song that I knew was good, not necessarily a big 
hit, I would feel fulfilled. ▪ A young married woman, supposedly fulfilled by husband and children, confessed the 
emptiness of her life. 
3. MAKING YOU FEEL SATISFIED 
SATISFYING /ˈsætɪsfaɪ-ɪŋ, ˈsætəsfaɪ-ɪŋ/ [adjective] a job, activity, or experience that is satisfying makes you 
feel satisfied, because you enjoy doing it and the results are often very good: ▪ There’s something very satisfying 
about baking your own bread. ▪ Working with children with special needs can be a satisfying and rewarding 
experience. 
FULFILLING /fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ/ [adjective] something that is fulfilling, such as a job or way of life, makes you feel 
satisfied and happy, because you are using your abilities in a useful way: ▪ Pruitt says that for him, fatherhood is 
creative and fulfilling. ▪ Many older people who have no fulfilling personal relationships lavish their affection on 
pets. 
REWARDING /rɪˈwɔːʳdɪŋ/ [adjective] a job or activity that is rewarding is satisfying, because you feel you are 
doing something useful for yourself or for other people: ▪ Nursing is a very rewarding job. ▪ The literature course 
has been hard work, but very rewarding. ▪ By planning for retirement, you can make it a happy and rewarding 
time of your life. 
4. THE FEELING THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU ARE SATISFIED 
SATISFACTION /ˌsætɪsˈfækʃən, ˌsætəsˈfækʃən/ [uncountable noun] the feeling of being satisfied, especially 
because you have achieved something g