Emotions & feelings
delighted
very pleased
If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and happy about something.
Hear it in real life
How did your parents react to the news?
They were absolutely delighted.
I was delighted with the results because I had worked hard for them.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I was delighted for the scholarship news.
Say: I was delighted about the scholarship news.
Use “delighted about” for good news; “delighted for” is used when pleased on someone else's behalf.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be delighted with something; be delighted to do something; be delighted that
Your turn: say it out loud
I was delighted with the results because I had worked hard for them.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
delighted
very pleased
“I was delighted with the results because I had worked hard for them.”
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