Food & eating
take pleasure in something
enjoy something
To enjoy or get satisfaction from something.
Hear it in real life
Why do you spend so long cooking?
I take pleasure in getting the little details right.
My grandfather takes pleasure in making coffee slowly by hand every morning.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: She takes pleasure to cook elaborate meals.
Say: She takes pleasure in cooking elaborate meals.
The expression takes “in” followed by a noun or an -ing activity.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
take pleasure in something; takes pleasure in doing something
Your turn: say it out loud
My grandfather takes pleasure in making coffee slowly by hand every morning.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
take pleasure in something
enjoy something
“My grandfather takes pleasure in making coffee slowly by hand every morning.”
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