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pleased

/pliːzd/ adjective A2
  1. Happy, content. · She was pleased about her exam results.· I’m pleased to meet you at last.
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Wickham was so perfectly satisfied with this conversation, that he never again distressed himself, or provoked his dear sister Elizabeth, by introducing the subject of it; and she was pleased to find that she had said enough to keep him quiet.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 306 · B2
Upon this, the old man, vexed and ashamed, made the best of his way home again, convinced that by endeavoring to please everybody he had pleased nobody, and lost his Ass in the bargain.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 51 · B2
Mercédès looked pleased and gratified, while Fernand grasped the handle of his knife with a convulsive clutch.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 26 · C1
“With all my heart!” replied Danglars, pleased to find the other so tractable.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 36 · C1

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