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thrill
adjectives
a big/great thrill
• It was a great thrill for me to beat Federer.
a real thrill
• Playing in such an important game must be a real thrill.
a cheap thrill
disapproving (= excitement that you can get easily or without much effort )
• Young people go to the big city in search of cheap thrills.
verbs
get a thrill
• I get such a thrill out of skydiving.
feel a thrill
written:
• I felt a thrill of anticipation as I waited for her train to arrive.
give somebody a thrill
• It gave me a big thrill to meet him.
phrases
a thrill of excitement/anticipation/pleasure
• As the plane took off, she felt a thrill of excitement.
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noun ADJ. big, great, real | cheap | vicarious He gets vicarious thrills from watching people bungee jumping. VERB + THRILL enjoy, experience, feel, get, have | give sb THRILL + NOUN seeker PREP. for a/the ~ He used to steal from shops just for the thrill of it. | ~ from/out of He used to get cheap thrills out of frightening the girl next door. | ~ of She felt a thrill of excitement as the mountains came into view.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary