Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
request the pleasure of someone's company — request the pleasure of someone’s company formal phrase to invite someone formally to something The captain requests the pleasure of your company at dinner tonight. Thesaurus: to make a requestsynonym entertaining guestshyponym to ask a question… … Useful english dictionary
request the pleasure of someone's company — formal to invite someone formally to something The captain requests the pleasure of your company at dinner tonight … English dictionary
request — re|quest1 [ rı kwest ] noun count *** 1. ) an act of asking for something in a polite or formal way: request for: Requests for visas will be dealt with within 48 hours. refuse/reject a request: Three banks have already refused his request for a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pleasure — [[t]ple̱ʒə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ pleasures 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N from/in n/ ing If something gives you pleasure, you get a feeling of happiness, satisfaction, or enjoyment from it. Watching sport gave him great pleasure... Everybody takes pleasure in eating … English dictionary
request — I UK [rɪˈkwest] / US noun [countable] Word forms request : singular request plural requests *** 1) an act of asking for something in a polite or formal way request for: Requests for visas will be dealt with immediately. refuse/reject a request:… … English dictionary
The Love Suicides at Amijima — ( Shinjū Ten no Amijima or Shinjūten no Amijima 心中天網島) is a domestic play ( sewamono ) by Japanese playwright Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Originally written for the jōruri puppet theatre, it was adapted into kabuki shortly after its premiere. The play… … Wikipedia
The Staunton-Morphy controversy — concerns the failure of negotiations in 1858 for a chess match between Howard Staunton and Paul Morphy and later interpretations of the actions of the two players. The details of the events are not universally agreed, and accounts and… … Wikipedia
The Icemark Chronicles — is a series of books consisting of The Cry of the Icemark , followed by Blade of Fire , and Last Battle of the Icemark [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1905294700 Amazon.co.uk: The Last Battle of the Icemark (Icemark Chronicles): Books: Stuart Hill… … Wikipedia
The X-Files: I Want to Believe — Theatrical release poster Directed by Chris Carter Produced by … Wikipedia
The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… … Wikipedia
pleasure — plea|sure W2S2 [ˈpleʒə US ər] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plaisir; PLEASE2] 1.) [U] the feeling of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction that you get from an experience →↑pleasant with pleasure ▪ She sipped her drink with obvious… … Dictionary of contemporary English
