Expressing relief, pain and pleasure

EXPRESSING RELIEF, PAIN AND PLEASURE

•   Relief artinya kelegaan atau rasa lega
•   Pain artinya kesakitan
•   Pleasure artinya kesenangan

 

Example :

• Expression relief

Vina    : Sorry, I’m late. The traffic was really awful.

Doni    : It’s all right. We’re still waiting for the major to open the seminar anyway.

Vina    : What a relief! I thought I was late. 

• .      Expressing pain

Dewa   : so, will rima join us tomorrow ?

Chika   : yeah, she has confirmed it

Dewa   : that’s great! Ouch!

Chika   : are you all right? Oh no, your forehead!

Dewa   : what’s wrong with my forehead ?

Chika   : it think it’s a swollen. May I touch it ?

Dewa   : ouch! It’s painful!

Chika   : sorry 

    

•  Expressing Pleasure

Andi    : Hurray !!! I did it!

Nadia  : Hey, what’s up ?

Andi    : Look! I achieved the perfect score! So will get a free ticket to watch the final of the   interschool basketball competition. How great!

Nadia  : Well, I’m happy for you

Perbedaan expressing relief dan expressing pleasure adalah jika relief itu ada usaha tetapi pleasure tidak ada usahanya.

 

Here are the sentences to express relief, pain and pleasure.

Expressing Relief		Expressing Pain
What a relief!		Ugh, it’s very painful!
Thank God for ….		Oh, it’s killing me!
Thank goodness!		Ouch! It hurts so much!
Oh, that’s all right, then.		I’m in pain all over.
I can’t tell you how relieved I am.		I feel very sore
		My body aches/My muscles ache.
Expressing Pleasure
Great!/Terrific!	I love it		That’s great/terrific!
That wonderful!	It is really delightful./I am delighted		It’s really a great pleasure.