source of pride
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsourceandpride
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source
noun[C]
uk/sɔːs/us/sɔːrs/
the place something comes from or starts at, or the cause ...
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pride
noun
uk/praɪd/us/praɪd/
a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction that you get because you or people connected with you have done or got ...
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(Definition ofsourceandpridefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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For these people, the war was asourceofpride, the launching pad of civilian careers, or just a new start in a new region.
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To be independent was asourceofprideas well as stress, as they began to realise that the younger generation had been subjected to western culture and social norms.
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War-time production was asourceofprideand patriotism for many arsenal workers, but improving their material conditions and avoiding conscription was of more lasting importance.
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Well, it depends entirely upon where they find thesourceofpride.
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Long service, though often valuable to companies and a naturalsourceofprideto individuals, is not always a virtue.
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It has always been asourceofpridein our country that when difficulties crop up people rally round to help out.
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A home should be asourceofprideto the family living in it, regardless of whether it is owned or rented.
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Those people are responsible, experienced and asourceofpridefor us.
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I hope it will continue to attract more visitors and be asourceofprideand pleasure locally.
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The home is a greatsourceofprideand satisfaction.
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That is anothersourceofpridefor the system.
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It should be asourceofprideand it should be protected with urgency and vigilance because it is so precious.
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Many of the areas proposed for designation are enormously popular with tourists and asourceofprideto local people.
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It is asourceofpridethat our 1996 contributions were paid in full and on time.
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They should be asourceofprideto us.
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That is asourceofprideto many of us.
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It is asourceofprideto him, and he probably has his own opinions about that at present.
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It has been asourceofprideto those who have worked at it.
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The fall in unemployment since the previous election is anothersourceofpride.
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When there are joint operations, units remain the same and are still asourceofpride.
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