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have the time of your life

have the time of your life [idiom]

To enjoy yourself very much

have the time of your life - حال کردن، خوش گذروندن
Example: 

We had the time of our lives at Ali's party.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

pleasant/unpleasant  [ countable ]   a good time, bad time, difficult time etc is a period or occasion when you have good, bad, difficult etc experiences :  
This was the happiest time of her life.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

have the ˌtime of your ˈlife
(informal) to enjoy yourself very much

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

the time of your life

an extremely enjoyable experience:

We had the time of our lives at the party.

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rejoice

rejoice [verb]

to feel or show great happiness about something

US /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ 
UK /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ 
Example: 

People rejoiced at seeing their leader.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

rejoice

rejoice /rɪˈdʒɔɪs/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: rejoir, from Latin gaudere 'to rejoice']
1. literary to feel or show that you are very happy
rejoice at/over/in
His family rejoiced at the news.
We rejoiced in our good fortune.
2. rejoice in the name/title (of) something British English to have a name or title that is silly or amusing:
He rejoices in the name of Pigg.

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rejoice

 

re·joice [rejoice rejoices rejoiced rejoicing]   [rɪˈdʒɔɪs]    [rɪˈdʒɔɪs]  verb intransitive, transitive (formal)
to express great happiness about sth
When the war ended, people finally had cause to rejoice.
~ at/in/over sth The motor industry is rejoicing at the cut in car tax.
~ to do sth They rejoiced to see their son well again.
~ that… I rejoice that justice has prevailed.
Idiom: rejoice in the name of …
Verb forms:

 
Word Origin:

Middle English (in the sense ‘cause joy to’): from Old French rejoiss-, lengthened stem of rejoir, from re- (expressing intensive force) + joir ‘experience joy’.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

rejoice / rɪˈdʒɔɪs / verb [ I ] formal

to feel or show great happiness about something:

Everyone rejoiced at the news of his safe return.

She rejoiced in her good fortune.

[ + to infinitive ] I rejoiced to see that she had made such a quick recovery.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

rejoice

[rɪʤɔ͟ɪs]
 rejoices, rejoicing, rejoiced
 1) VERB If you rejoice, you are very pleased about something and you show it in your behaviour.
  [V in/at n] Garbo plays the Queen, rejoicing in the love she has found with Antonio...
  [V in/at n] A Foreign Ministry statement said that the French government rejoiced at the happy outcome to events...
  [V that] Party activists in New Hampshire rejoiced that the presidential campaign had finally started. [Also V]
  Derived words:
  rejoicing N-UNCOUNT There was general rejoicing at the news.
 2) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that a person or thing rejoices in the name of something, you mean that they have a silly or amusing name.
  ...their tortoise, who rejoiced in the name of Carruthers.

 

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

rejoice

 

re·joice /rɪˈʤoɪs/ verb -joic·es; -joiced; -joic·ing [no obj] : to feel or show that you are very happy about something
• We all rejoiced over/about/in/at our friend's good luck.
• The fans rejoiced when their team finally won the World Series. = The fans rejoiced in their team's World Series victory.
rejoice in the name/title of Brit humorous : to have a name/title that makes people laugh or smile
• a woman who rejoices in the name of Eugenia Whelpbottom
- rejoicing noun [noncount]
• There was much rejoicing when the soldiers returned home.

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