friendly conversation

collocation in English

meaningsoffriendlyandconversation

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friendly
adjective
uk
/ˈfrend.li/us
/ˈfrend.li/
behaving in a pleasant, kind way ...
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conversation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˌkɒn.vəˈseɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːn.vɚˈseɪ.ʃən/
(a) talk between two or more people in which thoughts, feelings, and ideas are expressed, questions are asked and answered, or news and information ...
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(Definition offriendlyandconversationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffriendly conversation

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Concentrating on breathing orfriendlyconversationmay be enough in themselves for a large number of patients.
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Friendlyconversationwas encouraged, while quarrelsome behavior, along with morally corrupt practices like swearing, gambling, and card-playing, would not be tolerated.
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The group carries on with theirfriendlyconversation.
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Is it not possible to settle this unfortunate dispute by direct approach and a littlefriendlyconversation?
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Nothing, however, transpired beyond afriendlyconversation: no new proposals were put forward and no fresh developments arose out of the interviews.
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No one who was present believed that it was other than afriendlyconversationwith regard to the possibilities of the situation.
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It is a telephone chat line on which adults can telephone a number and up to nine adults can come together forfriendlyconversation.
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The families then continued their tours together while the principals had afriendlyconversationover beer.
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These soldiers engaged infriendlyconversationwith the protesters; some reports state that two tanks were seized and some troops disarmed.
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When shoppers ask for her assistance, she would misunderstand them or mistakenly believe that they were trying to engage infriendlyconversationwith her.
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The professor had afriendlyconversationat first; commenting that the canteen's food is always the best and his marital status (he was still a bachelor).
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