friendly neighbour
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffriendlyandneighbour
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friendly
adjective
uk/ˈfrend.li/us/ˈfrend.li/
behaving in a pleasant, kind way ...
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neighbour
noun[C]
uk/ˈneɪ.bər/us/ˈneɪ.bɚ/
someone who lives very close ...
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(Definition offriendlyandneighbourfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It wants and desires—it has always desired—to remain afriendlyneighbour.
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It is not occupation by afriendlyneighbour, it is occupation by the ancestral enemy.
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They will be far better served with afriendlyneighbour, even if he is breathing down their neck, than an enemy pushed to the end of the street.
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People in those circumstances should not, and often cannot, rely on afriendlyneighbourto read their bank statement, council tax bill or other confidential information.
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We all admit that many people have, in addition to their basic pension, such additional benefits as family help, savings, friendly neighbours, or clubs.
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The friendly neighbourhood shop has been robbing the friendly neighbours right, left and centre.
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If they do not have families, they are relying on neighbours, and if they do not have friendly neighbours, they are going without basic care.
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Many of our friendly neighbours are far advanced in the process.
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That undoubtedly caused great strains between previously friendly neighbours.
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Europe can present itself as a model of how erstwhile enemies can be turned into friendly neighbours.
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We should be friendly neighbours.
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