nice person

collocation in English

meaningsofniceandperson

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nice
adjective
uk
/naɪs/us
/naɪs/
pleasant, enjoyable, ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofniceandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnice person

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It was our intention to have thisnicepersongain the trust of the other women and then cause trouble for them.
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Then help me to the nextnicepersonlike yourself!
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Little was known about him, but he did not come across as aniceperson.
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Yet, they recall the general as aniceperson, loved by the common people.
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She was an awfullyniceperson, a fine woman.
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Not that she would complain, because she's an awfullyniceperson.
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In any case, he has come through all right, and everynicepersonis happy about the result.
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He is a verynicepersonwho takes a real interest in the industry.
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It is something that should happen more often, as people say when they meet aniceperson.
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You are a courteous, tolerant,nicepersonwhen one meets you in private, when one invites you to lunch: you understand the other person's arguments.
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I find it difficult to reconcile such aniceperson, on the one hand, with such reactionary ideas, on the other.
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He is such anicepersonthat we can usually tell when his heart is not in a subject.
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I think it is wise to declare that non-interest just in case thatnicepersonwishes to write to me again.
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A shopkeeper is pressed by some verynicepersonto sell him a packet of cigarettes at a certain hour of the evening.
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He is always anicepersonand can be extremely helpful to us in suggesting ways in which our care of animals can be improved and this kind of thing.
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He really is anicepersonsuperbly outspoken.
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Reiser later revealed in his autobiography that he sometimes would have preferred to just get away with someniceperson.
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He confesses that before the transplant he was not aniceperson, but now he has been given a second chance.
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Helga is aniceperson, kind and helpful, but sometimes it'll be hard if she is angry.
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There's no one more of an expert on budgeting and legislative process; but even more than that, he's a genuinelyniceperson.
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