nice thing

collocation in English

meaningsofniceandthing

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nice
adjective
uk
/naɪs/us
/naɪs/
pleasant, enjoyable, ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofniceandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofnice thing

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It was just anicethingthat he did.
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That's thenicethingabout this business - you're always in good company.
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Thenicethingabout our approach is that it brings out the internal categorical aspect of this phenomenon.
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Thenicethingis that this evaluation-state knowledge can elegantly be carried by the in-scope set, which we need anyway.
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However, at least it would be anicethingto talk about.
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Such a report would be anicethingto have.
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Is it not anicethingto welcome a man when he comes back?
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I have not had such anicethingsaid about me since 1983.
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It is not anicethingto do if you want to avoid bad publicity.
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It is not anicethingto say, because it is our constituents who do it.
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That is anicethingto put out at our expense.
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They merely need think that it would be a rathernicethingto do.
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It is not anicethingto have against your name.
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It is a very, verynicethingto have them on board after all these years.
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It is not anicethingto say.
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Every one knows that it is anicethingfor grandparents to see their grandchildren.
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It is not a verynicethingto do.
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That is not a verynicethingto happen to any licensee.
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It would be anicethingif a woman got married two or three times.
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It is a difficult budget, and that is thenicething: to produce a difficult budget.
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