frank discussion

collocation in English

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frank
adjective
uk
/fræŋk/us
/fræŋk/
honest, sincere, and telling the truth, even when this might be awkward or make other ...
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discussion
noun[C or U]
uk
/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/us
/dɪˈskʌʃ.ən/
the activity in which people talk about something and tell each other their ideas ...
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(Definition offrankanddiscussionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This situation was unlikely to be repeated, and made a similar political atmosphere favouringfrankdiscussionhighly unlikely.
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On the other hand, being known to the participants might have stifled the interviews and impeded open andfrankdiscussion.
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Often, these misgivings can be corrected withfrankdiscussion.
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Although, not all participants wished forfrankdiscussionabout their conditions.
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This rigour continues throughout and there is a penetrating andfrankdiscussionof a period of great difficulty, beginning around 1950 and going on to the end of the 1960s.
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Afrankdiscussion, too, of the pervasiveness of the 'character' in individual works would be welcome and would not have undermined the integrity of the book as a whole.
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This is a slight violation of our ban on fraternalfrankdiscussion.
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I say that there should be afrankdiscussionbecause there has been altogether much too much woolly talk about the question of immigration.
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I can but think that the relative want offrankdiscussionof this painful subject has been unfortunate, and a bad augury for the future.
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I think that it is a good thing to have had this extremelyfrankdiscussion.
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The jargon in my profession is that we had a full andfrankdiscussion.
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We should work towards a system which encourages a free exchange of views, and an opportunity forfrankdiscussion.
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But these matters can and should be resolved in the coming weeks byfrankdiscussionon all sides.
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The proceedings of the boards of the multilateral development banks are confidential so as not to inhibit full andfrankdiscussion.
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It is right, therefore, that there should be thisfrankdiscussionand that the consultation should be as full as possible.
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There was a full andfrankdiscussionwhich kept many of us here longer than we desired.
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Nothing is lost by a frank facing of the facts and afrankdiscussion.
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I took up that invitation and had a veryfrankdiscussionwith the city treasurer.
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That will provide an opportunity for full andfrankdiscussionon exactly how the interests of people with sensory impairment can best be served.
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We had two days of free andfrankdiscussionon all the main problems.
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