Collocations for nice - adj.
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste
I felt nice and cosy. | That bread smells nice. | His mother sounded very nice on the phone.
I felt nice and cosy. | That bread smells nice. | His mother sounded very nice on the phone.
make sth
I tidied the room to make it nice for the others when they came home.
I tidied the room to make it nice for the others when they came home.
ADV.
awfully, exceptionally, extremely, incredibly, jolly, really, terribly, very
an awfully nice man
an awfully nice man
perfectly, thoroughly
I''m sure she''s perfectly nice really.
I''m sure she''s perfectly nice really.
not particularly
It had not been a particularly nice experience.
It had not been a particularly nice experience.
pretty, quite, rather | enough
Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn''t want to go out with them.
Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn''t want to go out with them.
PREP.
about
He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble.
He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble.
for
It''s nice for Mum to get out more.
It''s nice for Mum to get out more.
to
Can''t you be nice to each other for once?
Can''t you be nice to each other for once?
PHRASES
nice little
It''s a nice little place you''ve got here.
It''s a nice little place you''ve got here.