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Collocations for nice - adj.

VERBS

be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste
I felt nice and warm.
That bread smells nice.
His mother sounded very nice on the phone.
make sth
I cleaned the room to make it nice for the others when they came home.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
awfully, exceptionally, incredibly, terribly (esp. BrE)
an awfully nice man
perfectly, thoroughly
I'm sure she's perfectly nice really.
genuinely, truly
not particularly
It had not been a particularly nice experience.
enough
Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn't want to go out with them.

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PREPOSITION

about
He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble.
for
It's nice for her to get out more.
to
Can't you be nice to each other for once?

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PHRASES

nice little
It's a nice little place you have here.

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Nice is used with these nouns:
atmosphere, bath, bit, blend, bloke, bonus, break, bruise, bump, bunch, catch, change, chap, chat, Christmas, clothes, comment, complement, complexion, compliment, day, distraction, diversion, evening, feature, feeling, fellow, fit, flat, gesture, girl, guy, home, hotel, idea, irony, job, kid, lad, lady, letter, lunch, man, nap, neighbourhood, people, person, personality, place, rest, scenery, selection, shade, sideline, smell, story, surprise, swim, taste, thing, thought, touch, trip, try, tune, twist, vacation, weather, woman, word, work

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