nice

adj.

VERBS

▪ be, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste

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I felt nice and warm.

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That bread smells nice.

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His mother sounded very nice on the phone.

▪ make sth

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I cleaned the room to make it nice for the others when they came home.

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ awfully, exceptionally, incredibly, terribly (esp. BrE)

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an awfully nice man

▪ perfectly, thoroughly

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I'm sure she's perfectly nice really.

▪ genuinely, truly

▪ not particularly

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It had not been a particularly nice experience.

▪ enough

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Some of the boys were nice enough, but she didn't want to go out with them.

PREPOSITION

▪ about

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He was incredibly nice about it, though I am sure it caused him a lot of trouble.

▪ for

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It's nice for her to get out more.

▪ to

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Can't you be nice to each other for once?

PHRASES

▪ nice little

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It's a nice little place you have here.

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