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nodding ['nɒdɪŋ]∎ British to have a nodding acquaintance with sb connaître qn de vue ou vaguement;∎ figurative I have a nodding acquaintance with marketing techniques j'ai quelques notions des techniques de marketing;∎ we're on nodding terms nous nous saluons
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be on nodding terms with someone — have a nodding acquaintance with someone/be on nodding terms with someone/ phrase to know someone well enough to say ‘hello’ to them, but not know them very well Thesaurus: words used to describe relations and relationshipshyponym friendship and… … Useful english dictionary
nodding terms — If you are on nodding terms with someone, you don t know them very well, just well enough to say hello when you meet them. We haven t made any friends yet but we re on nodding terms with our neighbours … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
have a nodding acquaintance with someone — have a nodding acquaintance with someone/be on nodding terms with someone/ phrase to know someone well enough to say ‘hello’ to them, but not know them very well Thesaurus: words used to describe relations and relationshipshyponym friendship and… … Useful english dictionary
nodding acquaintance — noun 1. : a very slight or superficial knowledge or understanding of something had no more than a nodding acquaintance with economic theory 2. : a person with whom one is on terms of casual and distant civility * * * 1. a slight, incomplete, or… … Useful english dictionary
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nod — 1 verb nodded, nodding (I, T) 1 to move your head up and down, especially in order to show agreement or understanding: I asked her if she was ready to go, and she nodded. | nod your head: Jane nodded her head sympathetically. | nod your… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
nod — nod1 W2 [nɔd US na:d] v past tense and past participle nodded present participle nodding [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Low German] 1.) to move your head up and down, especially in order to show agreement or understanding… … Dictionary of contemporary English
nod — I UK [nɒd] / US [nɑd] verb Word forms nod : present tense I/you/we/they nod he/she/it nods present participle nodding past tense nodded past participle nodded *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move your head first downwards and then upwards, to … English dictionary
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