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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

• List of terms used for Germans — There are many alternative ways to describe the people of Germany, though in English the official designated nationality as well as the standard noun is German. (see also demonym). During the early Renaissance, German implied that the person… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• nod — nod1 [ nad ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to move your head first downward and then upward, to answer Yes to a question or to show that you agree, approve, or understand: I expected an argument, but she just nodded and went out. The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Ratt — Recorded as Rat, Ratt and Ratter, this is a medieval English surname. Its derivation however is from the Olde French word raton probably introduced at or after the famous Norman Conquest of England in 1066. Thereafter for some two hundred years,… …   Surnames reference

• Etiquette in Canada and the United States — Etiquette rules are not uniform in North America, varying among the very diverse societies which exist in both the United States and Canada. Etiquette rules are not simply a description of “cultural norms” and should not be considered a summary… …   Wikipedia