There is after all nothing like a few days decent sunshine to unite this sun-starved nation in bonhomie. |
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A friendly local crowd who speak English add to the jovial bonhomie and everyone seems to know your name. |
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There is always a sense of artificiality, of distance maintained, of forced bonhomie. |
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It is a country where acquaintances embrace when meeting and strangers are greeted with warmth, bonhomie, and a demitasse of rich coffee. |
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A big, hearty, round-shouldered guy full of bonhomie, Lechelt is never more bearish than when he talks about seafood. |
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Their brand of boisterous bonhomie and quirky humour is in short supply here. |
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The 300-year-old inn exudes bohemian bonhomie and is one of the best loved in Puerto Rico. |
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In a rare show of bonhomie and good humour, he talked about life as a writer and indicated that this might be his last book. |
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The front-of-house man may have been underworked, but he oozed bonhomie and competence without ever threatening to become over-attentive. |
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In contrast to the India-Pakistan matches in the past, the current series exuded bonhomie. |
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The warmth and bonhomie shared by Telugu film world's biggest stars was something that is to be seen to be believed. |
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They are friendly but there is a certain reserve, and false bonhomie is very low on the agenda. |
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The atmosphere is one of bonhomie and hundreds of onlookers, unmindful of the heavy downpour, savour every moment of this unique ritual. |
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The chorus of sailors and passengers radiates sunny bonhomie, singing and dancing crisply. |
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A kenspeckle figure in Scotland, Morrison networks effectively with bonhomie and chuckles. |
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Instead he plays Arthur as a terrifying yet avuncular figure, apt to switch from jovial bonhomie to murderous rage with lightning speed. |
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He's a natural salesman, whose secret weapon is the sheer confidence and optimism that he exudes rather than backslapping bonhomie. |
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So was John an enlightened despot, beneficently overseeing a realm of unparalleled tolerance and bonhomie? |
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Although he had been here less than 24 hours, Sam knew this jovial bonhomie on Howell's part was unnatural. |
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The bonhomie and integration of the new squad were also most evident at the post-match meal. |
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The general spirit of bonhomie and celebration lifts even curmudgeons like me over the worst stretches of inanity. |
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So the good-natured banter and dressing room style bonhomie had been shattered by a traitor in our midst. |
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The contrived bonhomie at the NATO summit in Lisbon last month has all but dissipated. |
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The two friends share a joke and their bonhomie is touching. |
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He did his best under difficult circumstances, but remained a tense, suspicious figure whose occasional attempts at cheery bonhomie always struck a false note with us. |
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A national security conference in Canada brings out the bonhomie among U.S. senators. |
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The atmosphere is laid back, as is the owner Jose, who moves around greeting everyone in his trademark overshirt, surrounded by an air of bonhomie. |
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The staginess of Hillary's own bonhomie was something that many observers thought she might have to overcome. |
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He has the regimental haircut, the mandarin collar and the gleaming bonhomie of a sadistic dentist. |
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The celebration dinner at the Bear Hotel was the usual blend of conviviality, bonhomie and generosity that has characterised the club's activities over the years. |
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Overall, the evening had a genuine sense of bonhomie and hope. |
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The relentless, frictionless bonhomie can be a little grating. |
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He has no desire to dispense blokey bonhomie from the stage. |
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Christmas greetings were heard in many languages, kisses were exchanged on both cheeks and a general feeling of bonhomie was present among the crowd. |
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If the goal was to generate trust and bonhomie with the stars, it worked like a bounced check. |
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Perhaps Boris sits at home polishing his Alexander McQueen loafers, while cultivating scruffy bonhomie in public. |
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It confirms that behind the bonhomie and the blond mop is an amoral politician. |
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Their boyish bonhomie, sing-songs, constant kidding and ritual pranks are seen as irredeemably corny by urban sophisticates. |
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There's nothing like cramming 10 people and a bottle of vodka into a two-man tent during a freak summer snowstorm for creating a sense of bonhomie. |
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Ah, New Orleans? legendary capital of Louisiana, with its jazz soul, its streets packed with party-goers, its French Quarter, its perfume of bourbon, bonhomie, cafés and gumbo, the Big Easy is a dream of a city. |
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Mr President, beyond Chancellor Schüssel's bonhomie, I think we can sense his frustration at the problem of shepherding 25 fairly feline characters towards agreeing a mandate for a fresh intergovernmental conference. |
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But despite much bonhomie, regional harmony remains elusive. |
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Nobody will forget your style, your bonhomie or your pipe. |
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While we continue to make progress together in bridging these cultural differences, we understand that a feeling of genuine bonhomie may never exist between the Complaints Commission and the Military Police organization. |
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The torridness is probably down to a mix of Hispanic bonhomie, his steamy ad work for the likes of Gucci and Versace, and his penchant for louche poolside settings. |
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At the Globes, the night is all bonhomie, backslapping and table-hopping. |
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Storm Thorgerson could be inscrutable, grand and archly funny – all qualities that placed him some distance from the music industry's standard mixture of flimsy bonhomie and superficiality. |
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