The food was cheap, the service cheerful and the company convivial when eight of us opted for an easy meal recently. |
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So the landlord and landlady took a week's break after a seemingly convivial festive period. |
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The idea was to create a juke box for all kinds of convivial settings-from parties in parks to hang-outs on college campuses. |
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Anyway, the initial set back apart, the evening was most convivial, beers were consumed, food was ingested and chit was chatted. |
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Psychiatrists suspect social drinkers may be naturally more convivial than teetotallers. |
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But she travels, writes, cooks and cultivates her friendships over long, convivial lunches at her beloved kitchen table. |
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The clientele is a broader mix than your typical midtown crowd, creating an atmosphere that's more convivial than intimidating. |
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Spatial closeness, or miniaturization, not only encourages convivial social life but also enable the rigorous utilization of all resources. |
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And extending a convivial night's drinking after last orders has been called is a long standing Dales custom. |
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The convivial, unpretentious atmosphere and the often interesting art and photography exhibitions are highlights too. |
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Traditionally set tables are far enough apart to be intimate but close enough to augment the convivial atmosphere. |
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I would describe the event as a convivial talk with a rather short period for questions. |
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There's an exceptionally warm, relaxed and convivial atmosphere here, with comfy sofas on rugged quarry tiles and a log-burning stove. |
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The members met monthly in a local public house to transact business and have a convivial time. |
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Following the meeting, there was a convivial lunch with local hosts and the announcement of prizes won. |
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Enjoy a glass of wine, discuss, argue or simply listen and soak up the convivial atmosphere of this book gathering. |
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Shelbourne of the League of Ireland would obviously be highly convivial opposition if they come through Round One. |
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You get plenty of atmosphere, and all the trimmings, but in the civilised company of a group of convivial adults. |
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Here there are frequent, warmly convivial gatherings which involve the consumption of generous quantities of alcohol. |
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It was a magnificent evening and it was good to meet so many friends in such a convivial and joyful atmosphere. |
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The food was cheap, the service cheerful and the company convivial when eight of us opted for an easy meal at Gibraltar in Parnell recently. |
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Well, I got drunk during the opening, and I was feeling very convivial and happy with the people who were there and the work itself. |
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Usually charming, persuasive, and convivial, a person born under this sign can snap and quite suddenly launch into a tirade or a tantrum. |
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But, in truth, she was pretty convivial, until she decided that she didn't particularly like you, and then slapped you on the back of the head. |
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Since most people love gooey molten cheese and because dipping and dunking is both convivial and fun, a cheese fondue is ideal. |
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Nonetheless, its gentleness and compassion for its characters make it a very enjoyable and convivial way to spend two hours. |
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The audience thrilled to everything they watched and a festive, convivial atmosphere marked the whole occasion. |
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These highly domesticated blossoms carry overtones of the convivial rituals of patrician social life. |
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Or you could simply soak up the convivial atmosphere and practise your French with the friendly stallholders. |
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This clownish dreamer with blue, bright eyes was a spirited, convivial, down-to-earth man. |
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The atmosphere was convivial and the crowds thronged accordingly. |
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The after dinner events included music, dance and convivial conversations, which were thoroughly enjoyed by all present for this special occasion. |
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We didn't spot the birds we set out for, but we still had a great time. Our birding companions were convivial as well as knowledgeable, and as a bonus, we saw some new birds. |
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I'm convivial, funny, and virtually fluent in my host nation's language. |
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The Frenchmen were impressed by the colony and enjoyed a long, convivial break there from July to November 1802 between lonely months exploring the southern coast. |
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As one who draws great pleasure from an occasional gasper, especially when enjoyed in convivial surroundings, I am appalled at this assault upon the liberties of smokers. |
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Make acquaintance with an international clientele eager for amicable and convivial contact during a stay in the capital. |
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With its Saint-Etienne cathedral, Bourges, the capital of the Cher department, is a beautiful and convivial place to go for a stroll or to shop. |
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Wonderfully convivial, this traditional champagne will please everyone, on any occasion and at any time. |
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The heart of Crans will be metamorphosed for the occasion into a convivial and animated pedestrian precinct. |
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For your bike we have the roofed bike rack opposite the breakfast room, which can also be used for convivial evenings. |
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Conviviality: This event will be a convivial moment for all involved: the organization committee, the competitors, and the public. |
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Canoë Évasion invites you to discover the Loire Valley thanks to a convivial nautical activity: the canoe, the pinnace and the kayak. |
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The continent is still commonly perceived as a magnet attracting exilic individuals who battle to create a congenial and convivial environment for themselves. |
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A bivouac area with water, barbecues and tables, is located amidst them, providing the perfect ambiance for convivial conversation. |
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For them, problems dealing with intimacy had to be addressed in a convivial atmosphere without any bureaucracy, or technicalities. |
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After this visit we had a very convivial evening in a likable restaurant in the old harbor of Lisbon with « fado » songs very well interpreted. |
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Everything always went off in a convivial and well-behaved atmosphere, with no fuss or excess formality. |
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Patrick was a wonderful and entertaining talker, the first person you would want to sit next to at a convivial post-match gathering. |
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We work hard to make and keep the environment constructive and convivial but we need your help to do so. |
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There's no better way to kick off the Montreal All-Nighter than with this delectable convivial soirée. |
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This convivial mask he wears, along with his omnipresent flask, is obscuring a deep hurt stemming from his father. |
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While our brothers and sisters in Aceh were experiencing a great calamity, some of us were indulging in convivial merrymaking at luxury hotels on New Year's Eve. |
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Sometimes he bent his elbow in the company of other convivial fellows, and drank toasts which he would not have liked his wife and daughters to hear. |
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The occurrence of precious metal vessels suited to drinking appears to confirm that Mycenaean convivial habits favored exclusion rather than cohesion. |
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At home with his family in Kentish Town, north London, or in Rowsley, where every summer Phillip Whitehead's XI took on the village cricket team, he presided over convivial jollities. |
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In front of the actual largeness of registrations for the West Coast Swing Dance Festival and to introduce you a quality training workshop but which would stay convivial, we are in obligation to change the venue. |
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At first convivial, Richard had Earl Rivers, his nephew Richard Grey and his associate Thomas Vaughan arrested. |
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Try out your taste and olfactory talents, your visual memory and win gifts supplied by our wine-growing croupiers who ensure the smooth functioning and success of the event in an atmosphere of convivial team spirit. |
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No two tables are alike: perch on stools at a long raised bar, sink into animal furs in a convivial circle, pick a romantic twosome by the window. |
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Following this 'introduction' the participants in this first official meeting of the 22nd Annual Conference came together on the terrace, with its magnificent views, for a convivial aperitif. |
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This is not subtle or sophisticated cuisine but party food intended for boisterous groups who want to shovel it in while enjoying the convivial atmosphere. |
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The objective is to offer to learners, even with modest knowledge in the field in question, a teaching that is stimulating, attracting and popularizing complicated scientific aspects through a convivial learning environment. |
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Black glass chandeliers hang from the high ceilings, and marble floors magnify the convivial sound of locals and tourists lingering over a morning meal. |
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The show, by contrast, is loose-fitting – but highly convivial. |
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Going out to dinner with friends — for, say, two hours of convivial overfamiliarity and banal, rehashed conversation — seemed like idiocy, and the emptiness was only exacerbated when my friends jumped for the check. |
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So as the month draws to a close, we're grateful to have that most convivial and literary of celebrations, the Scottish institution that is Burns Night, to look forward to for lunch inspiration. |
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One imagines immediately the loneliness that must have gnawed at these immigrants whose memory of their sunny, convivial island communities was their only refuge at such moments. |
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Off stage, he seems like one of the lads, a convivial funster. |
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Picturing the city as a series of overlapping walksheds is an important start to understanding, conceptualizing, and mapping the city as a convivial place for pedestrians. |
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