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rapport

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rap·port  (r-pôr, -pr, r-)
n.
Relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional affinity.

[French, from Old French, from raporter, to bring back : re-, re- + aporter, to bring (from Latin apportre : ad-, ad- + portre, to carry; see per-2 in Indo-European roots).]

rapport [rap-pore]
Noun
a sympathetic relationship or understanding [French]
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Noun1.rapport - a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people
kinship, affinity - a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"

rapport
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Spanish rapport [ræˈpɔːʳ] nentendimiento
French rapport [ræˈpɔːʳ] nentente f
German rapport [ræˈpɔːʳ] nenges Verhältnis nt
Italian rapport [ræˈpɔːʳ] nrapporto

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So when I saw you throw down your paper and enter upon a train of thought, I was very happy to have the opportunity of reading it off, and eventually of breaking into it, as a proof that I had been in rapport with you.
 
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