good books

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good books

Favorable, kindly, or approving regard or treatment. Usually used in the phrase "in someone's good books" or some variation thereof. John's been in my good books ever since he helped get me out of debt. I was out of Mary's good books for a while after I lost her cat.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adrian	AY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)	English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Gunter	-	German
Davit	-	Georgian
Olimpia	aw-LEEM-pyah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian
Josefine	yo-se-FEEN (Swedish), yo-ze-FEE-nə (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German
Wisdom	WIZ-dəm	English (Rare)