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Meanings of acquaintance in English
Usage of acquaintance in English
1
Do me a favour.' The body did not improve on second acquaintance.
2
We must continue our acquaintance sometime in the not too distant future.
3
I can therefore speak of it with a certain intimacy of acquaintance.
4
However, Bill didn't want her seeing him as a mere professional acquaintance.
5
My clients daily increased in number; my acquaintance daily increased in value.
6
He said good-bye with relief to his helpful acquaintance in Market Square.
7
Might-mightI ask a service of you on such very short acquaintance?
8
The paper did not name the acquaintance who allegedly made the threat.
9
My personal acquaintance with Douglas Jerrold began in the spring of 1851.
10
For the first time in their acquaintance Norine lost control of herself.
11
The art of being reviewed consists in cultivating the acquaintance of reviewers.
12
Once the acquaintance heard news of the shooting, that person contacted police.
13
CJ grunted, turning to regard his childhood home alongside his childhood acquaintance.
14
The writer made acquaintance with Laurier in the Dominion session of 1884.
15
It was in the summer of 1897 that I made their acquaintance.
16
Zoli, a reporter friend, can't reach an acquaintance at the paper there.
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Translations for acquaintance
Russian
Acquaintance through the time
Acquaintance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common
Ireland
Rare