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Meanings of make acquaintances in English

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Usage of make acquaintances in English
1
Have I not expressly forbidden you to make acquaintances without my knowledge.
The Rebellion of Margaret
2
To make acquaintances, to show myself a little everywhere-itis simple enough.
Don Orsino
3
At present it's a large part of my business to make acquaintances.
New Grub Street
4
Suppose the girls should come to make acquaintances of taste in town!
The Vicar of Wakefield
5
I expect to make acquaintances there who will be most useful.
The Great Secret
6
We want to go about, to enjoy ourselves, to make acquaintances.
Love and Other Stories
7
They make acquaintances here of which very little good can come.
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
8
It's not easy to make acquaintances in the East-congenial acquaintances.
The Grain of Dust: A Novel
9
One does not care to make acquaintances promiscuously, you know.
That Mainwaring Affair
10
If I didn't make acquaintances in that way I shouldn't have any at all.
Heartbreak House
11
As Christmas approached they began to make acquaintances among the polyglot population of the neighborhood.
The Nest Builder: A Novel
12
They began to make acquaintances among the American workmen.
Poor White: A Novel
13
A good feature in Bird's character is his disposition to make acquaintances with working men.
Chess History and Reminiscences
14
They never make acquaintances on the street, and, indeed, have no need to do so.
The Secrets of the Great City / A Work Descriptive of the Virtue...
15
Thus, then, Harry's efforts to make acquaintances among the sailors met with very slight success.
In the Reign of Terror: The Adventures of a Westminster Boy
16
Do you never make acquaintances when you go abroad?'
Celibates
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