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acquaintance English
Meaning acquaintance meaning
What does acquaintance mean?
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Synonyms acquaintance synonyms
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Topics acquaintance topics
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Examples acquaintance examples
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Simple sentences
She is more of an acquaintance than a friend.
Mr Smith is an acquaintance of hers.
I'm very happy to make your acquaintance.
He is not really a friend, just an acquaintance.
He is only a passing chance acquaintance.
I was fortunate to make his acquaintance.
His acquaintance runs a grocery in the country.
He is not a friend, but an acquaintance.
Yesterday I saw an old acquaintance whom I hadn't seen in ten years.
My acquaintance with Esperanto enabled me to look deeper into the make-up and function of language.
He's practically my brother: a nephew of the uncle of a cousin of an acquaintance of mine.
Mr. Smith is an acquaintance of hers.
I have some acquaintance with chemistry.
We have no acquaintance with her.
I have a nodding acquaintance with him.
I want to make her acquaintance.
I made her acquaintance through his introduction.
I have a nodding acquaintance with Mr. Smith.
I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance.
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A forced acquaintance.
You forget I have not the pleasure of your acquaintance.
An honour, Doctor, to make your acquaintance.
You have this promise, that any man who interferes with a military permit will make the acquaintance of the hangman.
I'm glad to have made your acquaintance, and a good day to you both.
I shouldn't have gone out of my way to make his acquaintance last week.
Ah, such a pleasure to make your acquaintance!
You an acquaintance of Jekyll?
Cairo was an acquaintance of Thursby's.
I'm looking forward to making your acquaintance.
Certainly a most unusual way to make an acquaintance.
However, I don't need to remind you that the pleasure of such an acquaintance depends upon the recognition by all parties of the fact that Miss Mapen is now my wife.
Christine, Claudio ever seek more than a casual acquaintance with you?
Pleased to make you acquaintance.
I have an old acquaintance at the German consulate.
I'm very happy to make your acquaintance.
Charming to make your acquaintance.
Mr Carmichael, when I made your acquaintance yesterday, you volunteered an amazingly correct diagnosis of Shanghai Lily and I see no reason for you to have changed it.
Glad to have made your acquaintance.
I hope that you will permit me a less superficial acquaintance with you.
I could gladly have done without this acquaintance.
I have an acquaintance with the law.
Aboutjob, character, purpose of your acquaintance's journey.
And with my acquaintance's suitcases. You can imagine, how surprised I was.
Gentlemen, you all have the privilege of Miss Marsden's acquaintance, I think.
Somehow, I have the feeling of renewing an old acquaintance.
Mr. Wilson, mighty glad to make your acquaintance.
Your late father and husband was a very close acquaintance of mine.
Are. you an acquaintance of Musashi-dono's?
Pleased to have made your acquaintance, I'm sure.
I thought we'd make acquaintance.
I'm pleased to make your acquaintance.
I believe we have a mutual acquaintance, Mrs Cathcart.
Make his acquaintance.
We're just on our way to see my son-in-law, Monsieur Loudon, and thought we'd freshen our acquaintance by smiling in at you.
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