"acquaintance" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

acquaintance sustantivo

sustantivo + acquaintance
Kolokacji: 6
business acquaintance • family acquaintance • childhood acquaintance • chance acquaintance • school acquaintance • ...
acquaintance + verbo
Kolokacji: 14
acquaintance says • acquaintance describes • acquaintance tells • acquaintance makes • acquaintance includes • ...
verbo + acquaintance
Kolokacji: 11
renew one's acquaintance • make the acquaintance • tell acquaintances • claim acquaintance • visit acquaintances • ...
adjetivo + acquaintance
Kolokacji: 39
old acquaintance • new acquaintance • mutual acquaintance • casual acquaintance • close acquaintance • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(2) mutual, common, closest
Kolokacji: 3
(3) casual, mere, thorough
Kolokacji: 3
(5) personal, social, friendly
Kolokacji: 3
(6) nodding, female, male
Kolokacji: 3
(8) slight, better, superficial
Kolokacji: 3
(9) professional, literary
Kolokacji: 2
(10) wide, limited, extensive
Kolokacji: 3
(11) distant, deep, vague
Kolokacji: 3
2. deep acquaintance = myślący poważnie znajomy deep acquaintance
3. vague acquaintance = mało precyzyjny znajomy vague acquaintance
  • He started out staying with relatives, and ended up in the homes of vague acquaintances.
  • After Morse had left, the little man's eyes had caught hers almost as if she might have been a vague acquaintance.
  • In the evening, she mentions the disappearance to her husband, claiming Pegala was only a vague acquaintance.
  • He was a stranger, a vague acquaintance I had once known better.
  • I must admit that I have, up to now, used Facebook a lot, as a way of staying in touch with distant friends, vague acquaintances and local gossip.
  • Certainly he was not, staggering widdershins in the rain to an ancient folksong, knocking his worrystone against those of total strangers and vague acquaintances.
  • He tells his life story in a detached monotone, as if he were just some vague acquaintance he used to know.
  • Then he put the gun down and held up his huge white hand like he was waving to a vague acquaintance or taking an oath.
  • And-no wonder: he didn't have a single friend and only a few, very vague acquaintances.
  • Knowledge that every friend, colleague, or vague acquaintance who had accompanied Terrance Smith was either radioactive dust or lost to possession was hard to accept.
preposición + acquaintance
Kolokacji: 12
with acquaintances • to acquaintances • of one's acquaintance • from acquaintances • on acquaintance • ...

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