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"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 • ...
frequent collocations
Kolokacji: 7
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
(1) old, new, longtime, previous, early, ...
Kolokacji: 7
(2) mutual, common, closest
Kolokacji: 3
(3) casual, mere, thorough
Kolokacji: 3
(4) close, intimate, closer, familiar
Kolokacji: 4
(5) personal, social, friendly
Kolokacji: 3
1. personal acquaintance = osobisty znajomy personal acquaintance
2. social acquaintance = społeczny znajomy social acquaintance
3. friendly acquaintance = przyjazny znajomy friendly acquaintance
  • None of the others were ever more than friendly acquaintances and frankly, I've never taken to Fagg.
  • We became friendly acquaintances, with other lives and other involvements.
  • He felt strong enough to stay, strong enough to be aloof, disinterested, a mere friendly acquaintance.
  • I wouldn't call them personal friends, but certainly friendly acquaintances.
  • Or, if not quite even that, at least a friend, a friendly acquaintance, a social equal of such.
  • None of the faces were friendly acquaintances.
  • He said Ms. Flowers was no more than a "friendly acquaintance."
  • The two men had been friendly acquaintances, sometimes dining together.
  • They were friendly acquaintances as Congressmen; but their lives were to be forever tied together in history.
  • He described a long and friendly acquaintance with the first President Bush and his wife, Barbara.
(6) nodding, female, male
Kolokacji: 3
(7) long, short, brief, wealthy, long-time
Kolokacji: 5
(8) slight, better, superficial
Kolokacji: 3
(9) professional, literary
Kolokacji: 2
(10) wide, limited, extensive
Kolokacji: 3
(11) distant, deep, vague
Kolokacji: 3
preposición + acquaintance
Kolokacji: 12
with acquaintances • to acquaintances • of one's acquaintance • from acquaintances • on acquaintance • ...

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