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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
(6) nodding, female, male
Kolokacji: 3
(7) long, short, brief, wealthy, long-time
Kolokacji: 5
(8) slight, better, superficial
Kolokacji: 3
1. slight acquaintance = drobny znajomy slight acquaintance
  • I never heard him allude to his circumstances, and never fell into the society of any man who had the slightest acquaintance with them.
  • A slight acquaintance with numbers will show the immensity of the first power in comparison with the second.
  • A woman clings to slight acquaintances when she lives so much alone as I do.
  • They had no more than a slight acquaintance.
  • Furthermore, nice women did not talk about trousers on such a slight acquaintance.
  • During the meal, Harry had struck up a slight acquaintance with the man.
  • "Ours was a very slight acquaintance," said Jack evasively.
  • My grandmother and he had a slight acquaintance, so they nodded and spoke briefly to one another.
  • On account of that slight acquaintance with your husband.
  • Actually, I'm just a slight acquaintance, barely know the man.
2. better acquaintance = lepszy znajomy better acquaintance
3. superficial acquaintance = płytki znajomy superficial acquaintance
(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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