"acquire" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- After learning that his mother sold her body to acquire food, he grew to distrust everyone.
- Small clans worked together to acquire food and to provide for their families.
- That meant they would have to acquire additional food from appropriate planets on the way.
- But even at Ngara, relief agencies have still not acquired sufficient food for those already there.
- There remained the touchy details of how to acquire enough food for 35, the residents plus their guests.
- They refused to work but managed to acquire food whenever they wanted it.
- He had stopped acquiring food and eating like a human.
- He acquired clothing and food from his office, but did not act in accord with the virtue of frugality.
- At first, he had all he could manage to do in acquiring food for the vast numbers of men and their families.
- A more sustainable means of acquiring food is to purchase locally and seasonally.
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