Collocations withacquaintance
These are words often used in combination withacquaintance.
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casual acquaintance
That is why we see such a slapdash and casual acquaintance with the facts.
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close acquaintance
Lemon and colleagues hypothesised that the most intimate activities generate the greatest role support, because the responders have close acquaintance with the subjects and their capacities.
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intimate acquaintance
Nobody could have had this long and intimate acquaintance with our departed friend without gaining a real admiration for his qualities and his character.
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new acquaintance
Might this new acquaintance possibly open some pathway towards their fulfillment?
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nodding acquaintance with
I know that he has a nodding acquaintance with the subject.
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old acquaintance
It is our old acquaintance the confidence trick in its most blatant and bloated form.
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passing acquaintance
The potential and dilemmas here will interest anyone with a passing acquaintance with orchestras.
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personal acquaintance
This might suggest that personal acquaintance played an important role in selecting contributors.
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