acquaintance
Các nghĩa
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người quen
A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.
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người quen
A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
Montgomery was an old acquaintance of Ferguson.
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vòng quen biết
Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Having therefore conſulted with my Wife, and ſome of my Acquaintance, I determined to go again to Sea.
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sự hiểu biết
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.
Dạng khác
- acquaintances plural