on closer acquaintance
1acquaintance — n. familiarity 1) to have an acquaintance with (he has some acquaintance with statistics) 2) a slight, superficial acquaintance 3) on acquaintance (on closer acquaintance he proved to be a nice person) 4) an acquaintance with casual friendship 5) …
2acquaintance — noun 1 person you know ADJECTIVE ▪ casual ▪ I ran into a casual acquaintance in town. ▪ new ▪ close, old ▪ business …
3acquaintance — noun 1 (C) someone you know, but who is not a close friend 2 make sb s acquaintance formal to meet someone for the first time: I m pleased to make your acquaintance. 3 of your acquaintance formal a person of your acquaintance is someone that you… …
4acquaintance — 01. I have a number of [acquaintances] who are working in the high tech field. 02. We got [acquainted] at school, and eventually became good friends. 03. She s not really a friend; she s just an [acquaintance]. 04. She heard about the job through …
5History of the Jews — History of the Jews † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of the Jews (Yehúd m; Ioudaismos). Of the two terms, Jews and Judaism, the former denotes usually the Israelites or descendants of Jacob (Israel) in contrast to Gentile races;… …
6Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… …
7Astronomy — • Divided into two main branches, astrometry and astrophysics; the former concerned with determining the places of the investigation of the heavenly bodies, the latter, with the investigation of their chemical and physical nature Catholic… …
8Orde Wingate — Orde Charles Wingate Orde Charles Wingate Born 26 February 1903(1903 02 26) …
9Pillar (Lake District) — Infobox Mountain Name = Pillar Photo = Pillar lake district.jpg Caption = Pillar (left), from the top of Steeple Elevation = 892 m (2927 ft) Location = Cumbria, ENG Range = Lake District, Western Fells Prominence = 348 m Parent peak = Great Gable …
10Dawid Engela — Dawid Sofius Engela (30 October 1931–25 November 1967) was a South African broadcaster, composer and musicologist. Contents 1 Early life 2 University and early broadcast work 3 Vienna 4 Lo …
