acquaintance

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 her [acquaintance] with someone working in the office.

05. He is well [acquainted] with the history of this country.

06. Her father is a very important official in the government of her country, and is said to be [acquainted] with the President himself.

07. Roman Emperor Claudius once observed that [acquaintance] lessens fame.

08. Franklin Jones once remarked that honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an [acquaintance], or a stranger.

09. Jane Austen wrote that seven years would be insufficient to make some people [acquainted] with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.

10. Seneca once said that when a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many [acquaintances], but no friends.

11. Chekov once wrote that a woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an [acquaintance], next a mistress, and only then a friend.

12. A man once observed that we get closer to God as we get more intimately and understandingly [acquainted] with the things He has created.

13. A Chinese proverb tells us that a man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of [acquaintances] in the world, but very few real friends.

14. Eliza Farnham once suggested that the ultimate aim of the human mind in all its efforts is to become [acquainted] with Truth.

15. Selwyn Champion once suggested that to read a book for the first time is to make the [acquaintance] of a new friend; to read it a second time is to meet an old one.

16. Samuel Johnson once advised that if a man does not make new [acquaintances] as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone.

17. Feel free to wander around and [acquaint] yourself with the workings of the company for the first couple of days.

18. Ambrose Bierce once suggested that an [acquaintance] is a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

19. Sally is an [acquaintance] of mine; we met last week in class.