Collocations with Acquaintance – 2

knowledge of sb/sth

nodding, passing, slight –

.a man with whom I had a passing acquaintance

brief, short –

close, intimate –

chance –

(make sb’s/sth’s (= become acquainted with sb/sth –

.I first made his acquaintance in 2006

strike up –

.I first met Simon in 1998 and struck up an acquaintance with him

(of sb’s acquaintance (formal –

.He introduced me to a reporter of his acquaintance

acquaintance with –

.her acquaintance with modern philosophy

have an acquaintance with –

.They have little acquaintance with colloquial English

on close acquaintance, on closer acquaintance –

on first acquaintance –

.On first acquaintance she seemed a little odd