ЦИТАТЫ СО СЛОВОМ «NODDING ACQUAINTANCE»
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nodding acquaintance.
My mother was a children's librarian. I remember when traditional stories were revised for modern audiences until they bore only a nodding acquaintance with the originals, but were released as 'authentic Indian stories' when they were, in fact, nothing of the kind.
The nice thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.
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Rajpal Dictionary Of English Idioms & Phrases
... saw some members in Parliament nodding off to sleep Nodding acquaintance:
Person you know only slightly; slight knowledge * I have a nodding acquaintance
with the man you are mentioning * I cannot throw light on this particular subject ...
... fool see fool. nod have a nodding acquaintance (with someone or something)
to know (someone or something) slightly: / have only a nodding acquaintance
with some of the staff here; I have a nodding acquaintance with Greek literature.
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Nodding: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Familiar Quotations NoddingThe time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.ndash;Henry HaskinsSometimes even good old Homer nods.ndash;HoraceA woman who can't forgive should never have more ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
In addition to the idiom beginning with NOD, also see GET THE NOD. nodding
acquaintance Superficial knowledge of ... a nodding acquaintance with the
company president, or She has a nodding acquaintance with that
softwareprogram.
Nodding acquaintance A little or some knowledge or information about one, from
experience I have only a nodding acquaintance with the people next door. His
stay for a year in Germany gave him a nodding acquaintance with the language
of ...
Prof. V.N. Sadasiva Rau, Sura College of Competition, 2004
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New Supreme Dictionary - English-English-Tamil:
Nodding acquaintance A little or some knowledge or information about one, from
experience 1 have only a nodding acquaintance with the people next door. His
stay for a year in Germany gave him a nodding acquaintance with the language ...
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
... dawn to dusk. nobody's fool see fool. nod have a nodding acquaintance (with
someone or something) to know (someone or something) slightly: / have only a
nodding acquaintance with some of the staff here; I have a nodding acquaintance
...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
SIp/ noun [C or U] formal Ours was a strictly professional acquaintanceship (=
relationship). "idiom have a passing/slight/nodding acquaintance with sth formal
to have very little knowledge or ...
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
British informal nodding be on nodding terms know someone slightly. have a
nodding acquaintance with someone or something know someone slightly; know
a little about something. 1989 Donnie Radcliffe Simply Barbara Bush Their
families ...
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Sterling Dictionary of Idioms
ACQUAINTAN CE have a nodding acquaintance with know slightly I have no
more than a nodding acquaintance with her books. make one's acquaintance
meet somebody personally I made her acquaintance at the meeting. scrape an ...
НОВОСТИ, В КОТОРЫХ ВСТРЕЧАЕТСЯ ТЕРМИН «NODDING ACQUAINTANCE»
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Our efforts at home to provide them with a nodding acquaintance with the language that is so close to our hearts haven't been too successful. «Kashmir Times, Июл 15»
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It was more of a nodding acquaintance punctuated by infrequent public debates. By the time you read the very small amount of correspondence ... «Herald Scotland, Июл 15»
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As well as reiterating that this is not a prequel, he reveals that he was actually on nodding acquaintance with the young Jo Rowling when she ... «Anglophenia, Июл 15»
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