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Though a self-styled illiterate, Wolfram showed an extensive acquaintance with French and German literature, and it is probable that he knew how to read, if not how to write.
But something slightly heavy and lustreless weighs on the big pages as Lee inventories the many members of Wharton's extensive acquaintance and tracks her avid travels through the American Northeast and Europe and North Africa; each page begins to loom as a cliff that the reader must scale upside down, top to bottom.
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This is matched with extensive personal acquaintance , although I was surprised he did not include Jenkins's response when Wilson invited him to be education secretary ("But Hawold, I have boy at Winchester!", to which Wilson blithely replied that he didn't think that mattered at all).
You may be obsessed with reporting the coolest fact you read on the news or you may want to wow your new acquaintance with your extensive knowledge of Italian cuisine, but if you want to have a positive social interaction, you should focus on showing interest in the other person's life instead of talking on and on about yourself.
This was nonsense, as is shown by Mr Ziegler's account of Olivier's preparation for a performance, and his attention to fine detail as a director.Mr Ziegler's homework, in the British Library's Olivier archive and in extensive interviews with friends and acquaintances who now talk freely, is impeccable.
Valéry was greatly interested in the state of modern physics and mathematics, and through extensive reading and, often, personal acquaintances he became well versed in the work of such scientists and mathematicians as Maurice, duc de Broglie, Bernhard Riemann, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein, and James Clerk Maxwell.
Although his mother opposed the move to Frankfort, he intended for it to be permanent; an acquaintance wrote that "his plans were extensive and his hopes high" for his family's life in the state capital.
In 1996, the little town of Smithfield, N.C., bought the extensive collection of Ava Gardner memorabilia from a childhood acquaintance of the actress, who lived for about 10 years of her childhood in the rural eastern North Carolina town.
Over the weekend, Truck was visited by a select group, including architects from high-visibility firms like Tsao & McKown; James Polshek and Davis Brody Bondd, many of whom were New York acquaintances or who had seen the company's extensive press coverage.
Talbot has relied heavily on his own extensive conversations with Kennedy friends and colleagues and their widows, sons and acquaintances.
"Delete them," the acquaintance responded.
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The phrase "extensive acquaintance" functions as a noun phrase, where "extensive" modifies the noun "acquaintance." It typically describes the scope or depth of one's familiarity or knowledge with a particular subject, person, or area. As Ludwig AI confirms, the phrase is correct and usable.
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