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well-acquainted

British  

adjective

  1. having a good knowledge or understanding of someone or something

    well acquainted with Milton

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Well acquainted with the details of his six-week art-making spree, which had received plenty of news coverage, they prized the work’s immediacy and authenticity.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2011

Well acquainted with the lessons of Lawrence in Arabia and Allenby in Palestine was the British Commander, Lieut.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well acquainted is Comptroller Sproul with the magnitude of his institution's academic and student population.

From Time Magazine Archive

Well acquainted though he had been in government circles in the past, Manasseh now found everything changed and scarcely a familiar face left.

From Manasseh A Romance of Transylvania by Bicknell, Percy Favor

"Well acquainted with the country, I suppose he is," suggested Washington.

From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

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