To be on speaking terms

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to be slightly acquainted.

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familiar so to speak speak speak out speak up Speakable speaking term			Thorpe, most happy to be on speaking terms with a man of General Tilney's importance, had been joyfully and proudly communicative; and being at that time not only in daily expectation of Morland's engaging Isabella, but likewise pretty well resolved upon marrying Catherine himself, his vanity induced him to represent the family as yet more wealthy than his vanity and avarice had made him believe them. Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context			To be in the doldrums To be in the straw To be in the swim To be in the wind To be in touch To be in with To be lever than To be long of the market To be master of one's self To be meet with to be more Catholic than the Pope To be no more To be of acquaintance To be of opinion To be off To be off color To be off one's food To be off one's rocker To be off the hinges To be on a foundation To be on edge To be on foot To be on her beam ends To be on one's back To be on short commons To be on speaking terms To be on the anvil To be on the carpet To be on the defensive To be on the fence To be on the mending hand To be on the move To be on the qui vive To be on the rack To be on the stretch To be on the tenters To be on the watch To be one flesh To be one's own man To be one's own master To be one's own mistress To be out at the heels To be out of her reckoning To be out of one's head To be pleased in To be pleased to do a thing to be precise To be reported To be rid of To be seized of To be shot of			To be master of one's self To be meet with To Be Monitored Annually to be more Catholic than the Pope To Be More Specific To Be Mutually Agreed To Be Named To Be Negotiated To be no more To Be Nominated To Be Numbered To be of acquaintance To be of opinion To be off To be off color To be off one's food To be off one's rocker To be off the hinges To be on a foundation To be on edge To be on foot To be on her beam ends To be on one's back To be on short commons To be on speaking terms To be on the anvil To be on the carpet To be on the defensive To be on the fence To be on the mending hand To be on the move To be on the qui vive To be on the rack to be on the safe side To be on the stretch To be on the tenters To be on the watch To be one flesh To be one's own man To be one's own master To be one's own mistress To Be or Not to Be To Be Or Not To Be That Is The Question To Be Ordered To be out at the heels To be out of her reckoning To be out of one's head to be paid To Be Perfectly Frank

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