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Translations acquirement [əˈkwaɪəmənt] N 1. [of possessions] → adquisición f, obtención f 2. acquirements (frm) (= skills) → conocimientos mpl acquirement n (act) = acquisition a (= skill etc acquired) → Fertigkeit f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When the decision was arrived at by the Gun Club, to the disparagement of Texas, every one in America, where reading is a universal acquirement, set to work to study the geography of Florida. But Cyrus' acquirement of the chunk of hair was his last triumph. When he at last became a free man again, he said he believed he would hunt up a brisker seat of learning; the Heidelberg lectures might be good, but the opportunities of attending them were too rare, the educational process too slow; he said he had come to Europe with the idea that the acquirement of an education was only a matter of time, but if he had averaged the Heidelberg system correctly, it was rather a matter of eternity. |
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