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acquire 
/
əˈkwaɪə(r)/ Verb
to 
acquire something means to get it, for example by 
buying it
he acquired a number of valuable paintings | I recently 
acquired a copy of the report | he had acquired a 
reputation as a troublemaker | the cost to acquire the 
property was $5 million | the way in which children 
acquire language | to acquire knowledge
Noun: 
acquisition
the acquisition of language | let me show you my recent 
acquisition (something I got recently)
admission 
/
ədˈmɪʃ(ə)n/ Noun
if you make an 
admission, you say that you have done 
something wrong or something that people will not 
approve of
Collocates: an admission of something | an admission that
Henry’s letter contained a clear admission of early 
mistakes | what he said was not an admission of guilt 
| I hope your admission will help others with the same 
problems | there was no admission that any change 
had taken place | by his own admission, his data was 
unreliable
Verb: 
admit | Adverb: admittedly
Collocates: admit doing something | admit to (doing) 
something | admit that
they’ll never openly admit being wrong | he admitted to 
being a liar | the farmers finally admitted that they had 
acted wrongly | admittedly, the problems this creates are 
enormous | admittedly, not every detail is authentic
army 
/
ˈɑː(r)mi/ Noun
an 
army is a large number of soldiers who are trained to 
fight on land in wars
he served as a tank commander in the British army | 
the Austrian army was completely defeated | the British 
and French armies retreated to Dunkirk | he joined the 
regular army (an army of soldiers who chose to join, 
and were not forced to join by the government) | before 
the Winter War, no army had fought in such freezing 
conditions | his army marched direct to Prague | the 
army advanced quickly towards Berwick