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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | иметь общих знакомых | move in the same circles (alexghost) |
| gen. | наш общий знакомый | a friend of ours (Anglophile) |
| gen. | общие знакомые | friends in common (Anglophile) |
| gen. | общие знакомые | mutual acquaintances (We have mutual acquaintances who think the world of you, Betty. ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | общие знакомые | common acquaintances |
| gen. | общий знакомый | mutual contact (So when Olena was presented to me through a mutual contact, I thought some of the hurdles had already been bypassed. Another error of judgment. -- через общего знакомого  dailymail.co.uk ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | общий знакомый | mutual acquaintance (lexicographer) |
| busin. | познакомиться с кем-л. через общих знакомых | get to smb by a third party |