[General] cross one's mind/ scrape up acquaintance with somebody

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vil

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Dear teachers,

Would you tell me whether I am right with my interpretation of the expressions in bold in the following sentence?

Nicky was not an immodest youth, but it did cross his mind that perhaps she had borrowed that thousand francs in order to scrape acquaintance with him.

cross one’s mind = pass through one's mind = pass through one's mind

scrape up acquaintance with somebody= inflict one’s company on somebody

Thank you for your efforts.

Regards,

V
 

Rover_KE

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'...cross his mind...' = '...occur to him...'

'...scrape up acquaintance with him...' = '...give herself an opportunity to get to know him.'

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