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I asked the woman behind the counter if they had any postcards. ☊ counter ☊
We encountered a number of difficulties in the first week. ☊ encounter ☊
I had never encountered such resistance before. ☊ encounter ☊
She was the most remarkable woman he had ever encountered. ☊ encounter ☊
encounter (with sb/sth): Three of them were killed in the subsequent encounter with the police. ☊ encounter ☊
encounter (between A and B): The story describes the extraordinary encounter between a man and a dolphin. ☊ encounter ☊
a chance encounter ☊ encounter ☊
I've had a number of close encounters (= situations that could have been dangerous) with bad drivers. ☊ encounter ☊
It was his first sexual encounter (= first experience of sex). ☊ encounter ☊
Flaubert was her first encounter with French literature. ☊ encounter ☊