au fait
Example Sentences
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"They're the kind of key points you try and pick up naturally, and the kinds of skills I've tried to pass on to my colleagues, who are less au fait with contact tracing."
From BBC
"People are saying it's about learning on the job, these student nurses are not au fait with things. It's ridiculous. They are going to see horrific sights."
From BBC
New discoveries were as thrilling as the classics were comforting – I thought I was au fait with French food, when I had barely scratched the surface.
From The Guardian
But Sarri, aside from switching between target man and false No 9, will only countenance tweaking his formation, akin to shaking things up, once he feels his players are completely au fait with plan A.
From The Guardian
"When I was diagnosed at 23 I was already au fait with mortality and that we weren't going to live forever," she says.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.