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单词 to be au fait in or at
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to be au fait in or at
to be au fait in or at: to be well instructed or ‘up to the mark’ in, thoroughly conversant with, expert or skilful in. to put a person au fait of (= French mettre au fait de): to instruct thoroughly in. Also const. with or (less commonly) to.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > be skilled or versed in [verb (transitive)]
witOE
knowOE
underfoa1300
practa1513
skill?1529
to be au fait in or ata1743
society > communication > information > action of informing > give (information) [verb (transitive)] > inform (a person)
to teach a person a thingc888
meanOE
wiseOE
sayOE
wittera1225
tellc1225
do to witc1275
let witc1275
let seec1330
inform1384
form1399
lerea1400
to wit (a person) to saya1400
learn1425
advertise1431
givec1449
insense?c1450
instruct1489
ascertain1490
let1490
alighta1500
advert1511
signify1523
reform1535
advise1562
partake1565
resolve1568
to do to ware1594
to let into one's knowledge1596
intellect1599
possess1600
acquainta1616
alighten1615
recommenda1616
intelligence1637
apprise1694
appraise1706
introduce1741
avail1785
prime1791
document1807
to put up1811
to put a person au fait of1828
post1847
to keep (someone) straight1862
monish1866
to put next to1896
to put (one) wise (to)1896
voice1898
in the picture1900
to give (someone) a line on1903
to wise up1905
drum1908
hip1932
to fill (someone) in on1945
clue1948
background1961
to mark a person's card1961
to loop in1994
a1743 Ld. Hervey Mem. (1952) v. 221 Your Majesty being au fait of all transactions..for these last ten years.
1748 H. Walpole Lett. to H. Mann II. 255 Being au fait he went up to him at Ranelagh and apostrophized him.
1821 New Monthly Mag. 2 220 Yet, to be au fait at nonsense, is no easy matter.
1824 T. De Quincey Incognito in Knight's Q. Mag. 3 150 The gallant troops were not quite au fait in the art of loading.
1828 A. Granville Autobiogr. II. 286 I..will put you au fait of all the circumstances of the case.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vi. 157 For the benefit of those who are not ‘au fait’ to the mysteries of the ‘Jew-basket’ and ‘Missionary-basket’..these ‘meubles’ are willow-repositories.
1881 Daily News 7 Mar. 2/3 (Boat-race), Not quite so au fait at the work as Mr. West.
1906 Nature 13 Sept. 485/1 The author is..not au fait with any up-to-date work.
1916 T. E. Lawrence Let. 22 Dec. (1938) 213 I hope..to run up first to Feisal and so put you au fait with his intentions.
1936 Punch 3 June 624/2 Now Daniel would have been perfectly au fait with such a situation.
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