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Synonyms for au fait
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : oh fe |
Phonetic Transcription : oʊ ˈfɛ |
Définition of au fait
Origin :- 1743, French, "to the point, to the matter under discussion," literally "to the fact," from fait "fact" (see feat). Used in French with sense of "acquainted with the facts."
- adj familiar with
- Lady Perry had noticed enough to be au fait with the situation at a word.
- Extract from : « Half a Hero » by Anthony Hope
- Wherefore she knew that her gray foulard was distinctly not au fait.
- Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche
- If poets wrote only of things with which they were au fait, where would all our poetry be?
- Extract from : « Jungle Folk » by Douglas Dewar
- Yes, but it would not be au fait for Madame to wear darned stockings.
- Extract from : « Drusilla with a Million » by Elizabeth Cooper
- I have told him nothing, yet he seems to be au fait to the whole business.
- Extract from : « Charlotte Bront » by T. Wemyss Reid
- Meanwhile Jessie was making Maxwell au fait with the situation.
- Extract from : « The Weight of the Crown » by Fred M. White
- I will keep you "au fait" of all that passes in this country if you wish it.
- Extract from : « Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question » by Lucien Wolf
- I will undertake that when you leave this you shall be au fait at everything.
- Extract from : « Mr. Scarborough's Family » by Anthony Trollope
- Now, this is a subject on which I flatter myself I really am au fait.
- Extract from : « Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow » by Jerome K. Jerome
- His lordship appears to be au fait on every subject one can possibly imagine.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson, Volumes One and Two » by Harriette Wilson
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