fluent

fluent
adjective
gewandt [Stil, Redeweise, Redner, Schreiber, Erzähler]

be fluent in Russian, speak fluent Russian, be a fluent speaker of Russian — fließend Russisch sprechen

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['fluənt]
adjective
1) ((of a language etc) smoothly and skilfully spoken: He spoke fluent French.) fließend
2) ((of a person) able to express oneself easily: He is fluent in English.) flüssig
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- fluently
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flu·ent
[ˈflu:ənt]
adj foreign language fließend, geläufig präd; style flüssig, elegant; orator, rhetoric gewandt; movements flüssig
the football match was scrappy with little \fluent passing das Fußballspiel war nichts und das Passspiel war nicht sehr flüssig
to be \fluent in a language eine Sprache fließend beherrschen [o sprechen]
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['fluːənt]
adj
1)

(in a foreign language) to be fluent — die Sprache fließend sprechen

to be fluent in German — fließend Deutsch sprechen

she is fluent in six languages — sie beherrscht sechs Sprachen fließend

his English is not totally fluent — er spricht nicht ganz fließend Englisch

he is a fluent Japanese speaker, he speaks fluent Japanese — er spricht fließend Japanisch

2) (in one's native language) writer, talker, debater gewandt; style flüssig; reader fließend

rage was making him fluent — die Wut beflügelte seine Worte

she speaks in fluent sentences — sie spricht in fließenden or flüssigen Sätzen

3) (= moving freely) movement, action flüssig

Black Velvet is not the most fluent of jumpers — Black Velvet springt nicht besonders flüssig

the match contained little fluent football — die Begegnung enthielt nur wenig flüssiges Spiel

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fluent adj (adv fluently)
1. fließend (auch fig):
in fluent English in fließendem Englisch;
speak fluent German, be fluent in German, be a fluent speaker of German fließend Deutsch sprechen
2. flüssig (Stil etc)
3. gewandt (Redner etc)
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adjective
gewandt [Stil, Redeweise, Redner, Schreiber, Erzähler]

be fluent in Russian, speak fluent Russian, be a fluent speaker of Russian — fließend Russisch sprechen

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adj.
fließend adj.

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