au fait

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However, Nelson is less au fait with Asian finance and politics than his predecessor, Mark Tucker, a veteran of Hong Kong’s insurance industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Beardsley was equally au fait, regularly taking the boat train to Paris.

From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2020

It points towards a far more visually literate consumer, who is au fait with the aesthetics of Instagram, selfies, and photography as an everyday language.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2017

"In preparation I've been to see an old friend who's getting me au fait with the rules of magic. "The show is going to have a big fantastical element.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2016

Unfortunately, I do not possess it, my Fr�ulein; therefore, I make extracts of as much poetry as is possible, so as always to be au fait when sensations amidst the forest's verdure are under discussion.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von