fluent speaker
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffluentandspeaker
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fluent
adjective
uk/ˈfluː.ənt/us/ˈfluː.ənt/
When a person is fluent, they can speak a language easily, well, ...
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speaker
noun[C]
uk/ˈspiː.kər/us/ˈspiː.kɚ/
a person who gives a speech at a ...
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(Definition offluentandspeakerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffluent speaker
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He has certainly shown himself to be afluentspeaker.
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The lastfluentspeakerdied in 1981.
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The lastfluentspeakerdied in 1980.
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He was known as a good andfluentspeaker.
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The youngestfluentspeakerwas 54 at the time of filming.
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That said, the meaning is probably obvious to afluentspeaker, when put in context.
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Accurate pronunciation can not be learned without consulting afluentspeaker.
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Ten speakers remained in 1961; the lastfluentspeakerdied in 1983.
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It may be extinct; in 2001 there was only one elderlyfluentspeakerleft.
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As an example of what processing online means, let us examine speech production in afluentspeaker.
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He was remembered at the time of his death as a good, clear writer and afluentspeaker.
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He was not very well-educated, but was afluentspeakerand a cheerful companion and had good manners.
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However, unless you are afluentspeakerof the language, it is really hard to know for sure if words are animate or inanimate.
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He was afluentspeakerwith great gifts of exposition, and the most difficult subjects were made by him to appear plain and almost simple.
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