French English Dictionary

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compétence in English:

1. skill


Everyone recognized his skill.
Because of his great professional skill, the lawyer has a large number of clients.
The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself.
All the skill of the sailors fell before the violence of the storm.
The crowd may be on the side of Luciano, but the champ has got the skill to win and that's what matters.
However, in America, sports teams are generally chosen by skill, and academic courses by ability.
This part of the tune needs some real skill. It took me ages to learn how to play it on the piano.
How much we pay you depends on your skill.
Albert is always trying his hand at something to test his own skill.
He came on board this company with a lot of fanfare and he turns out to have the skill and talent to live up to it.
Before I can return your children... you'll have to complete a course called family skills.
1. Surely those skills still count for something. / 2. I guess that's one of your skills.
While I was intent on improving my language skill, I came upon an English grammar book.

English word "compétence"(skill) occurs in sets:

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2. proficiency


Her proficiency in English rapidly improved.
German instrumentalists were known for both their strong performance proficiency as also their skills as improvisers.
A competency is used to gather proficiency level and years of experience of a candidate in order to find the best candidate for a job.
The letters STEP stand for the Society for Testing English Proficiency.
On a scale of 1 to 10, please rate your proficiency in the following languages.

English word "compétence"(proficiency) occurs in sets:

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Fiches du livre - "The Principles of Language-Stud...
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3. competence


It wasn't within his competence to make this decision.
I have no competence.
Linguistic competence is inborn, not acquired.
Competence and performance are two different things.

English word "compétence"(competence) occurs in sets:

Training and motivating - Formation et motivation
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Fiches du livre - "The Treaty of the European Unio...