1. adept in handicrafts
2. an adept juggler
3. an expert job
4. a good mechanic
5. a practiced marksman
6. a proficient engineer
7. a lesser-known but no less skillful composer
8. the effect was achieved by skillful retouching
1. "The adept does not show himself; He who shows himself’s no adept."
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Wu Cheng'en, The Journey to the West
2. "was adept, but it had been a while since"
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Sue Grafton, V is for Vengeance
3. "Language can be very adept at hiding the truth."
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Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol
4. "journalists (another tribe adept at misremembering the past)"
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Ben Macintyre, A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
5. "for the vernacular which he was adept at converting"
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Jennifer Kloester, Georgette Heyer
6. "The new Queen was adept at fostering loyalty by hopes alone"
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Anya Seton, Green Darkness
7. "the most effective problem-finders become adept at searching for and identifying patterns."
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Michael A. Roberto, Know What You Don't Know: How Great Leaders Prevent Problems Before They Happen
8. "Materialism is adept at transforming illusions of possibility into settled verities."
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William A. Dembski, Being as Communion
9. "began to cry, which was not unusual. He had never been, and would never be, adept at containing his emotions."
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Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs
10. "The human animal is remarkably adept at seeing itself as the hero, no matter what the story."
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Ethan Watters, Urban Tribes: Are Friends the New Family?