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savoir-faire (sav′wär fer′; Fr sȧ vwȧr fer′)

noun

ready knowledge of what to do or say, and of when and how to do or say it

Etymology: Fr, to know (how) to do

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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