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1 repartee
noun1) (skill in making retorts) Schlagfertigkeit, die2) (conversation) von [Geist und] Schlagfertigkeit sprühende Unterhaltung* * *rep·ar·tee[ˌrepɑ:ˈti:, AM -ɑ:rˈ-]n no pl schlagfertige Antwort* * *["repAː'tiː]nSchlagabtausch m; (= retort) schlagfertige Antwortrenowned for his repartee — bekannt für seine Schlagfertigkeit
* * *repartee [ˌrepɑː(r)ˈtiː]A sa) schlagfertige Antwortb) schlagfertiges Hin und Herc) Schlagfertigkeit f:good at repartee schlagfertigB v/i schlagfertige Antworten geben* * *noun1) (skill in making retorts) Schlagfertigkeit, die2) (conversation) von [Geist und] Schlagfertigkeit sprühende Unterhaltung* * *n.Schlagfertigkeit f.
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