capable
/ˈkeɪ.pə.bəl/ adjective B1- Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something. · She is capable and efficient.· He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
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My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit.
“You know that I am as capable of managing a ship as the most experienced captain in the service; and it will be so far advantageous to you to accept my services, that upon Edmond’s release from prison no further change will be requisite on board the Pharaon than for Dantès and myself each to resume our respective posts.”
During this time the empire made its last conscription, and every man in France capable of bearing arms rushed to obey the summons of the emperor.
In age he was rather younger than Douglas—forty-five at the most—a tall, straight, broad-chested fellow with a clean-shaved, prize-fighter face, thick, strong, black eyebrows, and a pair of masterful black eyes which might, even without the aid of his very capable hands, clear a way for him through a hostile crowd.
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