On the bright side, the fellow spoke excellent Aminese and Pham wasn't backward in that language either.
Some of them spoke German excellent and others didn't.
Fortunately, however, he spoke excellent Greek, as did two or three of his most senior nobles.
But he spoke excellent French and decent English, and knew the Toubkal valleys by heart.
Clinton's father was first posted in Paris until 1928, and Clinton learned to speak excellent French.
Ah, you speak excellent German.
A northern-born Roman Catholic who speaks excellent French, he moved to the south in 1951.
"You speak excellent German," said one of the men accusingly.
We both speak excellent French.