The repair specialist who'd come with him had been picked for the job because he spoke passable English and had a high security clearance.

The really good thing was that they all spoke passable English.

But the man who waited spoke passable Taglian.

He could also speak passable Sioux - if he felt like it.

He turned to the runner who had been assigned to him who spoke passable English.

In the store he spoke passable French to the young shopgirl.

He spoke passable French, and had placed his children in French school.

He speaks passable English, but what they speak, he insists, is something else: Texan.

Everyone, even the soccer players, spoke passable English.

Young men who speak passable English quickly offer their services to any outsider.