Adept
Live
Live adjective - Being in effective operation.
Both words in one sentence
- Glenn Close has proved quite adept at pulling off an English accent, notably her turn as Cruella De Ville in the live action version of 101 Dalmatians.
Source: Fake Brit / Film - Taken literally in Animorphs when the last of the Arn, who are extremely adept in biology, is capable of pinpointing to the exact day how long he expects himself to live.
Source: Your Days Are Numbered - Beagle's The Last Unicorn features the less-than-adept magician Schmendrick, whose teacher Nikos grants immortality for the sake of making him live long enough to realize his full potential.
Source: Blessed With Suck / Literature
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