| experienced, worldly-wise, skillful, veteran, skilful• wrangle with, altercate with, quarrel with, stickle with• Bulgaria welcomes Spain's assumption of the chairmanship of the Counter-Terrorism Committee through Ambassador Inocencio Arias, a particularly experienced and talented colleague | |
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| ordeal, tribulation, trial, affliction, distress, woe, misfortune, calamity, disaster, catastrophe, adversity• One experienced lawyer told the United Nations observer that he had referred to this legal provision when he met his client in prison after the initial investigation was concluded | is being treated like a seasoned pro |