The phrase "able to decipher a" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the ability to understand or interpret something, often in a context involving codes, languages, or complex information.
Example: "She is able to decipher a variety of ancient scripts, making her an invaluable asset to the archaeological team."
Alternatives: "capable of interpreting a" or "skilled at understanding a".
They won't run the play the same as you've seen it [on film], so being able to decipher a shift or a motion or a change in personnel is usually necessary.
Hence, the glyphs for tzu and lu were pronounced tzul, which was the Mayan word for "dog". Using this approach, Knorozov was able to decipher a wide array of hitherto incomprehensible Mayan symbols.
Now, researchers have been able to decipher a key aspect of the behavior of perovskites made with different formulations: With certain additives there is a kind of "sweet spot" where greater amounts will enhance performance and beyond which further amounts begin to degrade it.
You know the trope: Armed with nothing but a tiny, pixelated photo or grainy security camera footage, a team of detectives zoom in again and again until they are able to decipher a blurry license plate, or identify the killer in a reflection in the victim's eyes essentially creating pixels out of thin air.
You know the trope: Armed with nothing but a tiny, pixelated photo or grainy security camera footage, a team of detectives zoom in again and again until they are able to decipher a blurry license plate, or identify the killer in a reflection in the victim's eyes -- essentially creating pixels out of thin air.
"People in the know would be able to decipher a message on site in a protest, or halfway across the globe through a photo".
Larry's brown suit may have spoken to me, in a foreign language that I was nonetheless vaguely able to decipher, of a fate in store for its wearer — a doom of premature manhood already thickening his jowls.
The researchers have so far been able to decipher only a few Greek letters so it may be a while before entire documents are revealed.
Larry's brown suit may have spoken to me, in a foreign language that I was nonetheless vaguely able to decipher, of a fate in store for its wearer a doom of premature manhood already thickening his jowls.
Successive association studies considering the appropriate traits in appropriate models could be able to decipher such a complex and broad selection signature signal into involved phenotypes.
The team was able to decipher migratory patterns--a daunting task--relatively easily with a new technique that tracks natural chemical markers in the feathers.
