On the other hand, many of those conversant in the esoteric disciplines that would produce an avatar are huge fans.
Seen from space, or from the vantage point of those conversant with Zen principles, A Tale for the Time Being is probably a deep and illuminating piece of work, with thoughtful things to say about the slipperiness of time.
For those of you not conversant in the language of gambling, allow me to explain.
Every act of making is conversant with unmaking: the sound of water rushing from a Bernini fountain says both "abundance" and "drowning"; a psalm is written on vellum, made from the skin of an animal "bled & flayed & turned"; the hand that plays slide guitar with a knife may also cut off a hand.
In addition, while students may be aware of (but not conversant with) the fundamental ideas of variation and natural selection, they are generally not aware of the kinds of evidence and reasoning that support these ideas.
The only problem is many of the conversants haven't gotten it right in all the conversations!
Their spoken introductions also offered historical perspective, but in the absence of printed texts and translations, perhaps synopses of more of the songs would have been useful for those of us not conversant in medieval French.
Serving the client was its lodestar, and its bankers were pillars of society, more conversant in literature than in the vagaries of, say, mortgage securities.
My team, several of whom are conversant in Spanish, pretended to be "Bonnie," kept I.M. conversations going with Rafa for two days.
The description of the neurocutaneous Masquelet flaps has revolutionised the osteoplastic armamentarium of surgeons not conversant with microvascular free flaps [14].
