But when my French faltered, he cheerfully switched to quite passable English.

Within eight months, the entire family was speaking passable English.

Now he asked in passable English, You are the runner?

Another man with more than passable English.

It was something worthy of an inward smile as the minister droned on in passable English.

They spoke passable English, albeit with a rough accent.

A voice came out of the shadows, replying in passable English.

"I want a light," she said in passable English, brandishing a cigarette.

But the Russian city did not have enough stagehands and available bit actors who could speak passable English.

"Everyone in town has heard of you," the man said in passable English.