"in one's element" meaning in English

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          "word": "like a duck takes to water"
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          "word": "up someone's alley"
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          "word": "at home"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tarerkʻi meǰ linel",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "տարերքի մեջ լինել"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "i sit es"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "í essinum"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "omassa elementissään"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "dans son élément"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "in seinem Element sein"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "elemében"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "í essinu sínu"
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          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "w swoim żywiole"
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          "roman": "v svojéj stixii",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "в свое́й стихии"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak rýba v vodé",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "как ры́ба в воде́"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "como pez en el agua"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "como en casa"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "en su elemento"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "en su salsa"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "vara i sitt esse"
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "in a suitable environment",
          "word": "wrth fodd"
        }
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  "word": "in one's element"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tarerkʻi meǰ linel",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "տարերքի մեջ լինել"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "i sit es"
    },
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      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "í essinum"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "omassa elementissään"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "dans son élément"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "in seinem Element sein"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "elemében"
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "í essinu sínu"
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      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "w swoim żywiole"
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      "roman": "v svojéj stixii",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "в свое́й стихии"
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      "roman": "kak rýba v vodé",
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      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "como pez en el agua"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "como en casa"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "en su elemento"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "en su salsa"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
      "word": "vara i sitt esse"
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      "sense": "in a suitable environment",
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