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adj. slim, schrander[ sjroe:d] 〈 shrewdness〉♦voorbeelden:shrewd guess • intelligente goka shrewd idea where to find something • een nauwkeurig idee waar iets te zoekenshrewd observer • scherp waarnemer -
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[ʃruːd]I have a shrewd idea that — mi sa che, ho il sospetto che
* * *[ʃru:d](showing good judgement; wise: a shrewd man; a shrewd choice.) astuto- shrewdly- shrewdness* * *shrewd /ʃru:d/a.1 accorto; acuto; perspicace; avveduto; sagace; scaltro: a shrewd politician, un accorto uomo politico; a shrewd business sense, un acuto senso degli affari; a shrewd observer, un acuto osservatore; a shrewd comment, un commento sagace● a shrewd guess, un'ipotesi valida (e forse azzeccata) □ a shrewd knock, un duro colpo □ a shrewd plan, un piano abile □ a shrewd suspicion, un sospetto fondatoshrewdly avv. shrewdness n. [u].* * *[ʃruːd]I have a shrewd idea that — mi sa che, ho il sospetto che
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adjectivescharfsinnig [Person]; klug [Entscheidung, Investition, Schritt, Geschäftsmann]; genau [Schätzung, Einschätzung]; treffsicher [Urteilsvermögen]* * *[ʃru:d]- academic.ru/91541/shrewdly">shrewdly- shrewdness* * *[ʃru:d]\shrewd comment kluge [o scharfsinnige] Bemerkung\shrewd decision kluge Entscheidung\shrewd eye scharfes Augeto make a \shrewd guess gut raten\shrewd move geschickter Schachzug* * *[ʃruːd]adj (+er)person gewitzt, klug, clever (inf); businessman also, plan, move clever (inf), raffiniert, geschickt; investment, argument taktisch geschickt, klug; assessment, observer scharf, genau; smile verschmitzt, wissend; eyes schlau; mind scharf; glance durchdringend, prüfendI can make a shrewd guess — ich kann ja mal raten
that was a shrewd guess —
I have a shrewd idea that... — ich habe so das bestimmte Gefühl, dass...
I have a shrewd idea of what he'll say — ich kann mir gut denken, was er sagen wird
to be shrewd enough to do sth — schlau or clever (inf) genug sein, etw zu tun
to have a shrewd suspicion that... — den stillen Verdacht hegen, dass...
to have a shrewd understanding of sth — in Bezug auf etw (acc) Durchblick haben
* * *shrewd [ʃruːd] adj (adv shrewdly)1. schlau2. scharfsinnig, klug, gescheit (Bemerkung etc):a shrewd observer ein scharfer Beobachter;this was a shrewd guess das war gut geraten3. obs heftig (Schmerz etc)* * *adjectivescharfsinnig [Person]; klug [Entscheidung, Investition, Schritt, Geschäftsmann]; genau [Schätzung, Einschätzung]; treffsicher [Urteilsvermögen]* * *adj.fix adj.scharfsinnig adj.schlau adj. -
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cunning ['kʌnɪŋ]∎ he's as cunning as a fox il est rusé comme un renard2 nounⓘ I have a cunning plan La série télévisée comique Blackadder a été diffusée pendant de nombreuses années en Grande-Bretagne. Baldrick, qui en était l'un des personnages principaux et qui était particulièrement stupide, inventait toujours des stratagèmes qu'il présentait à son maître précédés de la formule I have a cunning plan ("J'ai un plan des plus ingénieux"). Aujourd'hui on utilise cette phrase sur le mode humoristique en référence à la série télévisée ou bien lorsque quelqu'un est sur le point d'expliquer un projet qu'il a conçu. -
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* * *shrewd·ness[ˈʃru:dnəs]* * *['ʃruːdnɪs]n(of person) Gewitztheit f, Klugheit f, Cleverness f (inf); (of businessman also, plan, move) Raffiniertheit f, Geschicktheit f; (of investment, argument) Klugheit f; (of assessment, observer) Schärfe f, Genauigkeit f; (of guess) Treffsicherheit f* * *1. Schlauheit f2. Scharfsinn m, Klugheit f* * *n.Schlauheit f. -
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clever [ˈklevər]a. ( = intelligent) intelligent• clever girl! bravo !b. ( = skilful) [craftsman] adroit ; [shot, pass, header] bien vu• don't get clever with me! (inf) ne fais pas le malin avec moi !* * *['klevə(r)]1) ( intelligent) [person] intelligentto be clever at something/at doing — être doué pour quelque chose/pour faire
2) ( ingenious) [solution, gadget, person] astucieux/-ieuse, futé3) ( shrewd) astucieux/-ieuse4) ( skilful) habile, adroit5) ( persuasive) [argument, advertisement] astucieux/-ieuse; [lawyer, salesperson] malin/-igne6) ( cunning)to be too clever for somebody — être trop malin/-igne pour quelqu'un
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[br]b. 5 January 1855 Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, USAd. 9 July 1932 Los Angeles, California, USA[br]American inventor and manufacturer, inventor of the safety razor.[br]Gillette's formal education in Chicago was brought to an end when a disastrous fire destroyed all his father's possessions. Forced to fend for himself, he worked first in the hardware trade in Chicago and New York, then as a travelling salesman. Gillette inherited the family talent for invention, but found that his successful inventions barely paid for those that failed. He was advised by a previous employer, William Painter (inventor of the Crown Cork), to look around for something that could be used widely and then thrown away. In 1895 he succeeded in following that advice of inventing something which people could use and then throw away, so that they would keep coming back for more. An idea came to him while he was honing an old-fashioned razor one morning; he was struck by the fact that only a short piece of the whole length of a cutthroat razor is actually used for shaving, as well as by the potentially dangerous nature of the implement. He "rushed out to purchase some pieces of brass, some steel ribbon used for clock springs, a small hand vise and some files". He thought of using a thin steel blade sharpened on each side, placed between two plates and held firmly together by a handle. Though coming from a family of inventors, Gillette had no formal technical education and was entirely ignorant of metallurgy. For six years he sought a way of making a cheap blade from sheet steel that could be hardened, tempered and sharpened to a keen edge.Gillette eventually found financial supporters: Henry Sachs, a Boston lamp manufacturer; his brother-in-law Jacob Heilbron; and William Nickerson, who had a considerable talent for invention. By skilled trial and error rather than expert metallurgical knowledge, Nickerson devised ways of forming and sharpening the blades, and it was these that brought commercial success. In 1901, the American Safety Razor Company, later to be renamed the Gillette Safety Razor Company, was set up. When it started production in 1903 the company was badly in debt, and managed to sell only fifty-one razors and 168 blades; but by the end of the following year, 90,000 razors and 12.4 million blades had been sold. A sound invention coupled with shrewd promotion ensured further success, and eight plants manufacturing safety razors were established in various parts of the world. Gillette's business experiences led him into the realms of social theory about the way society should be organized. He formulated his views in a series of books published over the years 1894 to 1910. He believed that competition led to a waste of up to 90 per cent of human effort and that want and crime would be eliminated by substituting a giant trust to plan production centrally. Unfortunately, the public in America, or anywhere else for that matter, were not ready for this form of Utopia; no omniscient planners were available, and human wants and needs were too various to be supplied by a single agency. Even so, some of his ideas have found favour: air conditioning and government provision of work for the unemployed. Gillette made a fortune from his invention and retired from active participation in the business in 1913, although he remained President until 1931 and Director until his death.[br]Bibliography"Origin of the Gillette razor", Gillette Blade (February/March).Further ReadingObituary, 1932, New York Times (11 July).J.Jewkes, D.Sawers and R.Stillerman, 1958, The Sources of Invention, London: Macmillan.LRD / IMcN
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