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• clever — 01. She s a [clever] little girl who learns very quickly. 02. Dave is [clever] at many different things and has had all kinds of jobs. 03. You might be able to figure out the riddle because you re much [cleverer] than I am. 04. He was well known… …   Grammatical examples in English

• clever — 1 *intelligent, quick witted, brilliant, bright, smart, alert, knowing Analogous words: *quick, apt, ready, prompt: *versatile, all around, many sided: capable, competent, *able: *sharp, keen, acute Antonyms: du …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• clever — late 16c., handy, dexterous, from E.Anglian dialectal cliver expert at seizing, perhaps from E.Fris. klufer or Norwegian dialectic klover ready, skillful, and perhaps influenced by O.E. clifer claw, hand (early usages seem to refer to dexterity); …   Etymology dictionary

• clever — adj. 1 (esp. BrE) having intelligence; having skill or ability VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• clever — clev|er S2 [ˈklevə US ər] adj [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) especially BrE able to learn and understand things quickly = ↑intelligent American Equivalent: smart ▪ a clever man very/extremely/quite/pretty etc …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• clever — adjective 1 especially BrE able to learn and understand things quickly; intelligent: a clever student | You tied your shoes up yourself? What a clever girl! 2 able to use your intelligence to get what you want, especially in a slightly dishonest… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• thing — [[t]θɪ̱ŋ[/t]] ♦ things 1) N COUNT: usu with supp You can use thing to refer to any object, feature, or event when you cannot, need not, or do not want to refer to it more precisely. What s that thing in the middle of the fountain? Some kind of… …   English dictionary

• thing — noun 1 used instead of the name of an object ADJECTIVE ▪ basic, essential ▪ I need to buy a few basic things like bread and milk. VERB + THING ▪ make ▪ He make …   Collocations dictionary

• clever —  1) neat, smooth, cleanly wrought, dexterous. S.  2) to clever, or claver, the endeavour of a child to climb up any thing ; also to catch hold of any thing. N …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England

• clever — adj. (cleverer, cleverest) 1 skilful, talented; quick to understand and learn. 2 adroit, dextrous. 3 (of the doer or the thing done) ingenious, cunning. Phrases and idioms: clever Dick (or clogs etc.) colloq. a person who is or purports to be… …   Useful english dictionary

• What Is the Fastest Thing in the World? — is a Greek fairy tale collected by Georgios A. Megas in Folktales of Greece . [Georgias A. Megas, Folktales of Greece , p 158, University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1970] It is Aarne Thompson type 875 and has many Greek and Slavic… …   Wikipedia