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1 winkle
(also periwinkle) n. zool. дун хорхой, хорхойнцог. v. winkle sb/ sth out (of sth) татаж чирч гаргах, -аас гаргах. winkle sth out (of sth) арайхийн мэдэж авах, дуулах. She`s very clever at \winkleing secrets out of people. Тэр эмэгтэй ч нандин нууцыг нь хүнээр хэлүүлэхдээ тун мэргэжсэн хүн дээ. -
2 backward
adj. 1. гэдрэг, хойшоо, арагшаа. 2. хөгжлөөр хоцрогдсон, дорой буурай. 3. \backward in sth болхи. Sheila is very clever, but rather \backward in expressing her ideas. Шейла их ухаантай ч санаагаа гаргахдаа тун болхи доо. adv. 1. арагшаа, хойшоо, гэдрэг. 2. урвуу, тонгоруу. 3. өнгөрсөн рүү, хойшоо ухрах. Instead of making progress, my work actually seems to be going \backwards. Хөгжиж дэвшихийн оронд миний ажил үнэндээ ухраад байх шиг санагддаг.
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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
the clever money is on sb/sth — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… … Financial and business terms
the clever money is on sth — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… … Financial and business terms
the smart/clever money is on sb/sth — ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already filed for bankruptcy protection, and… … Financial and business terms
the smart money is on sth — Ⅰ. the smart money is on sth ► a phrase used to say that something will probably happen: »The smart money is on James for the new Director Finance post. »The smart money is on the country remaining outside the Eurozone for the next decade. Main… … Financial and business terms
the clever money is on sb — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… … Financial and business terms
the smart money is on sb/sth — the smart/clever money is on sb/sth ► used to say that people who know a lot about a situation strongly believe that a particular thing is likely to happen or a particular person is likely to be the one to do something: »One airline has already… … Financial and business terms
play — 1 /pleI/ verb 1 CHILDREN (I, T) when children play, they do things that they enjoy, often together or with toys: The children ran off to play on the beach. | play sth: The boys were playing soldiers. | I don t want to play that game! (+ with):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
play — play1 W1S1 [pleı] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(children)¦ 2¦(sports/games)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(radio/cd etc)¦ 5¦(theatre/film)¦ 6 play a part/role 7 play ball 8¦(pretend)¦ 9¦(behave)¦ 10 play games … Dictionary of contemporary English
as — 1 strong adverb, preposition 1 as old/fat/clever etc as sb/sth equally old, fat etc as someone or something else: My brother is not as old as me. | Her ring is twice as big as mine. | as soon as possible (=as soon as you can) | just as… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
