Nov 26th, 2013, 11:43 pm
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| eslHQ Zealot | | Join Date: Mar 12th, 2013
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 Re: Can I use 'clever' to mean each of the definitions?
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Quote susan53  He learnt to sit and stay in five minutes. He's a very clever dog!
2.It was really clever of him to think of using superglue. It would never have occurred to me in a thousand years.
3. It was really clever how she convinced David that he wanted to do exactly what she had decided - and to make him believe it was his own idea.
He's got a promotion board tomorrow and today he goes and tells his boss he's an idiot??? Well, that was really clever of him. | Hi susan,
Thank you for your great examples. Can I also use 'smart' instead of 'clever' in all your examples above in British English? |
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