clever
/ˈklɛvə/
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- Final r is pronounced in US English
cle - ver -> clever
(adj) တော်သော။ ကျွမ်းကျင်သော။ ကောင်းသော။ တော်သော။ စွာသော။ ပြန်ပက်တတ်သော။
clever /'klevǝ(r)/ adj (-er , -est )
၁။ (က) တော်သော။
clever at arithmetic ❍ a clever student ❍ Clever girl!
(ခ) ကျွမ်းကျင်သော။
be clever with one's hands ❍ be clever at making excuses.
၂။ ကောင်းသော။ တော်သော။
a clever scheme/invention ❍ What a clever idea!
၃။ (infml derog ) စွာသော။ ပြန်ပက်တတ်သော။ Do as you're told and don't get clever with me! cleverly adv cleverness n [U]
❏ clever Dick (Brit also clever clogs ) n (infml derog ) လူတတ်ကြီး။ ဖိုးသိ။ ငါသိငါတတ်သမား။ She's such a clever Dick—you can't tell her anything.
❏ too clever by half [IDM ] (infml derog esp Brit ) လူ ပါးပုလင်းထိ။ လည်လွန်းတဲ့ဘီး ချေးနင်းမိ။
- Tony was a charming and clever man.
- I’d like to be a doctor but I’m not clever enough.
- [a clever boy/girl] : What a clever boy you are!
- She had a clever lawyer, and was never punished for the murder.
- [clever at doing something] : He’s clever at concealing his feelings about her.
- [clever with] : To be a carpenter you’ve got to be clever with your hands (=good at making things).
- It was a clever idea to sell the boat.
- The clever use of colour can make fine hair look thick.
- Using the Welsh name was a clever marketing ploy.
- This is a very clever piece of software.
- [clever with] : Don’t try and get clever with me.
- ‘I left the door unlocked all night.’ ‘That was clever.’
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