I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a good/smart/wise move (= sensible )
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I’m not sure it was a good move giving him the job.
a smart bomb (= that is guided to the right place )
a smart card (= one with an electronic part that records information )
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Keeping medical records on small plastic smart cards seems to be a success.
smart alec
smart arse
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smart-arse remarks
smart bomb
smart card
smart British English
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Do you have to wear smart clothes to work?
way heavier/smarter/bigger etc (= much heavier etc )
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The tickets were way more expensive than I thought.
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■ ADVERB
as
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It's possible to imagine machines as smart as monkeys, or men.
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I know how to sound as smart as I look.
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She intended to look just as smart when she grew up.
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Alice was as smart about life as anybody she ever came up against.
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It was not naturally as smart a match as the failed one of the summer, but the reactions were all the same gratifying.
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Its descendants someday will be rodents, and someday further, as smart and nimble as apes.
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They didn't have speech, and they were not as smart as we were.
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If Susan is as smart as her reputation, she can find her clue in the river.
how
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It's time, while Mercury is forming a sharp link to Jupiter, to find out how smart you really are.
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The listening, the uninterrupted speaking, made us realize how smart we were, and how inhibited.
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Ruth thought how smart Sean looked.
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And sure enough, there it was once more, evidence of how smart they were.
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It is wonderful how quickly they learn and how smart they are.
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People in New York, Alexander told me, were saying how smart the opportunist was.
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There are many simple and advanced examples of how smart materials could work.
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Seeing her learn and loving it, seeing how smart she is.
much
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She thinks people who are clean-shaven look much smarter .
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Our people are much smarter than our bombs ever can be.
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The equivalent of the high street in Passy was much smarter than anything I had seen in London.
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On the mainland I feel I have to look much smarter .
really
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Benji can look like a broken-down old cab horse with a real novice on his back or he can look really smart .
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Like every really smart lobbyist, Boggs knows the importance of being subtle and of keeping a low profile.
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It did look really smart though.
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They play really smart ball and they often win championships, despite having a lineup which is somewhat less than imposing.
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Cruising Altitude has put up two really smart performances this season both at Newbury.
so
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What's so smart about this Smart Rope?
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I thought that I looked so smart in my white shoes, shorts, shirt and three cornered hat.
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My father, who thought I was so smart ?
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Their brains are tiny: why are they so smart ?
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Because they are so good, so smart , they stand out like beacons in a sea of mediocrity.
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Rab not so smart , the mouldy meat.
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Most of the women were college graduates, thought highly of Smith, and were pleased that this stranger was so smart .
too
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Intelligent Buildings Too smart for their own good?
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The dumb ones are too smart to fight.
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But some people are worried about what happens when they become too smart .
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Pale-eyed and pink-skinned, he was always too serious, too smart , too polite, too good.
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You're way too smart to be driving a truck.
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Arvey was through that night, too , only he was too smart to let on.
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You're a fool in some ways when you're too smart for your own good.
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It was too smart to give people the chance to turn it down.
very
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Meanwhile, the canal is edged with black bricks laid with black mortar which provides a very smart finish to the canal.
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Twelve feet high, cube in shape, not very smart or nimble, but it did shuffle along slowly.
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Every one, station staff, local dignitaries and even the press looked very smart ... everyone that is, except for me!
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Adrianne is warm and likable, David very smart but weak, and Diane also smart, but cold and ambiguous.
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Until then the Pony Club riders will look very smart in their shirts while their adult equivalents ride red faced and harassed.
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Shim is a top scholar, very , very smart .
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They were all in step and looked very smart .
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Your feet seem to be very smart in figuring out what they like.
■ NOUN
clothes
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Yet, it is clear that the photographer has in fact got them to pose, dressed up in their smartest clothes .
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He had used the money to hire smart clothes for his wedding.
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Good figure, smart clothes , very blonde.
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The next evening when he got home, Amanda was in the sitting-room watching television, wearing her smartest clothes .
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He was initially a good provider and noted for his smart clothes in the post-depression days.
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He remembered Charlie Hatton's brand-new flat, the pretty young wife with her smart clothes .
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Even at home she put on smarter clothes .
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Peggy Pine who ran the smart clothes shop said that she might have her young niece staying with her.
guy
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Which goes to show that the smart guys were right about something.
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He never would have figured it out, certainly; it was the sort of thing that occurred to smart guys .
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Art Mitz, the editor of the school newspaper and a very smart guy , was the kingpin.
kid
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But I was a smart kid .
man
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He's an awfully smart man .
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Florida was always either going under or bobbing to the surface, and a smart man had to be a loose cork.
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We are the smart men about town.
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But Jackson is a far smarter man than Farrakhan.
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Chatterton's a very smart man and he understands small print.
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Andy is a smart man who has been in the coaching business for years.
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But Finch is a smart man .
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But he was in a weakened condition with a smart man like Teal.
material
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There are many simple and advanced examples of how smart materials could work.
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Other kinds of sensors, in concert with smart materials , will produce custom systems for a host of problems.
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Yet smart materials are the future.
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To date, adaptive systems rely on three general classes of smart materials .
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These modules may make good use of smart materials .
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The development of better miniature actuators and smart materials will make such robots affordable for all.
move
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What is the smartest move you've ever made?
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The smart move is to proceed according to Mr Punch's exclusive eight-point plan, as follows ... 1.
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The marriage with Napster is a smart move .
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It's the smart move , Rachel.
people
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For smart people , discerning people, the clutter and crush had eventually become too much.
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Lots of smart people are interested in the problems of unhealthy and unproductive workplaces and what to do about them.
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Despite that, they now cluster under a variety of new names courtesy of those very smart people with MBAs.
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Berkeley sounded like the Golden Mountain Chess Association -- filled with smart people who could write.
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That's what smart people do.
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That maybe we're not the smartest people in the world because we will go out there willing to kill ourselves.
restaurant
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In the hushed surroundings of a smart restaurant , Boon fiddles enigmatically with a fob watch on a neck chain.
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Now they had a smart restaurant in Blackheath, another in Knightsbridge, and a chain of pizza houses.
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Vegetarians unite Vegetarianism has stepped out of its sandals and into the smartest restaurants .
street
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They paraded the smart streets of West London, displaying their meagre weekly rations.
suit
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Hire costs, or the price of a new, smart suit , should be built into your calculations.
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A smart suit with cheap uncomfortable shoes generally reveals a man posing above his station.
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A more continuing change has been the wearing of smarter suits by most males and of brighter colours by many ladies.
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They go, in their smart suits and ties, back to the village.
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She seldom wore the pretty dresses or smart suits that Scarlet bought her, preferring her rags.
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Groom will buy a smart suit .
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Then comes the crowning glory of Frank's act, as he peels off his raincoat to reveal a smart suit underneath.
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Paul Magee, 42, stood bare-chested next to his co-defendant Michael O'Brien, 28, who was dressed in a smart suit .
woman
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Tall, smart women strutting in their black uniforms and leather boots.
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Valadon was intriguing, but I knew a smart woman who was already working on her.
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Mostly they were very smart women in suits and soft draped dresses.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as pretty/smart etc as the dickens
tough/smart cookie
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Barney's a tough cookie . He knows how to play politics.
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Being a dedicated tough cookie , he has delivered the goods in impressive manner.
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In general, the provincial circuit is a far tougher cookie than its metropolitan counterpart.
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Monroe herself, of course, was a smart cookie , but she knew enough to play dumb.
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Mr Kinnock is clearly a tough cookie .
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Now, women on television are depicted as tough cookies who need a man like a fish needs a trouser press.
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The Gingerbread Man Summary A fox ate a smart cookie .
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Unless Newman is a smart cookie .
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We're tough cookies here, and so are you.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Smart machines and other appliances are operated via the Internet.
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a smart suit
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an atmosphere of smart elegance
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Here are a few tips every smart traveler should know.
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Kelly wasn't sure if she was smart enough to go to law school.
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Marvin gave me a smart kick under the table.
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Quinn's a smart guy, but he talks too much.
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That's a smart suit, Sam.
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That's enough of your smart remarks for now.
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The editor was slim, smart and dark-haired.
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The new software system is really smart and it's much quicker to use too.
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The US used smart weapons in Iraq and Kosovo.
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The waitresses were the smartest ones I'd ever seen.
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You look really smart today, Chris. Have you got a job interview?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dressed in a smart , grey suit and black tie, the former Beatle looked very happy.
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It also might challenge and invite smart graduate students and other young professionals to choose public service over a corporate career.
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It is wonderful how quickly they learn and how smart they are.
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Perfect for when you are provoked into washing out a smart mouth with soap.
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So you can be reassured that your chil-dren are smarter than Chicken Licken and her friends.
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The drake is smart rather than spectacular in appearance.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
still
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The company is still smarting from the rebuff it received in the senate finance committee.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The smoke made my eyes smart .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her eyes smarted, her mind was numb, her feet cold.
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His were smarting now, as if he wanted to cry.
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My toes began to smart and bursts of quivering ran through me.
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She had smarted at Jenny's accusation the night of the dinner party that she had encouraged Matthew.
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She winced, smarting beneath memories of Giles's disbelief and the greedy delight that had turned to frustrated irritation.