that's a clever girl

that's a clever girl
that’s a good boy/clever girl/etc british spoken phrase
used for praising or encouraging a child or an animal
Thesaurus: ways of praising someone or somethingsynonym ways of encouraging or telling someone to do somethingsynonym
Main entry: that

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  • that's a good boy — that’s a good boy/clever girl/etc british spoken phrase used for praising or encouraging a child or an animal Thesaurus: ways of praising someone or somethingsynonym ways of encouraging or telling someone to do somethingsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • that — that1 W1S1 [ðæt] determiner, pron [: Old English; Origin: thAt] 1.) plural those [ðəuz US ðouz] used to refer to a person, thing, idea etc that has already been mentioned or is already known about ▪ You never cared about me. That s not true. ▪ I… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • that — 1 determiner plural those 1 used to talk about a person, thing, idea etc that has already been mentioned or that the person you are talking to knows about already: Who was that man I saw you with last night? | Those flowers that you gave me… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • that*/*/*/ — UK [ðæt] / US adverb, conjunction, determiner, pronoun Summary: That can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): Give me that hammer. as a demonstrative pronoun (without a following noun): Who gave you that? as a… …   English dictionary

  • Clever Hans (fairy tale) — Clever Hans is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm about a boy who ruins his engagement with a girl through a variety of comedic events. The title is claimed by most people to be ironic. Plot summary A boy named Hans has a conversation… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 */*/ — UK [ˈklevə(r)] / US [ˈklevər] adjective Word forms clever : adjective clever comparative cleverer superlative cleverest 1) good at learning or understanding things Tony was a charming and clever man. I d like to be a doctor but I m not clever… …   English dictionary

  • boy, clever —    A vocative that tends to be used by Jewish speakers, suggesting that it might be an alternative to ‘wise guy’ in translating the Yiddish chachem. According to Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish, chachem (also spelt haham, chaham) is mainly used …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • Material Girl — For other uses, see Material girl (disambiguation). Material Girl …   Wikipedia

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