we love being around intelligent people
someone who's very knowledgeable someone
who's really smart and clever
but when it comes to talking or
appreciating these intelligent people
how do you do that in english well in
today's lesson we will have a look at
certain adjectives and certain
expressions that would help you to talk
about intelligent people
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hey friends you're with me niharika and
welcome back
well today we are gonna look at some
adjectives and certain expressions that
would help you to talk about intelligent
people
like i said that we all love being
around intelligent people so talking
about them and appreciating their
abilities is essential
so how do you do that well let's have a
look
now here i have certain adjectives
the first one is wise so who is a wise
person
well someone who has the ability to take
accurate decisions
okay so someone who is really smart
enough to take good decisions and it's
because that person has a lot of
experience
there are times when we can't make our
own decisions we are so dependent on
someone like i believe that my father is
such a wise person well because he has a
lot of experience he's intelligent he's
knowledgeable and because of his
experience he is able to make good
decisions
so i would say that my father is really
wise
okay so that's how you can use this word
it's a great adjective to be used for an
intelligent and experienced person
moving on to another adjective that i
have for you is bright
well bright
too much of light it's too bright
well no here this adjective bright is a
perfect adjective for an intelligent
student
it's usually used for young people
people who are doing really well at
school or in their careers
so it's great to be used for
young intelligent people
so you know like for example
my little cousin like she's just 15
and she is such a bright child so which
means that she is doing so well or she's
just great when it comes to studies
she's intelligent she's smart
and she's doing really well at school so
it's a great adjective that can be used
for young intelligent people okay
moving on to another adjective which is
discerning
so when do you use this
well you can use this adjective for a
person
who
shows or has a very good judgment for
various things like for arts for books
for music for movies
so
someone who's really smart and can
identify what is good and what is bad
okay of course the credit goes to his or
her intelligence well because of his or
her intelligence that person is able to
make good judgments
therefore he is discerning
so someone who has or shows good
judgment uh over things like art music
movies books etc okay
moving on to another one it's again an
english adjective for you which is clear
sighted
okay
well it's not blurred it's clear
well here when you are talking about
intelligent people you can use this
adjective clear clear-sighted which
means someone who thinks and understand
things clearly who's very sensible
for example
my company has hired a new director
who is so clear-sighted so which means
that he understands he's very sensible
enough he's clever smart and of course
intelligent so he's gonna do a great job
for the company's future
okay so use this for a person who's
extremely sensible and knowledgeable
clear sighted okay
moving on to the next one is
boffin
now boffin is not an adjective
it is a british slang
now whom can you call a boyfriend
well boffin is
usually a person who is engaged in
technical
jobs so maybe an engineer
may be a scientist so someone who is an
expert when it comes to computers when
it comes to technical work he is a
buffin
like my cousin i can ask him anything
about the computer because he is just a
genius he is an expert when it comes to
computers so what do i call him
well my cousin john
is a computer boffin okay so which means
that he is a genius and expert when it
comes to technical work
so an expert in technical work
so here are the four adjectives
one slang for you a british slang term
for you buffen
and now let's move on to certain
expressions that you can use for
smart people
well the first one
sharp as attack
so someone who thinks
quickly
acts quickly and learns quickly
wow he's a genius
so yes if you know someone your friend
or a family member
who can just do things perfectly learns
quickly acts quickly
and of course is smart then he is sharp
as a tag like my uncle
though he is growing old but trust me he
is sharp as a tag so which means he is
still really smart and intelligent
so someone who does things quickly okay
moving on to the next expression that i
have for you is
blinds you with science
so who blinds you with science
now there are certain people who have so
much of knowledge about the technical
world
yes they do
and
you get really confused so someone who
just confuses you with a lot of
difficult technical words
then that person blinds you with science
like again one of my friend he is so
smart he belongs to the technical world
well he is a computer engineer so with
his knowledge he ends up using such
difficult technical words
and i really can't understand them so
he just totally blinds me with science
so someone who confuses you
with their knowledge
okay
moving on to the next one is
not just a pretty face
well it's a great expression that can be
used for women
yes we consider women
really pretty
but then people think or usually it's
the men
men think that okay
if the lady is pretty she's definitely
not smart
well there are women who have a very
pretty face they are so attractive
but guess what
they are intelligent as well
so someone
like beauty with brains okay so someone
who is very attractive
and intelligent
well you can use this expression
not just a pretty face well the new ceo
she is a woman but she's not just a
pretty face she's extremely talented and
intelligent
said not just attractive but also
intelligent
the next expression is nobody is full
well nobody's fool is an expression that
is used for a person who cannot be
easily cheated
that person is considered to be really
smart enough and cannot be deceived
so for example
my friend
shane
well don't think that he's nobody's fool
you cannot cheat him you cannot deceive
him because he has a good watch for the
people who can cheat him okay so
nobody's fool is
someone who's not easily deceived
and then the last expression that i have
for you
is to have horse sense
well it's always believed that
animals like the horse
horse is an extremely intelligent animal
so if you meet someone who is a very
practical thinker and someone who's
really smart and sensible someone who is
able to
make good sensible decisions well you
can call him as
someone who has hoarse sense okay so if
you meet someone or if you work with
people who are very practical and who
are really smart and knowledgeable
they tend to make just absolutely the
right decisions they have a horse sense
okay
so someone who takes right sensible
decisions
alright so we learned some adjectives we
also learned a slang term and of course
some expressions that you can use for
intelligent people so start using them
because we often meet a lot of
intelligent people the world is full of
intelligent people so please do use them
and i'll be back with a new lesson soon
till then you take care