Ministry of the higher and secondary special education of the republic of uzbekistan state world languages university

smart
. 
Ashley is really 
smart
; she usually gets an A in all her courses. 
Bill Gates once said that the inevitable consequence of better computer systems 
is a 
smarter
use of people's time. 
Fran Lebowitz once remarked, I never met anyone who didn't have a 
very 
smart
child. What happens to these children, you wonder, when they 
reach adulthood?
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Let’s consider a few examples with from a novel “Evening in 
Byzantium” by Irvin Shaw:
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1. “ Since you’ve been doing so much thinking about my career, “ he 
said with mild irony, perhaps you have a suggestion what I should do”.
“A million things, she said… “You are 
the smartest man
 I’ve ever known. I’d 
be a crime if you just let yourself be thrown into the discard just because the 
people in the movie business or in the theatre are so stupid. You are not married 
to the movie business. Moses never came down from Sinai saying, “THOU 
SHALT ENTERTAIN”, for Christ`s sake! (p.168)
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http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/smart
 
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Shaw I. Evening in Byzantium. NEL Books, London, 1977

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In this example ‘smart’ is used in several senses – ‘capable of doing a lot 
of things’, ‘outstanding in his occupation’ ,’intelligent’.
 
 2. “Hey George! There are ways, you know it. And when you have 
friends , nothing is impossible. Listen, George, I like you. You are 
smart
 and you 
are a 
man of your word
, I can tell. I am a man of my word too. Good 
faith
, 
that’s what it is all about in this life. Right, George?”
“Sure, always.”( p.261) 
 
As we see, in these examples ‘smart’ is linked to the meanings ‘loyal’, 
’honest’ ‘faithful’.