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Pb03 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Too smart for something
Hi guys,
In the following sentence below, what is the best interpretation for the underlined part?
(Wolverine is very smart, compared to other animals? Or to other animals wolverine is considered very smart? Or any other interpretation?)
Any comments would be welcomed.
Thanks~
pb
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As a whole, this passage suggests that the wolverine is too smart for other animals.
In the following sentence below, what is the best interpretation for the underlined part?
(Wolverine is very smart, compared to other animals? Or to other animals wolverine is considered very smart? Or any other interpretation?)
Any comments would be welcomed.
Thanks~
pb
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As a whole, this passage suggests that the wolverine is too smart for other animals.
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Pb03 As a whole, this passage suggests that the wolverine is too smart for other animals . Maybe little more context would be useful. I've heard it as 'I'm just too smart for you' meaning I'm better than you in this activity .
- Pb03 As a whole, this passage suggests that the wolverine is too smart for other animals .
- Maybe little more context would be useful.
- I've heard it as 'I'm just too smart for you' meaning I'm better than you in this activity .
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Pb03As a whole, this passage suggests that the wolverine is too smart for other animals.Maybe little more context would be useful.
I've heard it as 'I'm just too smart for you' meaning
I'm better than you in this activity.
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Those are all fine.
You could also say The wolverine is smarter than other animals. That would probably the simplest way to say it, but maybe not the best.
You could also say The wolverine is smarter than other animals. That would probably the simplest way to say it, but maybe not the best.
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Hey there ...
Well i think that using " compared to/with" would be rather expressive at begining of the sentence, in order to show that " among specific group of animals, this one is the smartest, or way smarter than the others ", and it could attract the listener much more than saying " wolverine is the ... " which sounds like a narrative boring way for me.
So it could be this way,
Well i think that using " compared to/with" would be rather expressive at begining of the sentence, in order to show that " among specific group of animals, this one is the smartest, or way smarter than the others ", and it could attract the listener much more than saying " wolverine is the ... " which sounds like a narrative boring way for me.
So it could be this way,
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It is gramatically correct, but no, it is not common. Besides, would other animals know or care if the wolverine was smart?
Also in the original context, is the wolverine being personified? Is the author giving it human traits, or just referring to it as an animal?
Also in the original context, is the wolverine being personified? Is the author giving it human traits, or just referring to it as an animal?
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