savvy
well informed, clever
TRANSLATION
gerissen, gesunder Menschenverstand, klug, schlau die Klugheit, die Intelligenz, das Köpfchen no savvy = keine Ahnung tech-savvy = mit Computererfahrung He's got savvy = Er hat Köpfchen
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IN THE PRESS
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar named his company after California's tech-SAVVY San Fransisco Bay area. "Ebay," he was later dismayed to learn, means 'F*** Off' in Russian.
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Australian actor Errol Flynn was frequently banned from drinking on the set. Necessity being the mother of invention, the SAVVY star soon developed a solution: Injecting oranges with vodka and eating them during his breaks.
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Australian actor Errol Flynn was frequently banned from drinking on the set. Necessity being the mother of invention, the SAVVY star soon developed a solution: Injecting oranges with vodka and eating them during his breaks.
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savvy
- adj. Well informed and perceptive; shrewd: "savvy Washington insiders."
- n. Practical understanding or shrewdness: "a banker known for financial savvy."
from Latin sapere, to be wise.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, brilliant, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, capable, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, learned, masterful, masterly, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, right there, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, trained
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- adj. Well informed and perceptive; shrewd: "savvy Washington insiders."
- n. Practical understanding or shrewdness: "a banker known for financial savvy."
from Latin sapere, to be wise.
Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Synonyms:
accomplished, adroit, agile, artful, brilliant, clever, deft, dexterous, effective, capable, effectual, efficient, equal to, experienced, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, keen, learned, masterful, masterly, practiced, prepared, proficient, qualified, right there, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, trained
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