shrewd in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for shrewd in the English»French Dictionary

shrewd [Brit ʃruːd, Am ʃrud] ADJ

shrewd person

habile

shrewd face

plein d'astuce

shrewd move, assessment, investment

astucieux/-ieuse

to have a shrewd idea that …

être porté à croire que …

to make a shrewd guess

deviner juste

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he's a smooth or shrewd operator pej

il sait s'y prendre

Translations for shrewd in the French»English Dictionary

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sagace

sagacious, shrewd

astucieux (astucieuse) (sagace)

sharp, shrewd

pénétrant (pénétrante) personne, remarque, étude

shrewd

c'est finement joué!

that's a smart ou shrewd move!

avoir beaucoup d'astuce adulte:

to be extremely shrewd

un (fin) politique

a shrewd operator

fin (fine) esprit

shrewd

avoir du nez , avoir le nez fin (intuition)

to be shrewd

shrewd in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for shrewd in the English»French Dictionary

shrewd ADJ

shrewd comment

fin(e)

shrewd person

astucieux(-euse)

shrewd eye

aiguisé(e)

shrewd move

habile

to make a shrewd guess

deviner juste

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adroit(e)

shrewd

fin renard

shrewd customer

être un fin limier

to be a shrewd detective

débrouillard(e)

shrewd operator

malin (maligne) personne

shrewd

sa finesse d'esprit

his shrewd mind

shrewd Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to make a shrewd guess

deviner juste

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Despite his looks, he can be a very shrewd person.

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But the shrewd yogi bans the king's soul into a parrot, slips into the king's body and rules in his place.

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In the manga, she is virtually non-existent until the company goes under, at which point, she reveals herself as a shrewd businesswoman.

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He appears to be disorganized and distracted, but he has a brilliant, shrewd and cunning mind.

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A shrewd and ambitious businesswoman, she was able to transform their family's jewelry business into a jewelry empire.

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Even in private practice, he remained an active and shrewd observer of the political scene.

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His reports bear a testimony to his astute vision that could see through intense political ambitions and shrewd personal rivalries of power seekers.

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She was also known as being quite shrewd and intelligent.

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He was a shrewd businessman, and felt right at home at the town market.

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His conclusion was that humans are inherently selfish, shrewd, and spontaneously generate stratagems during everyday interactions.

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