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  • 81Wise — (izg. vȁjz), Robert (1914) DEFINICIJA američki filmski redatelj, režirao neke od najuspješnijih holivudskih mjuzikla (Moje pjesme, moje snovi; Priča sa zapadne strane) i filmove strave i fantastike (Dan kad je Zemlja stala) …

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  • 82wise guy — wise′ guy n. Informal. inf a cocksure, conceited, and often insolent person; smart aleck • Etymology: 1895–1900, amer …

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  • 83wise — [adj] intelligent, reasonable astute, aware, calculating, careful, clever, cogitative, contemplative, crafty, cunning, discerning, discreet, educated, enlightened, erudite, experienced, foresighted, grasping, informed, insightful, intuitive,… …

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  • 84wise guy — [n] smart aleck; gangster bigmouth*, criminal, crook, hood, hoodlum, know it all*, Mafioso*, member of the family, mobster, smart ass*, smarty pants*, wiseacre, wiseass, wisenheimer; concept 412 …

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  • 85wise guy — ► NOUN informal ▪ a person who makes sarcastic or insolent remarks so as to demonstrate their cleverness …

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  • 86-wise — [wīz] [< WISE2] suffix 1. in a (specified) direction, position, or manner [lengthwise]: in this sense equivalent to WAYS 2. in a manner characteristic of [clockwise] 3. with regard to; in connection with: a revival of an earlier usage… …

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  • 87Wise — [wīz] 1. Stephen Samuel 1874 1949; U.S. rabbi & Jewish leader, born in Hungary 2. Thomas James 1859 1937; Eng. bibliophile, editor, & forger …

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  • 88wise|a|cre — «WYZ AY kuhr», noun. 1. a person who thinks that he knows everything. 2. a learned person; sage (usually contemptuous or ironical, with implication of pedantry or impracticality). ╂[half translation of Middle Dutch wijssegger soothsayer. Compare… …

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  • 89wise|ling — «WYZ LIHNG», noun. a pretender to wisdom; wiseacre: »This may well put to the blush those wiselings that show themselves fools in so speaking (John Donne) …

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  • 90wise up (to something) — ˌwise ˈup (to sth) derived (informal) to become aware of the unpleasant truth about a situation Main entry: ↑wisederived …

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