How not to be clever

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The Nuttall’s Dictionary

Shrewd (Хитрый, жестокий)
Sly (Коварный, лукавый)
Furtive (Вороватый, хитрый)
Surreptitious (Тайный, скрытный)
Treacherous (Предательский, ненадежный)
Sneaking (Трусливый, подлый)
Crafty (Хитрый, коварный)
Un-English
Un-Scottish
Un-Welsh
Modern meanings of word “clever”

England is a democratic country

“Continental gentleman”: “This view rather reminds me of Utrecht, where the peace treaty concluding the War of Spanish Succession was signed on the 11th April, 1713. The river there, however, recalls the Guadalquivir, which rises in the Suerra de Cazoria and flows south-west to the Atlantic ocean…”
Englishman: "It's pretty, isn’t it?”
Comparing statements of “Continental gentleman” and Englishman