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1
a very smart person
- the brains all sit together at lunch
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- ace,
- crackerjack
- (also crackajack),
- natural
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2 often brains plural
the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
- you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own
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3
the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons
- I'd love to get inside his brain and experience the world as he experiences it
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- belfry,
- gray matter,
- intellect,
- intelligence,
- loaf
- [British slang],
- noodle,
- reason,
- skull
- acumen,
- alertness,
- astuteness,
- brilliance,
- insight,
- judgment
- (or judgement),
- mentality,
- perception,
- perspicacity,
- sagacity,
- sapience,
- wisdom,
- wit
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