Meanings of maven in English

This means there are many different types of genius, even in animals.

The genius of really great Italian pasta recipes is often just that.

The question Artsutanov asked himself had the childlike brilliance of true genius.

Another teacher in London said, We feel the term genius is appropriate.

Even in Shakespeare the springs of genius were not in the mind.

Dennis said on Eurosport: It's a dream come true being world champion.

The goal: to champion the causes and people creating a brighter future.

He's absolutely done it in a perfect way, said the triple champion.

The funeral of former world rally champion Colin McRae takes place today.

Fashion designer Denise L'Estrange-Corbet wants to promote and champion New Zealand-made products.

The sensation of the crisis affected the atmosphere of the entire house.

For good? The question produced an odd, tight sensation in his windpipe.

The sensation is quite liberating, actually, for the good Sister and I.

Death is the end of all things-ofconsciousness; of sensation; of happiness.

The affair was known in the sensation press as the 'Bermondsey Horror'.

The son's guardian was a wizard of great power but dubious principle.

I told you long ago that being a real wizard means sacrifice.

My own opinion is that the wizard left for his own reasons.

Each wields vast power, wizard-powerto rival the archangels and lesser gods.

For once, the wizard's magic was working right on the first try.

He won the match with an ace on his second match point.

The American, his long legs clearly aching, held with his 37th ace.

Isner dominated it, converting his third set point with a 133mph ace.

The 19 year old Austrian ace was overwhelming right from move one.

I know you can ace that test if only you will try.

If it's a superstar, then we have a problem, said the source.

The result also leaves Geelong superstar Patrick Dangerfield still without a premiership.

Every team in the competition wants a bankable superstar on their list.

Spence is already talking about fighting superstar Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez in 2021.

SOCCER:Manchester City have rejected claims that they have signed Brazilian superstar Kaka.

It also made them more adept at hunting the elusive forest animals.

He had become adept at judging his friend's state over the years.

Paul had never been particularly adept at accepting compliments, especially extravagant ones.

The Frenchman was evidently an adept in the art of dodging pursuit.

Modo shivered and switched hands; he was equally adept with his right.

Princeton computer science whiz Ed Felten and others point out the conundrum.

You may be a whiz at design, but I know the marketplace.

Stop and add the flour and baking powder and whiz some more.

The tray ended up on the floor and gee whiz, what's this?

That's the message of Barnaby Jack, a software-cracking whiz turned digital-security researcher.

Yes, it's important to encourage your virtuoso to develop his violin skills.

FLORA Mark Fairnington's virtuoso paintings of natural history, its presentation and representation.

This is evident in his novels but particularly in his virtuoso journalism.

In the 800m, she stormed into first place with another virtuoso display.

A prince in those days had to be a virtuoso of personality.

The more the corn fell, the quicker she made the sickle whizz.

He was a mathematics whizz-kid and destined for Harvard and great things.

It was at this time that the whizz-bang shell made its debut.

Shots began to whizz overhead and to splash the water around us.

The pods whizz up obligingly and stop politely, waiting to be boarded.

Rocks wiz down around you from more than a thousand feet above.

I go to ze funeral of my friend wiz music like zat.

W'en I fight, I fight wiz what le bon Dieu give me.

Robert Stromberg, special effects wiz, makes his debut with the epic.

But this isn't just a wiz-bang feature for an eight-figure aircraft.

Duffy needs to pay for that hotshot goalie he bought last year.

Most hotshot young directors go to great lengths to conceal their influences.

Her hotshot agent still hadn't given up on that big movie deal.

I want a better look at that hotshot in the fancy suit.

Soon, however, the competition to land hotshot talent led to more extravagant bait.

Simon Mavin remembers how he felt when he heard Questlove had given his band a rhapsodic public seal of approval.

Dennis Mavin scored 15 points to lead Florida International, which shot 37 percent from the field and committed a season-high 25 turnovers.