Preposition: as

• snake: You are to be " as shrewd as snakes " but also " as innocent as doves " .

Modifies a noun

• tactician: Bruce, also, was an inspiring leader, a brave guerilla and a shrewd tactician.

• mickey: Diamond said they and shrewd mickey he spent overseas a school or church.

• businessman: More than any of the Wade family he was not just a shrewd businessman, he was also a real character.

• signing: The spirit has lifted around Turf Moor recently tho with some shrewd loan signings and an improvement on the pitch.

• observer: A great man to have around in a crisis, he is also a shrewd observer of human nature.

• suspicion: There is even now a shrewd suspicion that ' Isa Craig ' hides a name much less obscure.

Modifying Another Word

• pretty: Anyone who has worked on a labor ward gets a pretty shrewd idea about this.

• very: Or are there some very shrewd players behind the scenes?

• too: He was too shrewd a student of his fellow- men to remain long content with rigid formulae of conduct.

• so: Their money is now my money because I was so shrewd.

• politically: It's not very authentically Spanish, or politically shrewd.

• quite: It in fact is quite shrewd in this regard.

Infinitive complement

• make: Elizabeth was much too shrewd to make a marriage which might damage her reputation, and she remained single.

Used with adjective complement

• look: Ramaker's two-stage approach looks shrewd, with his working paper laying the essential groundwork.

• seem: The old man seemed shrewd enough not to allow his money to be taken with impunity.

• become: His eyes become shrewd when I ask him this; he seems to want to say something, then hesitates.

Preposition: in

• business: You are shrewd in business and cannot be trusted.