Meaning: I was very surprised and impressed by his intelligence and skills.
Choice of Words: Amazed means feeling great surprise or wonder. Smart means intelligent and quick-witted. Talented means having a natural ability to do something well.
Alternative Expressions
His intelligence and talent left me speechless.
Meaning: This means that the speaker was so impressed with the person's intelligence and skills that they couldn't even talk. It's like saying, I was so amazed by how clever and good at things he was that I couldn't even say anything.
Choice of Words:Intelligence means the ability to learn and understand things, while talent means a natural ability to do something well. Left means to go away or to abandon something, while speechless means unable to speak. When you put these words together, it means that the speaker was so impressed by the person's intelligence and skills that they couldn't even speak.
I couldn't believe how brilliant and gifted he was.
Meaning: This means that the speaker was so impressed with the person's intelligence and skills that they couldn't believe it was real. It's like saying, I was so amazed by how clever and good at things he was that I couldn't believe it was true.
Choice of Words:Brilliant means very intelligent or clever, while gifted means having a natural talent for something. Couldn't believe means to find it hard to accept something as true. When you put these words together, it means that the speaker was so impressed by the person's intelligence and skills that they couldn't believe it.