Please consider the following crosses the excellent, droll, touching, intelligent lad has to bear.

Alphie, a very intelligent, well-read, and talented lad, was doing well in secondary school, the first one of the family to make it that far.

For your age, you are quite an intelligent lad.

He was an intelligent lad but easily bored.

How did an intelligent lad such as yourself end up in this godforsaken dimension?

An upright, steady, intelligent lad who will make an excellent husband if he ever finds out that he has a heart.

He is a bright, intelligent young lad and he did all the right things.

He's a very intelligent lad, though occasionally a bit too outspoken for some of his former senior officers' liking.

Jimmy Brown proved to be an intelligent lad, rather small for his age, with a sharp, rather cunning face.

He's an intelligent lad with a nice personality.