The first sentence does not make much sense. It means that she is tall, and in spite of that she is still smart. However we know that being tall does not stop you being smart, so the sentence is not right.

Paternal comes from the Latin word 'pater' meaning father. Yes British English also uses 'yank' to mean to pull something hard and suddenly.

I think that although this is grammatically correct, it would be more usual to say (usually of the past) 'I didn't know where to look' - it mans that you have seen something embarrassing, and you don't know how to react.

This is not used very often, but I would say it is correct, yes.

Hi, the important thing is to make it a separate phrase, separated by commas, as it is an adverbial phrase which modifies the main part of the sentence, and the sentence could stand alone without it. So in your example, number 1 is the only correct way of doing it. Although Number 3 would be okay, if you separate the phrase with commas, and add 'for'; fresh new directors.

Devon is in the south west part of England, which is known as the West Country, describing the culture of the region, rather than its geographical location. (I am in Dorset, next door the Devon!)

This means that people who do not live in Germany, and who wish to study there free, must hurry, because some parts of Germany are now deciding to charge for these courses

Gaping means staring (sometimes open-mouthed) at the screen. 'up' means that you have to look upwards because you are close to the raised screen at the front of the cinema.