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1 быть находчивым
General subject: be good at repartee, be quick at repartee, have a ready wit, to be good (quick) at repartee, have a quick wit, have a ready wit -
2 быть сообразительным
General subject: have a quick wit, have a ready witУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > быть сообразительным
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3 иметь острый ум
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4 находчивый
resourceful, ready, quickнаходчивый ответ — repartee, retort; ready answer
быть находчивым — have a ready wit, be sharp-witted, be ready-witted
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5 находчивый
resourceful, ready, quickнахо́дчивый отве́т — repartee, retort; ready answer
быть нахо́дчивым — have a ready wit, be sharp-witted, be ready-witted
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6 ум
муж.mind; brains мн. ч.; разг.; ( разум) wit, intellectчеловек большого ума — man of great intellect; very clever man, person of keen intellect
спятить, свихнуться, своротить, сбрендить с ума — разг. to go out of one's mind/head
держать в уме — to keep smth. in one's head
перебирать в уме — to turn smth. over in one's mind
доходить до чего-л. своим умом — to work smth. by oneself, to come to smth. on one's own
раскидывать умом — разг. to think smth. over
жить своим умом — to think for oneself, to live his own way
считать в уме — to count in one's head; to do mental arithmetic
у него что на уме, то и на языке разг. — he wears his heart on his sleep
у него другое на уме разг. — he has something at/in the back of his mind, he's thinking of something else
у него что-то на уме — he has smth. on his mind
у него свое на уме — he has smth. up his sleeve
ум хорошо, а два лучше — two heads are better than one; four eyes see more than two
сколько голов - столько умов — many men, many minds
выживший из ума — шотланд. doited
браться за ум — разг. to come to one's senses, to become/grow reasonable
война умов — battle of wits, war of wits
выживать из ума — to lose one's mind, to have one's mind gone
гибкий ум, живой ум — nimble mind, quick mind, lively wit/mind
лишаться ума — to go mad/crazy, to lose one's mind
набираться ума — to learn sense; to grow wise; to get some sense into one's head
наставлять на ум — to teach smb. some sense
с умом — sensibly, intelligently
сводить с ума — (кого-л.) to drive smb. mad
сходить с ума — to go mad, to go off one's head; (от чего-л.) to go crazy (with)
••быть без ума от кого-л. — to be crazy/wild about smb.
в своем уме — in one's senses, in one's right mind
ему пришло на ум — it occured to him; it crossed his mind
научить уму-разуму — to teach smb. some good sense
научиться уму-разуму — to learn sense, to grow wise
не в своем уме — not right in the head, out of one's sense
у него ума палата — разг. he is big/long on brains
ум за разум заходит разг. — be crazy
ум короток разг. — be dull or dense
ума не приложу разг. — I am at a loss, I am at my wit's end, I have no idea
- доводить до умаэто у него из ума нейдет разг. — he cannot get it out of his head/mind
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