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1 quick on the uptake
quick or slow to understand:فَهْم، إدراكShe's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.
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2 quick on the uptake
adj infml"I've always taught my girls that love is the most important thing in the world" "Yeah! They were pretty quick on the uptake" — "Я всегда говорила своим дочерям, что любовь - это самое главное в жизни" - "Понятно! Они это быстро усвоили"
Quick on the uptake she slipped through the door and was gone — Быстро сообразив что к чему, она проскользнула в дверь и была такова
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > quick on the uptake
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3 quick on the uptake
схватывать на лету (быстро соображать)She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.
Shirley will have no trouble learning that new computer program — she's very quick on the uptake.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > quick on the uptake
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4 be quick in the uptake
разг.She was not at all shy, she asked me to call her Sally before we'd known one another ten minutes, and she was quick in the uptake. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Book-Bag’) — Я не заметил в миссис Харди особой застенчивости. Мы не были знакомы и десяти минут, как она попросила меня называть ее Салли. Да и умом ее Бог не обделил.
Mrs. Errington-Brown: "I've always taught my girls that love is the most important thing in the world." Trallie: "Yeah! They were pretty quick on the uptake, too." (D. Cusack, ‘Comets Soon Pass’, act II, sc. 2) — Миссис Эррингтон-Браун: "Я всегда говорила моим дочкам, что самое важное в жизни - это любовь." Трейли: "Ах вот оно что! И они, как видно, это хорошо усвоили."
Edith quick on the uptake, slipped through the door and was gone. (P. H. Johnson, ‘Night and Silence Who Is Here’, ch. IX) — Поняв, что готовится, Эдит выскользнула за дверь и убежала.
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5 quick, slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) çabuk/yavaş kavrayan -
6 be quick in (or on) the uptake
paзг.быcтpo cooбpaжaть; cpaзу пoнять, в чём дeлo [пepвoнaч. aмep.]She was not at all shy, she asked me to call her Sally before we'd known one another ten minutes, and she was quick in the uptake (W. S. Maugham). Edith, quick on the uptake, slipped through the door and was gone (P. H. Johnson)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > be quick in (or on) the uptake
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7 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) (hurtig) i vendingen* * *(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) (hurtig) i vendingen -
8 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) que las pilla al vuelo, que es muy listo -
9 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) skilningur; vera fljótur (eða ekki) að grípa/skilja -
10 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) gyors felfogású -
11 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) aprendizado -
12 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) hitre/ počasne pameti -
13 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) olla nopeaälyinen, olla hidasälyinen -
14 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) snar/sein i vendingen -
15 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) (essere pronto/lento di comprendonio) -
16 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) schnelles/langsames Auffassungsvermögen -
17 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) szybko/powoli chwytający -
18 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) apķērīgs; atjautīgs -
19 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.) pagavus, nuovokus, nepagavus, nenuovokus -
20 slow on the uptake
(quick or slow to understand: She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.)
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