noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
quick on the uptake (= able to understand quickly what someone is saying )
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He’s a good interviewer, tough and quick on the uptake .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
quick
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I thought it would be evident; you are generally very quick on the uptake .
slow
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Sarah wasn't slow on the uptake this time.
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In fact I've had to conclude that I am generally rather slow on the uptake .
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Could anyone really be that slow on the uptake ? wondered Pascoe.
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And so, finally, to Anthony O'Hear, intellectual and all-round clever fellow, albeit a bit slow on the uptake .
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A bit slow on the uptake , you might think, Haringey's finance department.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
slow on the uptake
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A bit slow on the uptake, you might think, Haringey's finance department.
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And so, finally, to Anthony O'Hear, intellectual and all-round clever fellow, albeit a bit slow on the uptake.
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Could anyone really be that slow on the uptake? wondered Pascoe.
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In fact I've had to conclude that I am generally rather slow on the uptake.
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Sarah wasn't slow on the uptake this time.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The disease limits the uptake of water and nutrients into the tree.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Among numerous negative results he found some quite simple compounds, aldehydes and fatty acids, which stimulated oxygen uptake .
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Disease activity must therefore be derived from the degree of abnormal bowel uptake on abdominal scans.
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Sarah wasn't slow on the uptake this time.
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Table 2.1 compares National Certificate uptake over the past three sessions.