uptake russian

• тормози́ть

  to brake, to slow down, to apply the brakes

  to hinder, to hold back, to delay, to impede

  to be slow, to be slow on the uptake, to not get it

• сообрази́тельный

  quick-witted, sharp, bright, quick on the uptake

• тупи́ть

  to be slow on the uptake, to act dumb, to be dense

  to run slowly, to lag, to work badly

  to blunt, to dull

• восприи́мчивый

  receptive, quick on the uptake, susceptible

• тормозну́ть

  to brake, to hit the brakes, to slow down

  to stop, to flag down, to pull over (someone)

  to hold up, to hinder, to put the brakes on

  to be slow on the uptake, to have a brain freeze, to space out

• дога́дливый

  quick-witted, keen-witted, quick of apprehension, on the uptake

• поня́тливый

  quick-witted, bright, apt (at learning), quick on the uptake

• башкови́тый

  clever, quick on the uptake, brainy

• сметли́вый

  sharp, keen-witted, quick on the uptake

• смётка

  quick wits, quickness on the uptake, sharpness, gumption

  basting, tacking

  basting thread, tacking thread

  clothes brush

• секу́щий

  secant, cutting, intersecting

  lashing, whipping, flogging

  chopping, hacking, mowing down

  quick on the uptake, sharp

• схва́тывающий

  grasping, seizing, catching, gripping

  quick-witted, perceptive, quick to grasp, quick on the uptake

• малопоня́тливый

  slow in the uptake

• просека́вший

  cutting through, clearing (a path), hewing (a path)

  discerning, understanding, sharp-witted, quick on the uptake

Examples

• У́мный понима́ет с полуслова.

  A clever man is always quick in the uptake.

• Том слегка медленно всё схва́тывает.

  Tom is a little slow on the uptake.