Churchill, always quick on the uptake, simply took his cigar out of his mouth, tapped the ash off the end of his cigar and said " Good evening, Mr . President.
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Gavrilenkov caught a couple of nonfatal rounds, but, being quick on the uptake, he tipped over one of the Vienna Cafi's pink marble tabletops and safely hid behind its stony bulk.
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While I have found some new editors to be surprisingly quick on the uptake, no, I don't think we should send people a link to WP : Teahouse and WP : AFD at the same time.
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"I don't quite know what to make of it; they are sharp as tacks, real quick on the uptake, " said Callens, describing them as among the brightest students in their school.
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Best of all is Rudi ( Tayler Kane ), a security guard not particularly quick on the uptake _ " who goes there ? " he barks to an errant sheep _ but primed for the wonder of the occasion.
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Says Nanavaty, currently executive vice-president at Reliance Industries, " When he first worked under me at IPCL, I noticed a few qualities about him immediately; he was a very ambitious young man, hardworking, extremely sharp and quick on the uptake ."
