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| dull of apprehension (By what process of reasoning do you convict him of mala fides? He may have been dull of apprehension; he may have been hard to be convinced ; but obtuseness of intellect is not to be regarded as only another name for want of veracity. (1819)) | |||
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| be slow on the uptake (Anglophile); be slow off the mark (Sorry about that mistake, I'm a little slow off the mark this morning. • Joe's always been a bit slow off the mark when it comes to science and math. Anglophile); be slow on the draw (Anglophile); be slow in the uptake; be slow off the mark (Anglophile) | |||
| not have one's wits about one (VLZ_58); be slow in the uptake (Yeldar Azanbayev) | |||
| be slow in understanding; be slow of understanding | |||
| туго соображающий: 7 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 5 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Makarov | 1 |