If you can think on your feet, and are quick to reply to her playful teases, you’ll be seen as smart and alert.

如果你能够反应迅速，随机应变并能够快速的对她的逗趣玩笑做出反应，那么她会认为你聪明又机灵。

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As with other comprehensive school pupils, low in confidence and difficult to draw her out of herself despite being able to manifestly think on her feet.

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She just could not think on her feet or contemplate the reality that there was a presidential candidate from another party that did not really want to be president, just wanted to bring all the small parties together.

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