Sentences with phrase «gist of things»

Battlestar Galactica isn't the sort of standalone episode show like, let's say, StarGate: Atlantis, where you can simply drop in somewhere in the middle of a season and can still catch the general gist of things.

The essential gist of things is that you're descended from some ancient god whose entire bloodline has been banished from Olympus, and after having died in some horrific way you find yourself in the Maze of Hades, given a chance to avoid a eternal damnation and reclaim your place among the gods.

The town mayor gets you settled in, and over the next few days you're taught the basic gist of things — how to start planting your crop, where to buy seeds, introducing yourself to the varied bunch of townspeople.

I could spend an inordinate amount of time on the plot, put with so many stories and characters, I'm going to just give the general gist of things.

That may be too plain of language for you, but that's the gist of things.

The gist of things is that it's serviceable as a range extender — though you won't want to rely on it with too many obstacles in the way — but is made much more useful by that access point functionality.

And in case you didn't get the gist of things, he points straight at his head afterwards, before being taken out for the remainder of the game (which, to be fair, was a blowout).

Of course there are exceptions, but many, including those browsing online dating profiles, will simply read the first couple of lines to get the gist of things.

No matter, after 56 years the gist of the thing is still about race and the seething distrust of the otherness (and so forget about progress).

Kay knelt behind him so she couldn't see the changes in his face but could see what he was reading, how slowly he pored over the letter to their mother, he must have read it three or four times, and the sudden speed with which he read the rest, thank you for yesterday, until he was crinkling pages, probably getting only the gist of things, i can't explain why i get so sad when you make me so happy, pushing through the sea of it, careless, so that some spilled over the cardboard sides.

So that's the gist of things.

Even with an early tutorial level to teach players the gist of things, and an alert to tell you the number of combos that are available with the right button presses, nothing ever feels very fluid or polished.

The features of the game could have been described better, but the gist of the thing is this: Evolution is trying to provide a space combat MMO that is accessible to more casual gamers, and people who found certain features of EVE off putting (and also scales to less powerful PCs).

It's a little hard to compare these chips considering they're made by different manufacturers, but the gist of things is that they perform very similarly.

But once you've got the gist of things, tap anywhere on your screen to dismiss this overlay.

Once you get the gist of things you're single most important next step is fully understanding (1) property financials, cash flow, and how to estimate costs; (2) market dynamics.