Up on
Up on adjective - Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge.
Well read
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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He's well informed and well read; while he had advance notice that Thorin and Co might be in the vicinity (so greeting a dwarf he'd never met by name and lineage might not be that big a deal) he did recognize Glamdring and Orcrist on sight, which puts him one (two?) up on Gandalf.
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