ropes

(Angielski)

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rope

Częstotliwość

C1
Wymawiane jako (IPA)
/ɹoʊps/
Etymologia (Angielski)

In the sense of skills, a now figurative use that originally referred to literal ropes. The phrase “he knows the ropes” written on a seaman’s discharge meant that he was inexperienced and only familiar with a ship’s principal ropes.

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