ropes

*ropes

Fig. knowledge of how to do something; how to work something. (*Typically: know ~; learn ~; show someone ~; teach someone ~.) I'll be able to do my job very well when I know the ropes. John is very slow to learn the ropes.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Oliva	-	Late Roman
Marjan (2)	-	Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian
Karl	[ka:l]
Ballentine	['bæləntain]
Edgar	['edgə]
Ruggiero	rood-JYE-ro	Italian