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Dec 19, 2010 · String is thicker (like a shoelace) and can be used to tie something like a box. Rope is even thicker and can be used for skipping or to tie something on the roof of your car. 1) "Thread" is "нить" or "нитка". The first word is more formal and more ascientific, I think, whereas the second one is more often used in everyday life.
Sep 8, 2008 · To push rope is unknown in the UK, where we talk instead about flogging a a dead horse (literally, flagellare un cavallo morto) to describe a thankless task i.e. an undertaking fraught with difficulty that is bound to be unsuccessful. We also have a saying that is the literal translation of Il gioco non vale la candela: The game isn't worth the ...
May 25, 2023 · English - US. May 25, 2023. #2. In the US we generally call it "a jump rope," although "a skipping rope" would also be understood.
Oct 30, 2020 · If you are playing the game, you are jumping rope if you're in the U.S. and skipping rope if you are in the UK. You are not jumping or skipping over a rope. The only time we would use the phrase "jump/skip over a rope" is in the contrived context that you saw some rope lying on the ground and you jumped or skipped over it.
Sep 6, 2018 · Sep 6, 2018. #6. "Let's jump rope." is correct AmE and you jump rope with a jump rope. The "go" form is usually used with something that happens in another place. Let's go swimming. = Let's go to the pool/beach and swim. You can jump rope where you are so it would be unusual to include "go."
Jan 7, 2019 · Jan 7, 2019. #1. Hello. The Rabbit: "Take this rope in your trunk, and I will tie the other end to my cow. You must pull as hard as you can, for the cow is very heavy." The Elephant: "Huh!" trumpeted the elephant, "I'll pull her out, or break the rope."
Dec 1, 2012 · Senior Member. In this country, the name of the activity is simply 'skipping'. We do not mention the rope, though we mean that the rope is being used. In the US, I believe, the name of the activity is 'jumping rope' or perhaps 'skipping rope'. Jumping rope is a great calorie-burner. You'd have to run an eight-minute mile to work off more ...
Jul 24, 2013 · US English. Jul 24, 2013. #3. At the entrance to fashionable nightclubs, or fashion shows, or other desirable venues, access is controlled by "velvet ropes" on stanchions. The bouncers only let in the desirable people---the others have to stand and look from the outside (the other side of the velvet rope). G.
Apr 13, 2016 · Apr 13, 2016. #4. Two teams pull on/at a rope in opposite directions. The both pull on/at the rope. You can pull on/at something without moving it. During the contest, the rope often goes one way and then the other so one team pulls the rope (moving it in the direction that they are pulling) while the other team pulls on it (not moving it in ...
Oct 6, 2009 · Oct 6, 2009. #3. Enrollar es "To coil". "to coil a rope" to arrange it so that it forms loops. "He coiled the rope. Then he threw the coil onto the deck of the ship". "to wind" ejemplo. "He took a stick and started to wind some string around it. Round and round, round and round it went until it was impossible to see the stick at all.
