the bare bones

the most basic parts of something, without any detail We believe we have the bare bones of an agreement. Reduced to its bare bones, the theory states that animals adapt to suit their surroundings.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jelisaveta	-	Serbian
Thore	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
David	DAY-vid (English), dah-VEED (Jewish, Spanish), da-VEED (French), DAH-vit (German, Dutch), DAH-vid (Swedish, Norwegian), dah-VEET (Russian)	English, Hebrew, French, Scottish, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, C
Samir (2)	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Adi (2)	-	Indonesian
Femie	FEM-ee	English (Rare)