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
Cory	KAWR-ee	English
Hendrik	HEN-drik (Dutch, German)	Dutch, German, Estonian
Pope	[pu:p]
Giorgio	JOR-jo	Italian
Proserpina	-	Roman Mythology
Doherty	['dəuəti:]