the nuts and bolts

the basic, practical details of a job or other activity (often + of ) Law school teaches wonderful theory but it doesn't teach the nuts and bolts of actually practising law.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ŠImona	-	Czech
PaŬLo	POW-lo	Esperanto
Celso	CHEL-so (Italian), THEL-so (Spanish), SEL-so (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Mirna	-	Croatian, Serbian
Reko	RE-ko	Finnish
SoffÍA	-	Icelandic