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Abil Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Making rolls of thread
We spin threads from cotton with a spinning wheel, and then make a roll out of this thread.
1. Can we say he is making a roll out of the threads x has spun?
2. Can we say: their training session also includes making strips of thread and making rolls out of these threads?
3. What does “tease” mean in the following sentence: “Aurea stroked the fleece between the spikes on the carders and teased the threads into a roll before handing them to Julia whose fingers quickly spun them into a fine thread.”
Thanks.
1. Can we say he is making a roll out of the threads x has spun?
2. Can we say: their training session also includes making strips of thread and making rolls out of these threads?
3. What does “tease” mean in the following sentence: “Aurea stroked the fleece between the spikes on the carders and teased the threads into a roll before handing them to Julia whose fingers quickly spun them into a fine thread.”
Thanks.
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Hello Are you certain that "roll" is the right word here? Cotton thread is normally made into skeins or bobbins. 1.
- Hello Are you certain that "roll" is the right word here?
- Cotton thread is normally made into skeins or bobbins.
- 1.
- yes this is fine if roll is the right word.
- 2.
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Hello
Are you certain that "roll" is the right word here? Cotton thread is normally made into skeins or bobbins.
1. yes this is fine if roll is the right word.
2. I don't think that you can have "strips" of thread. I would just say "...making thread and making rolls out of /(from) these threads"
3 - to tease is to
Are you certain that "roll" is the right word here? Cotton thread is normally made into skeins or bobbins.
1. yes this is fine if roll is the right word.
2. I don't think that you can have "strips" of thread. I would just say "...making thread and making rolls out of /(from) these threads"
3 - to tease is to
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Thanks Louise. Actually, I was not sure about the words and phrases. In my childhood I also saw women making ***** of threads.
I got another question. I hope you would not mind answering it too.
Can I use the word "tease" in the above meaning in "ing" form? For instance, "she is teasing the threads."
If you allow me, another question I would like to ask is, what do you
I got another question. I hope you would not mind answering it too.
Can I use the word "tease" in the above meaning in "ing" form? For instance, "she is teasing the threads."
If you allow me, another question I would like to ask is, what do you
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Hello Abil
Abilan I use the word "tease" in the above meaning in "ing" form? For instance, "she is teasing the threads.""tease" can be used in that form yes.
AbilIf you allow me, another question I would like to ask is, what do you call it when a long thread is made into a ring? Is it "coil of cotton/ thread"?That
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