When you learn the ~ of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
She helped to build a house, learning the ~ of brick-laying as she went along.
= basics
N-PLURAL: usu the N of n
When you learn the ~ of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
She helped to build a house, learning the ~ of brick-laying as she went along.
= basics
N-PLURAL: usu the N of n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012