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Meanings of ladder in English

Catalan
carrera
Spanish
corrida

A row of unravelled stitches.

carrera

The 70's Biweekly (MCY-000321)

Usage of ladder in English
1
And coffee grown in China is beginning to climb the quality ladder.
Reuters
2
Using Israel for a ladder, in a trice he scaled the wall.
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
3
The Spanish Doll quickly climbed the ladder; so could the Large Doll.
The Junior Classics, Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales
4
The highest rung in the ladder of officialdom was the Royal Council.
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1.
5
We used to worry about getting our children onto the property ladder.
The Guardian
6
Counsel said a hydraulic ladder should have been used during the incident.
The Irish Times
7
But people do descend the property ladder, clearly: sometimes via many rungs.
The Irish Times
8
I reached the top of the ladder-a lantern flashed in my eyes.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
9
In the mad rush that followed, the attacking party outdistanced the ladder-bearers.
John Nicholson, the Lion of the Punjaub
10
The ladder had been shifted and now lay along in the snow.
The Yeoman Adventurer
11
While I lay shivering on my ladder, our situation grew extremely critical.
The forgotten soldier
12
Twenty minutes later the thrust came up and Naomi climbed the ladder.
Leviathan Wakes
13
Through a hole in this the head of the second ladder appeared.
Personal Reminiscences in Book Making, and Some Short Stories
14
Adam led the way to the companion ladder, glad he was leaving.
Relentless Pursuit
15
The ladder that Grenville constructed in the morning was not entirely new.
As It Was in the Beginning
16
Apollo sighed and ran toward the access ladder in the far corner.
Book Three: The Final Exodus
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Translations for ladder
Catalan
carrera
Ladder through the time
Ladder across language varieties
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
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