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PRONUNCIATION OF ROUND THE TWIST

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROUND THE TWIST

round and round
round angle
round arch
round clam
round dance
round down
round file
round hand
round off
round on
round out
round robin
round table
round the bend
round the corner
round the Wrekin
round top
round tower
round trip
round up

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROUND THE TWIST

entwist
get one´s knickers in a twist
intertwist
intwist
Jahwist
retwist
supertwist
the twist
the Yahwist
twist
untwist
unwist
wist
Yahwist

Synonyms and antonyms of round the twist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ROUND THE TWIST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «round the twist» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of round the twist

Translation of «round the twist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROUND THE TWIST

Find out the translation of round the twist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of round the twist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «round the twist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

一轮扭
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alrededor de la torcedura
570 millions of speakers

English

round the twist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मोड़ दौर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجولة تويست
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вокруг твист
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Round the Twist
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৃত্তাকার বৃত্তাকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

autour de la torsion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pusingan twist itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rund um die Wendung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ツイストラウンド
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

트위스트 라운드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Babak ing twist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vòng xoay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திருப்பம் சுற்றிலும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पिळ भोवती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Bükülmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intorno alla torsione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wokół skręcie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

навколо твіст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în jurul răsucire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γύρω από το στρίψιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rondom die draai
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

runda twist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rundt vri
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of round the twist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUND THE TWIST»

The term «round the twist» is regularly used and occupies the 107.692 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROUND THE TWIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about round the twist

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUND THE TWIST»

Discover the use of round the twist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to round the twist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Round the Twist
How do you write a script?The answers will send you round the twist. Three short stories and the low-down on how the television series was made.Fact, fiction and fun from the fantastic pen of Paul Jennings.
Paul Jennings, 2003
2
Round the Twist
Stories based on the television series Round the twist, series 3 Angus&Robertson Contents: Brainless - Toy love - The tears of innocence - If the walls could talk Suit Upper primary.
Australian Children's Television Foundation Staff, 2000
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Bloodbath
Paul Jennings continued to trade off the success of Round the Twist for many years. When he spoke to school groups they all wanted to hear about the series and invariably he would be asked the question: 'When will there be more Round the ...
Patricia Edgar, 2006
4
Dance Series
'Round and 'round. The twist: Any version is fine. Twist horizontally at the waist, east to west, or in an up-and-down motion. Try one foot in the air! C 1961, 1962 £ MI LONGITUDE MUSIC CO. Copyrights Renewed All Rights Reserved. This One  ...
Greg Gilpin, 2001
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Red Daniells, 1980 round the twist adjective crazy UK, i960 A variation of ROUND THE BEND • I reckon I'm gOin' round the twist. —Barry Humphries, Bazza PullsltOffl, 1971 • I had guilt that would amaze a Jewish mother and I just about went ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Machine Quilting With Alex Anderson: 7 Exercises, Projects & ...
Machine Quilting Is a Snap When Alex Shows You How! 7 exercises and 7 projects teach you everything from easy straight-line quilting to stippling to more complex motifs.
Alex Anderson, 2010
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Untitled
... be/go round the twist (also send sb round the twist) old-fashioned to be, become or make someone else become angry or unable to behave in a reasonable way: If I'd stayed there any longer, I'd have gone round the twist. twisted /"twIs.
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Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
Now unwind the thread from the temporary fastening, and, holding it tight, coil it twice round the twist where it has been indented, get the thread out of the way by coiling it down the shank again, catch the end of the twist and roll it three times ...
‎1907
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Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
... round the twist where it has been indented, get the thread out of the way by coiling it down the shank again, catch the end of the twist and roll it three times downwards as closely as possible, place the third finger of the left hand on it to keep ...
‎1907
10
Uncanny
Can your dog fly? Could a tattoo run away? Whats it like inside a dead whale? 10 yrs+
Paul Jennings, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUND THE TWIST»

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Round the Twist: Where are the kids from the weirdest children's …
Like you're going round the twist? Well if you have then you'll remember children's television sensation - Round the Twist - and the mad, bad and totally insane ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
They don't make tween shows like they used to
Season one of Round The Twist is probably the best children's television we've ever produced in Australia (Heartbreak High takes the tween/teen crown). «Daily Life, Jul 15»
3
High-harmonic generation: Drive round the twist
Light has long been used to detect the chirality of molecules but high-order harmonic generation now provides access to these chiral interactions on ultrafast ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
4
Going round the twist: amazing photo shows heron's corkscrew neck
Now this is some next-level yoga. This heron was shaking out its feathers in quite an impressive manner when retiree Ken Hadfield bagged this amazing shot of ... «Yahoo News UK, Jun 15»
5
Top 50 90s kids' TV themes
Animaniacs, Playdays and Round The Twist - We double dare you to not sing along with these... 'What's the criteria here?' you may ask. Well, the show has to ... «Den Of Geek, Jun 15»
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The original Round the Twist website is still online and it is glorious
Remember the old web? It was shit. You couldn't do anything except read anime fansites and GIFs were all terrible quality because we were all on dial-up. «The Vine, May 15»
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COLUMN: Round the twist over Simpsons
Besides, my sister and I didn't like to watch a lot of television growing up and when we did, we didn't need anything other than the Aussie series Round the Twist ... «Mackay Daily Mercury, May 15»
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IGN AU Pubcast 111: Round the Twist
By Luke ReillyDid you hear the report that the new Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man may not be white? The source of the report says he's 95 per cent sure ... «IGN, Feb 15»
9
I'm a Celeb: Edwina Currie beats Foggy in Two Tribes Challenge
Edwina Currie has earned a victory over Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty in round one of the ... Edwina represented her tribe the Galahs in the Round The Twist challenge, ... «Digital Spy UK, Nov 14»
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Energy beam discovery sends Austrian researchers round the twist
In a world first, Austrian researchers have successfully transported data through twisted beams of light across a 3-kilometre stretch of Vienna. This development ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Nov 14»

REFERENCE
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