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They are even thought now to have the rudiments of their own culture.

Some one should have gone who had at least the rudiments of a mind.

You do not seem to know the first rudiments of agriculture.

But he said the administration did not have "even the rudiments of a plan for dealing with the problem."

Here we are teaching men and women the rudiments of agriculture.

American citizens living in this area now had the rudiments of a justice system available.

The rudiments of the problem, however, had begun to take shape.

What a moment, I thought, for a quick lesson on the rudiments of the game.

It was then for the first time that he received the rudiments of a scientific education.

For one thing, it taught him the rudiments of lying.

I have shown him the rudiments of a weapon common to all people.

They lay down the rudiments of a national energy policy, which the Administration has long resisted.

In three days I had learned the rudiments of the physical language that horses understand.

My machine and I have pretty well figured out the rudiments of your language.

I hoped those kids knew at least the rudiments of birth control.

Having acquired its first rudiments, he went to Paris in 1744.

We are talking about the rudiments of not-for-profit tax law here.

Such actions implied at least the rudiments of a culture.

His mind was revolving what he had learned, trying to put together the rudiments of a plan.

And he, in that six months, shall teach you the rudiments of his art.

The rudiments of education were acquired at great psychic cost.

I had the background material and rudiments of the plot.

And sure enough, as we walked I could hear the rudiments of a distant conversation.

After a while, he began teaching me the rudiments of understanding rugs.

Learning the rudiments of theater, writing a screenplay or two.