It took all my nerve to go down theropeladderand step into a tiny rocking boat to get out to the tug.
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It is perhaps the pulling up of theropeladdereffect, but they realise that their livelihood depends upon firmly controlled immigration.
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Someone will be needed at the wheel, and another person will be needed to take hold of theropeladder; a third person may also be needed.
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It was found that the patients had got over the perimeter fence using a weightedropeladder, which they had evidently prepared beforehand, by what means is not vet known.
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Climbing aropeladderrequires more skill than climbing a rigid ladder, because the ladder tends to swing like a pendulum.
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I remember how jacks figured in my thoughts, as well as levers, helicopters, and even aropeladder.
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To get up to the main deck, passengers were required to climb a wooden orropeladder.
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Having aropeladderor even a simple rope ready would make sense if a longer wooden ladder could not be hauled into the building.
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Casey races through the exploding train and grabs aropeladderdangling from the chopper.
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In this game, the player must keep their balance while climbing an angledropeladderthat can pivot and invert the player.
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They then had to climb aropeladderto a container suspended above the ground, where they would have to engage in a stunt fight.
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Jen must climb down aropeladderinto the cistern.
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The tree houses were accessible only byropeladder.
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This enabled him to get ropes over it, and then aropeladder.
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As she was climbing down aropeladderto depart the ship, the money purse accidentally fell into the harbor.
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