fil in English:

If you touch that wire, you'll get a shock.

Knowing how to hot wire a car may come in handy someday.

The hotel provided a wire in the bathroom for hanging wet clothes.

Let me know by wire.

But it's true! Dima insisted. "They won't let me buy the suit unless I give them another 99 kopeks! Can't you wire me some money?"

Wire me at once, in case there should be an accident.

When a coil is moved near to a wire with current flowing in it current flows in the coil as well.

It was evening and already dark but I saw a cat walking along a telephone wire. Can they do that, cats?

Wires transmit electricity / Should I cut the red wire or the green one?

I will keep this piece of wire. It might come in handy for repairing things.

Is this wire insulated?

This time, he had not forgotten his wire cutters.

Somebody wired my house. I want you to find out who.

barbed wire

Forgetting his key, he was able to open the door by inserting a wire in the key hole.

silk thread

This thread tangles easily.

the delicate threads of a spider’s web;

She used silk thread in sewing her dress.

threading the line

One of the main threads of the film is the development of the relationship between the boy and his uncle.

A thin thread of light made its way through the curtains.

The sari had gold strands threaded through the material.

I found a tiny black ball of thread and I told Manny it was a spider

... thread or a productivity thread.

There’s a common thread linking the different chapters of the book. Halfway through the film I started to lose the thread (= not understand the story)

An example of thread is the string that is used for sewing two pieces of fabric together.

Internet threads are often dominated by a small number of angry people

She passed the thread through the pinhole and quickly mended the tear.

The kitten rolled the yarn across the floor.

An example of knit is to use special needles and yarn to create a sweater.

He has a talent for spinning a good yarn; in fact, nobody can tell a story as he can.

It remains, jumping and twisting in my hand like a kitten with a ball of yarn.

You always could tell a good yarn.

The baby tangled the ball of yarn.

But as user reviews are added by the millions, social media becomes a substitute for live interaction and cheap international data tames a once-wild world into digital submission, the good travel yarn is in decline.

That's just a yarn.