"thumb" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

thumb sustantivo

thumb + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 19

thumb injury • thumb print • thumb drive • thumb index finger • thumb piano • ...

thumb + verbo

Kolokacji: 27

thumb hooks • thumb presses • thumb rubs • thumb strokes • thumb resting • ...

verbo + thumb

Kolokacji: 37

hook one's thumbs • put one's thumb • rub one's thumb • use one's thumb • jerk a thumb • press one's thumb • suck one's thumb • ...

Kolokacji: 11

Grup znaczeniowych: 5

(1) hook, use, hold, keep

Kolokacji: 7

1. hook one's thumbs = hak czyjś kciuki hook one's thumbs

2. use one's thumb = używać czyjś kciuk use one's thumb

3. hold one's thumb = trzymaj się za kciuk hold one's thumb

4. hold up one's thumb = wytrzymywać czyjś kciuk hold up one's thumb

5. keep one's thumb = trzymać czyjś kciuk keep one's thumb

6. keep under one's thumb = uciskać czyjś kciuk keep under one's thumb

7. hold with one's thumb = trzymać z czyjś kciuk hold with one's thumb

He held it with his thumb while a portion of the opposite wall moved aside.
He held the spoon against the side of the cup with his thumb and drank.
He held it with his thumb on one side and all four fingers on the other.
She was holding the cheque with her thumb and fingertip.
I dropped my little finger and held it with my thumb.
If you hold one right and press on it with your thumb it opens up like a fan.
Chekov held the pin in place with his thumb and started working the laser free of the station's ceiling.
A way to insure that this happens is to hold it principally with just your thumb and index finger.
He pulled back the hammer and held it with his thumb.
He held the big Colt down at his side, with his thumb over the hammer.

(2) put, give, break, place, get, ...

Kolokacji: 16

(3) rub, jerk, press, stroke

Kolokacji: 6

(4) suck, stick, bite, test

Kolokacji: 6

(5) dig, gesture

Kolokacji: 2

adjetivo + thumb

Kolokacji: 27

right thumb • left thumb • sore thumb • opposable thumb • broken thumb • ...

preposición + thumb

Kolokacji: 13

between thumb • of thumb • to thumb • with one's thumb • under one's thumb • ...

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