"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

You hear a lot of stories about a father who keeps his thumb on a son.
I couldn't get any answer to the bell, though I kept my thumb on it for minutes at a time.
Worth about thirty million and keeps his thumb on every penny of it.
He shot himself a few years later, which saved me the trouble of keeping my thumb on him any longer.
He kept his thumb on the page and slowly read the phrase out again.
The rhyme is sometimes extended with "Five, six, seven, eight, try to keep your thumb straight."
Elvis pressed the trigger button and kept his thumb down.
"The natural thing is to keep your thumb poised some distance above the button," he says.
Tim flashed it, but kept his thumb over the name.
Then I showed him the photograph, keeping my thumb across the writing.

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

(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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