"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

He played without a pick, using his thumb and first finger.
Willing the portal to open rather than using his thumb, he steps inside.
He used his thumb to press the red button with full force.
I'm pretty sure most right handed people can use their left thumb just fine.
Used his left thumb to ease the focus out to twelve hundred yards.
Using your other thumb, squeeze the muscle by pressing down hard.
It was possible to secure the bubble using two fingers and my thumb.
He used his thumb to wipe the tears from my cheeks.
Do not use your thumb, because it has its own pulse that you may feel.
Using his thumb he pulled at the site of the wound.

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

(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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