engelska-italienska översättning av thumb

polliceE' come iniziare a fare un guanto e fermarsi al pollice. In my opinion, it is like starting to knit a glove and not getting any further than the thumb. Juliet si punse accidentalmente il pollice con l'ago che le era scivolato mentre stava effettuando il prelievo. Juliet accidentally pricked her thumb on the needle after it slipped when she was taking a sample. Vorrei dire che, se tale proposta fosse presentata alle popolazioni europee, sarebbe accolta con una risata sprezzante e un pollice verso. I must say that if this proposal were laid before the citizens of Europe, it would be greeted with scorn and a definite thumbs-down.
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The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose all of the other fingers
A thumbnail picture
To touch or cover with the thumb
To turn the pages of in order to read it cursorily
To hitchhike
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling
To manipulate with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver
To fire quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed

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