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1. noun1) (the short thick finger of the hand, set at a different angle from the other four.) palec2) (the part of a glove or mitten covering this finger.) palec2. verb((often with through) to turn over (the pages of a book) with the thumb or fingers: She was thumbing through the dictionary.) prelistati- thumbprint
- thumbs-up
- thumbtack
- under someone's thumb* * *I [əəm]nounpalec (prst); palec rokavicethumbs up! slang izvrstno! odlično! sijajno!as easy as kiss my thumb — slang figuratively otročje lahek, otroška igrahe is under my thumb — on je v moji oblasti, mora se mi pokoravatihis fingers are all thumbs figuratively on je zelo nespretento have (to hold) under one's thumbs — imeti v svoji oblasti, v svojih pestehto turn the thumbs down figuratively obsoditi (koga)to twirl one's thumbs — palce vrteti (od dolgočasja), lenaritiII [mʌm]transitive verbpotipati s palcem; pustiti palčne ali prstne odtise (na knjigi itd.); zamazati s palcem ali s prsti (knjigo itd.); prelistati (knjigo); brenkati (melodijo); nespretno začeti (delo); American colloquially dvigniti palec za avtostopto thumb one's nose at s.o. — osle komu pokazatito thumb a ride (a lift) — avtostopati; intransitive verb music igrati s palcem; brenkati, nespretno igrati
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