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1 vinger
1 [deel van de hand] finger2 [deel van een handschoen] finger♦voorbeelden:zij is met een natte vinger te lijmen • she doesn't have to be asked twice〈 figuurlijk〉 als men hem een vinger geeft, neemt hij de hele hand • give him an inch and he'll take a milehij heeft zich in de vingers gesneden • 〈 figuurlijk〉 he burned his fingers, he got (his fingers) burnedde vinger opsteken • put up/raise one's handeen vinger aan de pols houden • 〈 figuurlijk〉 have/keep a finger on the pulse〈 figuurlijk〉 iets door de vingers zien • wink at/overlook something, turn a blind eye to somethingmet de vingers knippen • snap one's fingers〈 figuurlijk〉 hij hoeft maar met zijn vingers te knippen of … • he only has to snap his fingers and …iemand met de vinger dreigen • shake/wag one's finger at someonehij had haar nog met geen vinger aangeraakt • he hadn't put/laid a finger on her〈 figuurlijk〉 zij kan hem om haar vinger winden • she can twist/wind him around her little fingerop de vingers van één hand te tellen zijn • be few and far betweende vinger op de wond leggen • 〈 figuurlijk〉 put/lay one's finger on the problem/(sore) spot, touch the (sore) spot〈 figuurlijk〉 dat had je op je vingers kunnen natellen • you could have known that, that was to be expectedgeen vinger voor iets of iemand uitsteken • not lift/raise a finger for something/someone -
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3 cent
1 [muntstuk] cent2 [kleine waarde] 〈 informeel〉 penny, farthing, sou♦voorbeelden:iemand tot op de laatste cent betalen • pay someone to the fulldeze sigaar kost tachtig cent • this cigar costs eighty cents2 hij heeft/bezit geen rooie cent • he hasn't got two half pennies to rub together, he hasn't got a penny to his namehij deugt voor geen cent • he is a bad lotik geef geen cent meer voor zijn leven • I wouldn't give a penny for his lifedat kan mij geen cent schelen • I couldn't care lessik ben er geen cent wijzer van geworden • I was none the wiser for itik vertrouw hem voor geen cent • I don't trust him an inchbulken van de centen • roll in moneyhij is erg op de centen • he's very careful with his moneyniet op een cent kijken • be generous, spare no expensezonder een cent zitten • be penniless
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