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['fiŋɡə] 1. noun1) (one of the five end parts of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb: She pointed a finger at the thief.) dedo2) (the part of a glove into which a finger is put.) dedo3) (anything made, shaped, cut etc like a finger: a finger of toast.) pedaço2. verb(to touch or feel with the fingers: She fingered the material.) manusear- fingerprint
- fingertip
- be all fingers and thumbs / my fingers are all thumbs
- have something at one's fingertips
- have at one's fingertips
- have a finger in the pie / in every pie
- put one's finger on* * *fin.ger[f'iŋgə] n 1 dedo. 2 qualquer peça saliente de pequeno porte, semelhante a um dedo. 3 comprimento ou largura correspondente a um dedo. 4 sl dedo-duro, informante. 5 sl um policial. • vt+vi 1 tocar com os dedos. he didn’t lay a finger on her / ele não a tocou. 2 manusear, apalpar, auxiliar. she doesn’t lift a finger, she doesn’t raise a finger to help her mother / ela não ergue um dedo para ajudar sua mãe. 3 sl dedo-durar: localizar e mostrar para ladrões lugares passíveis de assalto. 4 Mus dedilhar, executar com os dedos em instrumento musical, indicar por algarismos. five-fingers sl 1 gatuno, ladrão. 2 sentença de prisão de cinco anos. I’m all fingers and thumbs eu sou muito desajeitado com as mãos. on the finger sl 1 a crédito. 2 grátis. the money slipped through his fingers o dinheiro escorregou pelos seus dedos, ele perdeu o dinheiro. to get your fingers burnt ou to burn your fingers dar com os burros n’água, queimar-se. to have a finger in the pie meter o dedo, intrometer-se em um negócio. to have green fingers ter uma boa mão para plantas. to keep one’s fingers crossed torcer, esperar que algo aconteça. to lay one’s finger upon pôr o dedo em cima, descobrir ou indicar com exatidão. to point a finger, to point the finger acusar. to put a finger on someone’s weak spot pôr o dedo na ferida, encontrar o calcanhar-de-aquiles. to twist someone round your little finger fazer gato e sapato de alguém. to work one’s fingers to the bone dar duro, trabalhar em excesso.
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