| Slowly they held their hands out but only with their forefinger and thumb extended. |
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| Pouching the envelope David took his thumb and slowly riffled the little pad of bills it contained as he held it out for Jack to see. |
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| A good rule of thumb is to smoke food for three to four times the brining time. |
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| A good rule of thumb is that if you can lift the rock it is probably too small to be of value. |
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| A good rule of thumb for predicting the Next Big Thing is the length of the queue trying to see them. |
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| The coleoptile could then be removed by carefully pulling it away from the kernel between the thumb and the forefinger. |
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| Your left thumb should meet your right hand where your lifeline and heartline intersect. |
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| Our rule of thumb is to keep most pages less than 60K, including scripts, style sheets, and graphic images. |
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| I developed a cramp in my thumb dialing the volume up and down to compensate for the uneven audio levels. |
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| Tucking the end of the sash between my thumb and the palm of my hand, I gave a hard tug, undoing the knot. |
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| But such girls smoked effetely, holding the cigarette between thumb and index finger like a European, puffing the smoke out without inhaling it. |
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| She kept eying the rear view mirror where she had a good look at Chris, losing to himself in a thumb war. |
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| My nails were long and painted and I wore a single, silver thumb ring on my left hand. |
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| He slides his thumb under the sealed envelope, pulls out the notebook piece of paper, and begins to read the loopy, girly cursive. |
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| To load the next round manually your thumb sends the slide forward ejecting the spent case. |
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| As a rule of thumb you should whack at least two feet from a nine-footer, more from a longer board. |
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| Wearing a boxing glove to protect a broken thumb means he can keep training with the Tall Blacks. |
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| Gil had a sprained ankle, and Wooten underwent surgery on his right thumb in March. |
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| The mother was more talkative, the driver said, and had said how terrible it was to have to thumb home. |
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| It was made out of black netting, and she had cut slits on the sleeves to put her thumb through. |
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| The researchers found that in people under the age of 25, the thumb has taken over from the index finger as the digit most frequently used. |
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| Our rule of thumb is that a floor jack needs to be rated for at least three-quarters of a vehicle's gross weight. |
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| The primary instruments are drums but lutes, woodwinds, and thumb pianos are also used. |
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| They fit regular 1911 holsters, the ambidextrous thumb safeties work the same way and the light double-action only trigger pull is excellent. |
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| Sleeping with an animal for comfort is not like sucking your thumb or dragging a blankie around. |
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| To this day, one can stretch one's fingers and thumb to fit the indentations on its smooth surface. |
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| Joe's invention is a thumb safety for both large and small frame Glock pistols. |
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| It's kind of a dogs-and-kids rule of thumb that if the dog growls at a kid, they shouldn't be left alone together. |
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| A good general rule of thumb in sabermetrics is that a shift in 10 runs from one column to the other is worth one win. |
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| The handle is embossed with a textured pattern that gives a good grip, and there's a small relieved area where your thumb goes comfortably. |
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| There is a wide choice of thumb drives with MP3 players and recorders already built-in. |
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| He put one hand to his chin and rubbed the thumb and forefinger back and forth along his jawline, stroking an absent beard. |
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| The general rules of thumb for a good private detective, Eddie said, are to be able to blend in, to act normally and be discreet. |
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| A widely adopted rule of thumb in crystallisation theory is that better crystals can be obtained using programmed cooling. |
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| He punched in a few numbers with his right-hand thumb and put the phone to his ear. |
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| Keep an eye out for cuckoo spit, a globule of froth that conceals the tiny froghopper, easily squashed between thumb and finger. |
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| On the very last part of my swing, my wrist and thumb were turned about a half-inch off where they should have been. |
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| Korbin stood up from his sitting position and hooked a thumb on the waistband of his jeans. |
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| The rule of thumb usually is to have three days of food and water and whatever essentials you might have. |
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| A good rule of thumb would be to use colors based upon the type of effect you're trying to achieve. |
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| A hand came out of his pocket as a thumb jabbed at the air over his shoulder towards his house. |
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| They have no use for the dignified thumb sign, but wave their hands recklessly in an attempt to attract the rider and somehow get him to stop. |
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| Pinch the webbing between your thumb and index finger and push toward the bottom knuckle of your index finger. |
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| The horse's regular rider Jim Culloty has been sidelined for several weeks after breaking his thumb two weeks ago. |
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| I want to suggest that this is in fact a rather useful rule of thumb for linguists and philologists. |
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| Later, while filling his car radiator with water at a service station, he offers a lift to a young woman who is also trying to thumb a ride west. |
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| You will find that this magnet is able to pick up small steel things like paper clips, staples and thumb tacks. |
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| Squeeze the soil ball between your thumb and fingers in the palm of your hand to make a ribbon. |
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| Not only has the artist supplied the missing left hand, but he has also repaired the worn places on the other thumb and the forward heel. |
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| Fold the thumb of the left hand into the palm of the hand and wrap the fingers around the thumb. |
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| It should not be the rule of the thumb that any offender has to end up behind bars, whether in a police cell or prison. |
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| The rule of thumb is never to hand-hold the camera at a shutter speed lower than your lens' focal length. |
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| Shears are usually six inches long or longer with one bow for the thumb and one elongated bow for two or more fingers. |
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| When the pillow is kneaded a little, the thumb and forefinger will come right together if it's kapok. |
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| Signatures or thumb impressions were obtained on consent forms and a copy left with the family. |
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| It is difficult to devise criteria for evaluating religious testimony, but some rules of thumb may be proposed. |
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| Adam jerked his thumb over to the stove where the coffee pot was steaming on the hot plate. |
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| The majority of thumb amputations occur in industrial or agricultural settings and involve power machinery. |
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| We are in no way an underdog province beneath the thumb of a national environment ministry bent on keeping us down. |
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| In other incidents I have received bruises, a sprained thumb and had my head banged against a wall. |
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| Without all those who demanded equal treatment of women, we would still be under the thumb of male dominance. |
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| His hand clamped around her neck loosely but his thumb was pinching her skin against the wall. |
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| I couldn't unscrew the cap of those little bottles with one thumb if my life depended upon it. |
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| He crouched down and took to the table, changing his fingering so that the cue rested between his thumb and first finger. |
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| As Egewe watched, she pinched her lips with her thumb and forefinger, nervously stroking the thin skin of her lips. |
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| Observation of individuals shows that people are much more likely to use rules of thumb when making complex decisions. |
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| It's executed with the inside edge of your hand where your thumb is, not the meaty part near the heel of the palm. |
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| A thumb switch near the right handlebar engages the motor to press a roller on the motor shaft, which helps spin the tire. |
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| Every single news organisation is critical of him and his band of thumb twiddlers. |
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| The pastoralist class disperse the great mass of peasants who traditionally worked the land under the thumb of feudal landlords. |
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| Brian rubbed his thumb back and forth over my index finger knuckle, tickling me a little bit. |
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| To re-lock the phone, you can use the same thumb to lock the iOS device, by swiping down from the top of the screen with camera open! |
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| I snatched it between thumb and forefinger, balled it into a tight dot, threw it to the. floor. |
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| He rubbed his thumb and index fingers together, before he tried to speak to her again. |
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| The writing seemed familiar but he couldn't quite put his thumb on whose exactly it was. |
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| Keep the ball in the inside of your hand, go through and squeeze the ball with your fingers from little finger through to the thumb and back. |
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| On it was a photograph of an older man dressed in a loud red plaid suit, gesturing with his thumb up. |
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| There was some movement in the hand especially the fingers, thumb and little finger. |
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| As a quick check the texture should be similar to that of the ball of the thumb of a closed fist. |
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| Sorry about the typing, combination of a damaged thumb and a frosty morning. |
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| There are thumb inserts that you can put into the ball that come in round and oval shapes. |
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| Lift the strand away from the head at a 90-degree angle using your thumb and first finger. |
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| She was also wearing an engagement ring and has a silver thumb ring on her left hand. |
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| An opposable thumb is generally seen as a defining characteristic of primates, but in spider monkeys it is greatly reduced or entirely absent. |
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| But this kind of pain was so excruciating, that even my hair touching my thumb and the bedsheet touching my thumb caused me to scream. |
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| A count of 18 tender points was conducted by thumb palpation, and tenderness thresholds were assessed by dolorimetry at 9 tender sites. |
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| The tip of the second finger curls in toward the ball of the thumb until it is under the mouth of the thimble. |
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| Typically, the instrument has seven finger holes and one thumb hole together with a flaring bell, often perforated by several sound holes. |
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| Jim began gently stroking Camalyn's side with his thumb in the area between the top of her hip and the bottom of her ribs. |
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| Tenosynovitis is caused by inflammation of tendons on the thumb side of the wrist. |
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| The finger and thumb flexors were transected at the proximal interphalangeal joint and metacarpal phalangeal joint, respectively. |
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| These three rules of thumb are the basis for making overhead baitcasting a dream. |
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| A thumb rule of human interaction is to give the person you're with enough attention, and not phub them. |
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| He also described the fist with the thumb clenching the first finger as similar to how many people clench the bo. |
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| Do you know about the acupuncture point between your thumb and first finger, where if you apply pressure it will lift a headache? |
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| I shoved the book over at Matt, smudging Leah's school pinafore with my thumb as I did. |
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| For example, he cannot oppose his right forefinger and thumb and can only, with difficulty, touch his mouth with his hand. |
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| Some archers wear a thumb ring to protect the ball of the thumb from the string when it is released. |
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| In the past few weeks I've noticed more and more tattoos on people's hands, between their thumb and first fingers. |
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| When the trigger releases the ball of the thumb presses forward and in that instant the gun is pushed to the right. |
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| Keep the thumb on top and snap the wrist like you are using a hammer or casting a fishing pole. |
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| Therefore, the ball of the thumb is often severely strained, especially when snowboarding. |
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| All three 48 x 20 x 41 cm cases use thumb screws instead of conventional fixings. |
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| Now, bind your thumb below the knuckle, a handkerchief works well but any rope or cord will do. |
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| Twirl the thaumatrope by rolling the string between thumb and forefinger of each hand as fast as you can. |
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| On Monday the 16th, Don Ratcliffe with his sore thumb clobbered the rest of the field by three strokes. |
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| Slit open the belly of the fish and use your thumb and your fingers to draw out the remaining innards. |
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| Chefs suggest pressing on the olive with your thumb firmly to split open the olive and loosen the pit. |
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| Playing with the hand involves a rocking motion between the thumb or ball of the thumb and the fingers or outside edge of the palm. |
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| As a general rule of thumb with this government, whenever a contract is let, someone close to the government benefits in some way. |
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| Everybody claims that the USB thumb drive makes life so much easier, and they're not lying. |
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| The hill-dwellers of Uttaranchal have long felt unhappy under the thumb of the Uttar Pradesh plainsmen. |
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| It is safer to allow access only to named individuals, identifiable by a digital or PKI certificate such as a USB thumb drive. |
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| The same madness about size seems to have spread to the USB thumb drive, which usually come in 128MB to 512MB sizes. |
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| Most of these products include USB thumb drives, portable hard drives, computer peripherals, and graphics cards. |
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| This thing cost me less then my prior 512 MB USB thumb drive, it weighs a lot less, is a lot smaller, and it even plays music. |
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| SanDisk plans complementary enhancements to the USB thumb drives that are already in the market and use flash memory, Wong said. |
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| No more carrying around thumb drives, fussing with formats or forgetting assignments. |
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| By the sliding of a switch on this minuscule thumb drive, the drive would offer write protection. |
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| Just a few days ago I bought a little gadget that's a combination thumb drive, MP3 player, FM receiver, and voice recorder. |
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| I never could have thought how useful a pocket knife and thumb drive could be together. |
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| He grabbed a thumb drive out of his belt and plugged it into his computer, extracting the data on the centre screen. |
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| But thumb drives aren't the only form of digital storage media giving security executives heartburn. |
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| Will the Corsair Flash Voyager prove to be more durable and longer lasting than other inexpensive thumb drives? |
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| He presses his undamaged left hand with bent fingers and out-stretched thumb onto his chest in a gesture of adoration and self-dedication. |
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| Both officers grabbed him by the arms in a thumb lock and marched him out of the shop past the customers. |
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| The large thumb pad is used to navigate the mouse cursor around the screen, and you have a left and right mouse click button as well. |
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| Grasp the plate with your fingers on the backside, straight, and your thumb hooked over the side facing you. |
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| While there is no off-the-shelf method for writing scenarios, we later provide some rules of thumb or guidelines for this activity. |
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| His thumb placed pressure on a specific button on the side of the object, launching a grappling hook into the air. |
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| He ruled absolutely and brutally and kept the rival Mamelukes under his thumb completely. |
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| The man had skull fractures, a severely broken thumb and burns to the bottom of his feet. |
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| He dug his hands deeper into his pockets and pushed his house keys into his palm between the thumb and his finger. |
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| With the ball of the thumb lift the rear ends of the two top cards and slip the tip of the left little finger under them. |
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| Most dramatically, I argue, the postindustrial economy has placed a thumb on the Republican side of the partisan scale. |
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| The forefeet have 5 digits, but the thumb is reduced in size. The hindfeet have five functional digits. |
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| I picked it up, took off the rubber band that held it together, and began to thumb through it. |
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| The dark-haired beauty pulled off her sunglasses, twirling them in her right thumb and index finger. |
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| She accepted his hand, tensing a bit when his thumb made one light stroke of her knuckles. |
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| On campus, they stick out like the proverbial sore thumb because they are the ones with the bandaged fingers. |
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| He gently took her chin between his forefinger and his thumb and raised it so she could look him in the eyes. |
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| Gone are the days when financial services providers could thumb their noses at everyone and provide complete secrecy. |
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| She looked down at her left hand, the forefinger and thumb tattooed with gold, in a design much like a Signature. |
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| Your thumb will depress the magazine release lever as you grasp the magazine. |
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| As the thumb catch of the FELCO 4 is rivetted, the only possible solution is to hit with a hammer on the rivet. |
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| Hold the swab, placing your thumb and forefinger in the middle of the swab shaft covering the score line. |
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| Zipped MP3 player pocket at the top left of the sleeve and cuff with thumb hole. |
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| He was sitting down on a chair, elbows on his knees, his hands were clasped with his chin resting on his thumb and his forefingers extended, touching the tip of his nose. |
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| He ran his thumb tenderly over the bruise already forming on her face. |
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| The back of the fingers and the outside of the thumb is made of a cellular plastic combined with knitted textile fabric on both faces. |
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| A good rule of thumb is to do it when the forsythia is in bloom. |
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| Occasionally babies are born without a thumb or with a rudimentary thumb. |
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| That little office was very much under the thumb of the federal Liberals at the time. |
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| Connect the successive dots for each finger and your thumb using a smooth curved line. |
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| Use the thumb stick to move the map pointer to the location you want to save. |
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| A thumb release on the gun is convenient since it permits one-hand operation. |
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| He started playing with the fork again, pricking his thumb against its end. |
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| Many such cyberweapons, in fact, can fit on an ordinary USB thumb drive. |
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| Put your thumb through the strap for putting on your one piece over the Excellerator. |
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| Both guns are spruced up with sterling thumb piece inlays on the wrist. |
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| In one hand he held a long paint brush from which globules of paint were threatening to drop while his arm supported a palette kept in place by a thumb through a hole. |
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| A quick adjustment of his grip and his thumb depressed the button that released the loaded magazine, allowing it to drop an inch out of the weapon. |
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| A hydraulic thumb or clamp allows you to grasp rocks, tree stumps, and other oddly shaped objects, while a grapple makes it easy to handle brush and other bulky material. |
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| If you have a green thumb and a bit of spare time maybe you should think about putting on the gardening gloves and becoming involved in the community gardens. |
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| Harpist and zitherists as a rule only use the thumb and three fingers. |
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| The divisions and headings make the book easy to dip into and in theory to skim, although would-be skimmers will need to keep one thumb lodged firmly in the index. |
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| I feel the impatient breath of my daughter's future on my neck as I nurse her before bed, her fist clenching my thumb until she grows sleepy and gradually lets go of me. |
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| All I have been able to find is a cute picture of Spears and Garnett with two comments and 30-some thumb icons of approval. |
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| The rule of thumb is that if a store has lasted over 30 years in this fickle climate then, clearly, the owners are experts deserving of your custom. |
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| He slid the bandage off the thumb, and I saw a clean cut at the top knuckle where the upper thumb had been removed. |
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| He remembers being able to wrap his thumb and middle finger around her calf. |
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| But it's a rule of thumb that has been bandied about by actuaries and financial advisers for a long time and, if you do the sums, as a general idea, it works. |
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| When she reached out for her change and turned to walk away, the shopkeeper held on to the gold coins between his thumb and forefinger and cupped a hand to his ear. |
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| The library includes new technology which means children can borrow a book by putting their thumb on to a machine which recognises their individual thumbprints. |
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| To shoot correctly you held the marble between the thumb and forefinger and by flicking the thumb you propelled the alley forward, at great speed. |
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| The opening song places keening flutes and whispered vocal over an insistent pulse of clay drums and thumb pianos, punctuated by occasional bursts of talking drum. |
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| Crystals, which have a triangle shape on them, are the ones which can help you gain access to the akashic records by rubbing the stone with your thumb towards the point. |
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| Kerry is positioned to put an American thumb on the scales discretely, with the president's support. |
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| The toddler just sucked his thumb and discovered his own entertainment. |
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| The right hand is first put in action, firm pressure being made with the ball of the thumb and the heel of the hand until the median line is reached. |
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| If you can, avoid using a dummy and discourage thumb sucking. |
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| A hand slapped up against his face, the thumb probing for his eye socket. |
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| Once he understands the concept of taking the treat gently from your open palm, try offering him a treat while holding it between a thumb and finger. |
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| Muff glove, not taking the thumb and covering the top of the hand up to the beginning of the fingers. |
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| It has long been known to manufacture scissors with finger and thumb bows either of the same size or with the finger bow larger than the thumb bow. |
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| Tonight the final ten must try to thumb a ride to Success-shire on the Winnebago of dreams. |
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| Whatever the occasion, she would pack a small suitcase and thumb a ride from her apartment in Kiryas Joel to Williamsburg or elsewhere. |
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| Observation has shown that pinches are taken either with the tips of thumb and two fingers or between the ball of the thumb and top knuckle of the forefinger. |
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| Team scouts think a balky right thumb will force Warner to retire. |
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| Talk to a pal with a green thumb or ask a representative at your local gardening-supply store about how you can get your garden growing. |
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| Twigs may be covered with small, greyish-white bumps which can be easily scraped off with the thumb nail. |
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| General rules of thumb are that, for any given taxonomic group, the larger the individual, the slower it reproduces. |
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| I thumb through the paper catalog every December, and want to buy everything in it. |
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| You can't thumb through the pages, let alone read and digest anything on there. |
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| It is interesting, and rewarding, to thumb through reference books just to see what is in them. |
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| The brochures are in written are available at your craft specialist or you can thumb through it online. |
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| As you thumb through an OMEGA catalogue or navigate through the range of OMEGA watches on this website, you will be struck by the variety. |
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| The next time you thumb through a book or newspaper, you will have a whole new appreciation for that product. |
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| Later he created a lacework percussive pattern that fleetingly called to mind an African thumb piano. |
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| Keeping the thumb on the point, sharply break the tip of ampoule while holding firmly the other part of the ampoule in the hand. |
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| My rule of thumb for outings is: driving time should never exceed hiking time. |
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| Forget the rule of thumb and take a good look at your personal retirement goals and current financial situation. |
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| Remember, refusal to give a thumb print is tantamount to a confession. |
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| For those with a green thumb but no garden, the City offers small plots in its community gardens to grow your favourite flowers or vegetables. |
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| Match alluring flowers as you test your green thumb and restore the legendary Hanging Gardens to their former majestic glory! |
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| New flowers arrive frequently so you're green thumb must act quickly to avoid incoming flower-food! |
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| Through projects in the Pinhey's garden, crafts and games, find your inner green thumb and learn the basics of gardening. |
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| The sowing of orchid seeds requires a green thumb and some experience, but it is a challenge, if you manage to raise yourself orchids from seed. |
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| This March break you don't need a green thumb to be charmed by thousands of orchid blooms. |
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| Get out your green thumb to run, buy, and upgrade your very own Magic Farm! |
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| Whether you have a green thumb or lack the time for exterior maintenance, rest assured, your garden will be created accordingly. |
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| Enter Sophie Fisher, his beguiling if quirky plant lady, who has an unexpected green thumb for lyrics. |
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| Flick through the widgets you want with your thumb and put them in the centre of your home screen. |
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| The thumb and toe claws have an extra talon, which is unique in bats. |
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| It is held by placing three fingers over the shank, the thumb in the groove of the shank and the little finger in the hollow part of the tang. |
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| He was brought back under the thumb of the Illuminati, and that indeed, when you met with him, he was programmed to the nth degree. |
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| Put your thumb in the mouth, between the teeth, and gently pry the mouth open. |
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| Push the wigwag paddle forwards with your right thumb and the vehicle will move forward. |
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| To scroll, you tap or hold them down with one thumb while pressing a tiny function key with the other. |
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| The Fitbit is an unobtrusive slab of plastic about the size of a U. S. B. thumb drive. |
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| Single still images or complete video sequences can be stored quickly and easily in the internal flash memory or on the portable USB thumb drive. |
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| Select this mode when you want to use your storage card as a USB thumb drive, and copy files between your phone's storage card and your computer. |
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| The Cinergy HT USB XE receives digital and analog TV and is no larger than a USB thumb drive! |
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| The tool is very small and standalone, so you can use it on the go on a thumb drive. |
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| Now you can copy any additional files you want to have present on the thumb drive when you boot it. |
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| You can easily save files on to a thumb drive, or organize files on your computer. |
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| Multi-card slots: Simply plug in a USB thumb drive or camera memory card directly into the frame. |
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| You can smash in a man's head with a hammer, you can mangle your own thumb with it, or you can use it to build a house. |
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| Form a clenched fist with your thumb against the child's body, above the navel and below the rib cage. |
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| Because you can control when and how your child uses a soother. You can't control a thumb going into the mouth. |
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| If a child keeps sucking a soother or thumb after the permanent teeth have come in, it could cause problems with how the jaw and teeth grow. |
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| Pete stuck his thumb out at the age of 17 and hitch hiked out of Birmingham, England. |
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| Place four fingers under breast and thumb on top, well back from nipple and areola. |
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| The area must be stretched tight with first finger and thumb of the left hand to avoid pinching the skin. |
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| To do the skin pinch, use your thumb and first finger. Do not use your fingertips because this will cause pain. |
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| Pinch the button on the back of the data clip between your thumb and first finger. |
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| Decorate the crust if you wish using your thumb and first finger or a fork. |
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| Still keeping the thumb and forefinger joined, cover and veil the ciborium. |
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| While you are saying the O sacrum convivium and the prayers which follow, rub your thumb and forefinger together over the ciborium. |
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| Without retracting barrel slide, hold barrel slide in position with one hand, push sight slide toward rear of gauge with thumb or other hand. |
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| For slackening thumb nut turn the spreading disc until the nut is located at the side and can be slackened without any problem. |
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| To remove the snap-on mouthpiece cover, hold between the thumb and forefinger, squeeze gently and pull apart as shown. |
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| Q While heating, run your thumb down the hollow part of the undulation on both sides to press down the adhesive. |
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| Q Apply the film with the thumb or a squeegee by wiping down horizontally into the hollow part of the undulation. |
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| How much of the universe can you pinch between your thumb and finger? |
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| Do not put thumb and finger prints on the discs as body oils are particularly difficult to clean off. |
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| He touched my cheek with his hand, rubbing his thumb over my cheek. |
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| A simple rule of thumb for the amount of blend to feed in the TMR is to offer 0.5 Kg of blend per 50 Kg live weight, plus add 0.5 Kg of blend to the total amount. |
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| Quickly I grabbed my gaga Bobo, stuffed a corner under my nose, shoved my thumb back into my mouth. |
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| She rubbed her forefinger and thumb together and shook her head. |
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| Reposition the camera back to the desired position and tighten the camera thumb screws and wingnuts. |
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| For instance the index finger can be used to open doors, the middle finger to switch on the light, or the thumb to open the garage. |
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| Anderson was hit on the thumb by a 145kph lifter, and there were air-shots and swishes in among the blocks. |
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| A simple rule or thumb estimates it to be close to the rate of growth of the labour force plus the rate of growth of labour productivity. |
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| Now, hold the top spoon between your thumb and your first finger. |
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| If using the palm, choose a fleshy area on the palm below your thumb or pinky finger. |
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| Dad sighed, and did the typical old-man thing where he rubs his forehead with his thumb and first finger, with a frown like the world is on his shoulders. |
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| Only the upper chopstick is moved by the index, middle finger and thumb to pick up and hold small pieces of food like a pair of pincers. |
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| The England captain fractured his right scaphoid, the bone between the thumb and the wrist, in the national team's 2-1 win over South Africa in Durban on Thursday. |
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| Apply the tape measure on top of the hand by holding it with your thumb and covering the ounces. |
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| Have your fingers under your baby's armpit, with your thumb around the shoulder. |
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| When I type at the computer my thumb and little fingers hurt. |
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| Apply gentle but firm pressure between your thumb and first finger. |
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| I stood out like a sore thumb in my lisle knee-socks and street clothes. |
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| To achieve the ideal position, the left thumb should be placed down the right hand side of the golf club grip to create a V-shape between the thumb and first finger. |
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| He stopped in front of my door and crooked his thumb towards it. |
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| Dom flicked the striker with his thumb which rolled against the flint, it then made a spark that ignited the fuel it contained, creating a small flame. |
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| I love that she's not a demure tennis starlet under the thumb of an all-powerful parent or coach. |
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| One rule of thumb is to take a big swig from your water bottle every 15 minutes. |
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| The slicker bristles are controlled by a spring-load thumb trigger, which gives more control over the amount of pressure on the dog. |
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| I jammed my thumb into my mouth and almost choked on it while the screen lit up with sunny skies on a gleaming lake. |
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| The iPod Shuffle connects as easily and predictably as a USB thumb drive. |
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| Although digital storage devices such as thumb drives have been around for a few years, they are generally only used by people who work in IT departments. |
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| Disinfect area with alcohol then apply pressure between finger and thumb to the dermal fold until the injection site is blanched. |
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| Like all boys he immediately put his thumb into this mouth and sucked it. |
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| The general rule of thumb is to focus on ingesting carbs before and during a workout, and then switch to protein-rich foods after your workout. |
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| As the thumb clears the ball, the weight of the ball is shifted to the fingers, and the fingers are thrust outward with a quarter-turn counterclockwise into the lane. |
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| The thin paper was lifted as he slid his thumb under the fold. |
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| The following rule of thumb generally applies: equities have an increased risk of fluctuation, but also the best opportunities for returns. |
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| It obviously does not have a financial rule or even a simple rule of thumb that it applies from one year to the next. |
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| But I have to admit, my principle rule of thumb when it comes to judging a song is weighing up the amount of pleasure I got out of making it. |
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| The holster itself is two layers of cowhide with a thumb break. |
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| It was crouched on all fours, its strangely formed hands with three fingers and a thumb acting as the forefeet on a crocodile, while the tail slithered like a snake's would. |
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| A good rule of thumb is to consider foods farmed in your home province, and Canadian-grown foods. |
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| Such organizations have alienated an already dispossessed population who see no hope in future under the thumb of a conqueror. |
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| A thumb splint helps in squeezing the fingers in opposition to the fingers and makes it easier to grasp and hold an object for use. |
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| After I sat down, I was checking out the tablecloth and feeling it between my left thumb and forefingers, where it hung down over the edge about eight inches. |
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| The long handled, stainless steel toenail scissors have moulded finger and thumb grips to allow for easy cutting. |
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| With her biggest marble, a Bumboozer, poised like a bomb between her thumb and forefinger, she closed one eye and took a steadying breath. |
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| When held vertically close to your nose, the top left quadrant of the right thumb is the most distomedial quadrant. |
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| Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers. |
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| Stanley crumbled the husk of a beer nut between his thumb and middle finger. |
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| I heard that hitchhiking was illegal, so I made sure to only stick out my thumb to noncops. |
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| A silver thumb ring, shown below, bought in an indoor market in Manchester. |
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| Place your thumb on top of the shank and your bent index finger under the hair and pull the tying thread tight to flair it. |
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| Occam's Razor serves as a rule of thumb for choosing the most desirable amongst a group of equally explanatory hypotheses. |
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| The thumb of a Mercurian has a tendency to be stiff, as they love money and may have difficulty sharing it. |
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| The thumb points forward and supports the leading edge, and the other digits support the tension held in the wing membrane. |
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| His thumb was said to be so large that he wore his wife's bracelet as a ring for it. |
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| Push the left-hand side of the wigwag paddle forward with your left thumb and the scooter will move backward, emitting an audible reversing alarm. |
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