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So, what he found is that in all cases of
thumb
mutations, instead of having a thumb, you would either get another opposable thumb, or you would get four fingers.
Alex has this interface just underneath his thumb, and if he were to use this with VR goggles and hand controllers, now the virtual reality is no longer virtual.
A second later, with a big
thumb
and a well-calloused forefinger, he had the scrotum firmly in his grasp.
The new economics suggests just five rules of
thumb.
Assuming it was roughly the size of my wife's hand, I made some measurements of her thumb, and I scaled them out to the size of the skull.
To see if you do, put your hand down on a flat surface and touch your pinkie to your
thumb.
By the way, this map from 2006 is out of date because it shows Africa still under the
thumb
of Greenpeace, and Friends of the Earth from Europe, and they're finally getting out from under that.
And I recall watching in awe as she gradually learned to flex her little
thumb
and hit the buttons to say words she loved, like "reggae" and "cheese" and a hundred other words she loved that her mouth couldn't yet say.
The
thumb
comes up.
Now he's going to pick up a pen with his opposed
thumb
and index finger.
So I turned to the teeming small creatures that can be held between the
thumb
and forefinger: the little things that compose the foundation of our ecosystems, the little things, as I like to say, who run the world.
The rule of
thumb
was that, if my mother couldn't understand it, then we couldn't use it in the video.
I just want to say it was sort of a rule of
thumb
though, there's about two or three fire hydrants on every city block.
Ask a doctor, for instance, how she makes a medical diagnosis, and she might be able to give you a few rules of thumb, but ultimately she'd struggle.
Ill-tempered, verbally abusive movie studio chief runs his male assistant ragged with nit-picking requests, keeping the young man firmly under his
thumb
with constant threats of unemployment; after a year of office-terror, the working stiff finally cracks.
He was totally consistent in the role, but this movie is so different from the original that the character sticks out like a sore
thumb.
Another lawlessness-in-the-West story, with everybody under the
thumb
of the villain (who naturally holds all the cards).
There were two scenes that just stuck out like a sore
thumb.
OR they needed to just let him use his real voice (and move his mouth), and maybe give him a costume that would not make him stick out like a sore
thumb
when walking down the street.
Hawaldar Jai was terrible, he stood out like a sore
thumb
with his poor histrionics.
The father ,an irresolute man ,under his wife's thumb,although he tries hard to play the macho,wanted to make up for the mediocrity of his life .So he saved his "honor" by forcing his son to do his duty.The scene in which Estevez's hatred for his father explodes is very intense.The actor-director gives a restrained performance,interiorized,as Lee Strasberg's students used to do,and his final burst of anger is increased tenfold so.
Rule of thumb: Never under estimate a ninja.
He then follows her in the famous isle of Ibiza, the hippie joint were meets Wolf, a man who throws Hitler-Jugend knives, owns bars and hotels and keeps Estelle under his
thumb
with dope.
I can name the good 'skit' movies on one hand, not using my
thumb.
I won't write anything about the story of the movie, but as you should know that she is meant to be the most famous hitchhiker across America because of her huge
thumb.
and you know what I was right, they were all terrible, this movie has a few (and a few is stretching it) interesting points, the occasional camcorder view is a nice touch, the drummer is very like a drummer, i.e damned annoying and, well thats about it actually, the problem is that its just so boring, in what I can only assume was an attempt to build tension, a whole lot of nothing happens and when it does its utterly tedious (I had my
thumb
on the fast forward button, ready to press for most of the movie, but gave it a go) and seriously is the lead singer of the band that great looking, coz they don't half mention how beautiful he is a hell of a lot, I thought he looked a bit like a meercat, all this and I haven't even mentioned the killer, I'm not even gonna go into it, its just not worth explaining.
Although based upon the book by Robert Standish, this initial set-up is highly reminiscent of Hitchock's "Rebecca", with leading lady Elizabeth Taylor clashing with the imposing chief of staff at the mansion and (almost immediately) her own husband, who is still under the
thumb
of his deceased-but-dominant father.
He even strokes his nose with his
thumb
exactly the way Bruce Lee does and also releases his screeching yell.
Flynn plays Wade Hutton, a cattleman like the rest of Dodge City tired of being under the
thumb
of the ruthless Jeff Surrett(Bruce Cabot).
Finally, the
thumb
sucking wannabe-leitmotif just sucks.
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