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Messier42 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

From this sentence, why is there 'in'?

Next, take either end of the rope [in] your finger tips and draw them together so the dough forms a circle.

From this sentence, why is there 'in'?
Isn't is supposed to be 'with'?
  

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Isn't is supposed to be 'with'? 'With' is OK, but the native collocation is 'in': we take objects in our fingers and in our hands.

— Mister Micawber

  • Isn't is supposed to be 'with'?
  • 'With' is OK, but the native collocation is 'in': we take objects in our fingers and in our hands.
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messier42From this sentence, why is there 'in'?Isn't is supposed to be 'with'?
'With' is OK, but the native collocation is 'in': we take objects in our fingers and in our hands.
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Take that part in your hand gently. That's quite expenisve.
Is [in] used like this?

Thank you!!
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Thank you so much always!
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