Do not stick your index finger and middle finger up with the palm of your hand facing towards you in the United Kingdom; it is the equivalent of giving someone the finger.

在英国，不要在手掌面向自己时竖起食指和中指；这无异于直接对别人竖中指(在西方社会一种非常不礼貌的行为)。

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I was he witched by an electrical outlet that screamed out to me to stick in my little finger.

我被一个电插座迷住了，它朝我直叫，让我很恼火。

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That system, combined with the tongue loops, leaves almost no room to stick a finger in there to pull on a lace for tightening or adjustment.

这种系带方式再加上鞋舌环，导致几乎没有空间伸入一根手指来拉紧或调整鞋带。

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This probably helps them to work out from which direction the vibrations are travelling rather as a person might stick a finger first in one ear and then in the other to work out the direction that a sound is coming from.

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