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to bump against, collide into ☊ chạm vào ☊
感动 → ☊ gan3dong4 to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving ☊ Chạm vào ☊
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like: Chạm vào → →
I forbid anyone to touch that clock. ☊ anyone ☊
She touched him gently on the arm. ☊ arm ☊
I feel safe as long as I can touch the bottom. ☊ bottom ☊
Tap your code number into the machine. ☊ code ☊
He was staring at her with cold eyes. ☊ cold ☊
His fingers were briefly in contact with the ball. ☊ contact ☊
This pesticide kills insects on contact (= as soon as it touches them). ☊ contact ☊
I hit my knee on the corner of the table. ☊ corner ☊
a direct hit (= a hit that is accurate and does not touch sth else first) ☊ direct ☊
Alice stood staring into the distance. ☊ in/into the distance ☊
I haven't touched a drop (= drunk any alcohol) all evening. ☊ drop ☊
feel sb/sth/yourself doing sth: He felt a hand touching his shoulder. ☊ feel ☊
He put the finishing touches to his painting (= did the things that made it complete). ☊ finish ☊
I touched his forehead. He felt hot and feverish. ☊ hot ☊
He gazed up at her with huge brown eyes. ☊ huge ☊
He stared at his own image reflected in the water. ☊ image ☊
The bomb explodes on impact (= when it hits something). ☊ impact ☊
He stared at them for the longest time (= for a very long time) before answering. ☊ long ☊
Don't look now, but there's someone staring at you! ☊ look ☊
No! Don't touch it! It's hot. ☊ no ☊
reach sth + adv./prep.: He reached out his hand to touch her. ☊ reach ☊
They were staring at the television screen. ☊ screen ☊
Don't touch that wire or you'll get a shock. ☊ shock ☊
She sat and stared at the letter in front of her. ☊ sit ☊
She stared in horror at the hairy black spider. ☊ spider ☊
The answer was staring us in the face. ☊ be staring sb in the face ☊
Defeat was staring them in the face. ☊ be staring sb in the face ☊
They were staring defeat in the face. ☊ be staring sth in the face ☊
Can you touch your toes? (= by bending over while keeping your legs straight) ☊ toe ☊
Heat the bread until it is warm to the touch. ☊ warm ☊