"Put one’s finger on" nghĩa là gì?

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'Put one’s finger on' có nghĩa là tìm hiểu để biết chắc chắn.

Ví dụ
There was something familiar (trông quen quen) about the man whom Paula walked by on her way to work. But she couldn't quite put her finger on (không thể đoán ra) how she knew him (quen trong trường hợp nào). Then it came to her; she had gone to grade school (tiểu học) with him. What a coincidence (thật là một điều ngẫu nhiên) that she ran into him (gặp lại) after all these years!

Month after month, our club's bank account was growing smaller despite a number of sizable (đáng kể) deposits. Money was disappearing, but how? After an intensive (gắt gao) investigation (điều tra), the police were able to put a finger on it (tìm ra sự thật): Our president had been stealing funds!

Minh Phượng
VOA


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