English to Indonesian translations [PRO]
Poetry & Literature / Literature | | English term or phrase: duck | | my mother ducked, and before everyone started to roar |
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| | Indonesian translation:tunduk kepala dengan mendadak | Explanation:
Bila ini merupakan bagian dari buku "The Gathering", maka kalimat sebelumnya adalah: "There is a nick in the wall, over by the door, where Liam threw a knife at our mother, and everyone laughed and shouted at him.It is there among the other anonymous dents and marks. Famous. The hole Liam made, after my mother ducked, and before eveyone started to roar."
Jadi "to duck" = tunduk kepala dengan mendadak, dalam arti menghindar dari lemparan pisau. |
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Local time: 03:53
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5 hrs confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 tunduk kepala dengan mendadak
Explanation:
Bila ini merupakan bagian dari buku "The Gathering", maka kalimat sebelumnya adalah: "There is a nick in the wall, over by the door, where Liam threw a knife at our mother, and everyone laughed and shouted at him.It is there among the other anonymous dents and marks. Famous. The hole Liam made, after my mother ducked, and before eveyone started to roar."
Jadi "to duck" = tunduk kepala dengan mendadak, dalam arti menghindar dari lemparan pisau.
| eldira
Indonesia
Local time: 03:53
Native speaker of:  Indonesian
PRO pts in category: 11
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22 hrs confidence:
1 day20 hrs confidence:
82 days confidence: mengelak
Explanation:
dari WordNet Search:
to duck = to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him,
tapi bisa juga (v) hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)) "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
'ibu sudah mengelak, sebelum yang lain angkat bicara'
Reference: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=duck
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