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Zoology | | English term or phrase: "guard" and "throwback" | | what the fishermen call the "keepers" and "throwbacks" |
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| | proteger e devolver o peixe à água (jogar o peixe de volta à água) | Explanation:
guard:
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
throwback:
To an angler who wants to catch and harvest fish, the word “throwback” is probably the most frustrating word in the English language. Of course, it means they have to release their catch, unharmed, back into the wild.
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Note added at 33 mins (2009-05-16 14:39:34 GMT)
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... pressed for admittance, when the inn-keeper seized her arm to lead her oulside. ...... It is your business to guard the fish, not to catch and eat them. ...
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25 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 proteger e devolver o peixe à água (jogar o peixe de volta à água)
Explanation:
guard:
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
throwback:
To an angler who wants to catch and harvest fish, the word “throwback” is probably the most frustrating word in the English language. Of course, it means they have to release their catch, unharmed, back into the wild.
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Note added at 33 mins (2009-05-16 14:39:34 GMT)
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... pressed for admittance, when the inn-keeper seized her arm to lead her oulside. ...... It is your business to guard the fish, not to catch and eat them. ...
www.archive.org/stream/typicalwomenofch00liuhuoft/typicalwo... - 282k - Em cache - Páginas Semelhantes -
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