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I . duck [dʌk] N

duck

pato m

to take to sth like a duck to water inf

achar que a. c. é café pequeno

II . duck [dʌk] VB intr

duck

to duck out of sth

safar-se de a. c.

III . duck [dʌk] VB trans

to duck an issue

esquivar um assunto

to duck one's head

abaixar a cabeça

Usage examples with ducks

ducks go ‘quack’

os patos fazem ‘qua, qua’

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Grebes, ducks and geese have colonised the lakes. en.wikipedia.org

Lightning ducks down in the trashcan to protect himself from the explosion and is launched across the street. en.wikipedia.org

Beginning in the 8th century, swine gradually became economically more important than cattle; sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, chickens, geese and ducks were also kept. en.wikipedia.org

Ducks, while capable of catching and transmitting the avian flu virus through contact with chickens, seldom sicken and die from the exposure. en.wikipedia.org

Animal rights activists fought for the law because they detest the way foie gras is made: farmers force-feed ducks or geese to fatten their livers. www.freemalaysiatoday.com

The ducks, primarily cavity nesters, prefer the confines of a hollow tree, but will nest on the ground when necessary. en.wikipedia.org

If there is harmony between the husband and wife, then the ducks are oriented facing each other, bill to bill. en.wikipedia.org

South Korean wetlands support over one million wintering ducks and geese. en.wikipedia.org

It is common to see ducks, deer, and rabbits. en.wikipedia.org

This gave rise to conic lofting, which used conic sections to model the position of the curve between the ducks. en.wikipedia.org

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