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ducked

/dʌkt/

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verb

Sich ducken, den Kopf einziehen

To quickly lower the head or body in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Examples :

"The student ducked when the teacher accidentally threw the marker in his direction. "

Der Schüler duckte sich, als der Lehrer versehentlich den Marker in seine Richtung warf.

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verb

Sich ducken, den Kopf einziehen

To quickly lower (the head) in order to prevent it from being struck by something.

Examples :

"The boy ducked his head when the teacher threw the eraser. "

Der Junge duckte sich, als der Lehrer den Radiergummi warf.

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verb

Eintauchen, untertauchen

To lower (something) into water; to thrust or plunge under liquid and suddenly withdraw.

Examples :

"He ducked the apple under the water to wash it quickly. "

Er tauchte den Apfel unter Wasser, um ihn schnell zu waschen.

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verb

Untertauchen, eintauchen

To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.

Examples :

"The little boy ducked his head underwater to try and blow bubbles. "

Der kleine Junge tauchte seinen Kopf unter Wasser, um zu versuchen, Blasen zu machen.

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verb

Sich bücken, ducken

Examples :

"The performer ducked low after finishing her song to acknowledge the audience's applause. "

Die Darstellerin duckte sich tief, nachdem sie ihr Lied beendet hatte, um den Applaus des Publikums anzuerkennen.

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verb

Sich drücken, ausweichen

To evade doing something.

Examples :

"The student ducked his homework to play video games instead. "

Der Schüler drückte sich vor seinen Hausaufgaben, um stattdessen Videospiele zu spielen.

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verb

Absenken, verringern

To lower the volume of (a sound) so that other sounds in the mix can be heard more clearly.

Examples :

"The DJ ducked the background music whenever he spoke into the microphone so his announcements were clear. "

Der DJ senkte die Hintergrundmusik ab, wann immer er in das Mikrofon sprach, damit seine Ansagen deutlich zu verstehen waren.

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verb

Hineingehen, kurz eintreten

To enter a place for a short moment.

Examples :

"Maria ducked into the coffee shop to grab a quick pastry before work. "

Maria ging kurz in das Café, um sich vor der Arbeit ein schnelles Gebäck zu holen.