flinch

flinch
intransitive verb
1) zurückschrecken

flinch from something — vor einer Sache zurückschrecken

flinch from one's responsibilities — sich seinen Pflichten entziehen

2) (wince) zusammenzucken
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[flin ]
verb
(to make a sudden movement back or away in fear, pain etc: He flinched away from the sudden heat.) zurückzucken
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flinch
[flɪn(t)ʃ]
vi
1. (wince) [zusammen]zucken, zusammenfahren
she listened to the teacher's criticisms without \flinching sie hörte sich die Kritik des Lehrers an, ohne eine Miene zu verziehen
2. (avoid)
to \flinch [away] from sth vor etw dat zurückschrecken; fire, syringe vor etw dat zurückzucken; (fig) responsibility, task sich akk etw dat entziehen
we should not \flinch from the facts wir sollten den Tatsachen ins Auge sehen
to \flinch from doing sth unpleasant jobs davor zurückschrecken, etw zu tun
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[flIntS]
vi
1) (= wince) zurückzucken

without flinching — ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken

2) (fig)

to flinch from sth — vor etw (dat) zurückschrecken

he flinched from telling her the truth — er scheute sich, ihr die Wahrheit zu sagen

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flinch1 [flıntʃ] v/i
1. zurückschrecken (from, at vor dat)
2. (zurück)zucken, zusammenfahren (vor Schmerz etc):
without flinching ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken, ohne eine Miene zu verziehen
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intransitive verb
1) zurückschrecken

flinch from something — vor einer Sache zurückschrecken

flinch from one's responsibilities — sich seinen Pflichten entziehen

2) (wince) zusammenzucken
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v.
zurück weichen v.
zurückweichen (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

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