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Flinch
flinch
(flinches, flinching, flinched) 1. If you flinch, you make a small sudden movement, especially when something surprises you or hurts you. Murat had looked into the eyes of the firing squad without flinching... The sharp surface of the rock caught at her skin, making her flinch. VERB: usu neg, V, V 2. If you flinch from something unpleasant, you are unwilling to do it or think about it, or you avoid doing it. The world community should not flinch in the face of this challenge... He has never flinched from harsh financial decisions. VERB: V, V from n
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intransitive verb Etymology: Middle French flenchir to bend, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle High German lenken to bend, Old High German hlanca flank — more at lank Date: 1578 to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain ; wince; also to tense the muscles involuntarily in anticipation of discomfort Synonyms: see recoil • ~ noun • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v.intr. 1 draw back in pain or expectation of a blow etc.; wince. 2 (often foll. by from) give way; shrink, turn aside (flinched from his duty). --n. an act or instance of flinching. Derivatives flincher n. flinchingly adv. Etymology: OF flenchir, flainchir f. WG 2. flinders n.pl. fragments; splinters. Etymology: ME, prob. f. Scand. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. отступление, уклонение 2. вздрагивание, дрожь 3. род карточной игры 4. отступать, уклоняться (от обязанности, трудности, неприятности) to flinch from combat —- воен. избегать боя he did not flinch from his duty —- он не уклонялся от своих обязанностей 5. вздрагивать; передернуться (от боли) to bear pain without flinching —- переносить боль, не дрогнув ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I v. 1) вздрагивать (от боли); дрогнуть 2) уклоняться, отступать (от выполнения долга, намеченного пути и т.п.) (from) A wise man flinches from danger. Many people flinch from speaking in public. Syn: cower, cringe, grovel, wince Ant: brazen out, carry off, confront, face II = flense ...Англо-русский словарь
5.
~ v 1 to make a sudden small backward movement when you are shocked by pain or afraid of something 2 sb didn't (even) flinch used to say that someone did not seem surprised about something 3 to avoid doing something because you dislike it or are afraid of it (never flinch from doing sth) (He never flinched from doing his duty.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1579, from obsolete flecche "to bend, flinch," probably from O.Fr. flenchir "to bend," from Frank. *hlankjan. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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