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Lain Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

I saw her duck?

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00Days ago I happened to read this sentence "I saw her duck....." 02br
00I wonder what duck means here, simply get lost.. 02br
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0 duck: To lower quickly, especially so as to avoid something (source: dictionary.com) 0-
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0 Thanks julielai. 02br
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00Hmm, yes I got the same definition from my dictionary but then again if the duck here used as a verb, shouldn't it be "ducking"? And I just cant understand this sentence well either.. 02br
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0 It depends what follows, doesn't it? 02br
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00I saw her duck and her goose. Odd pets, I thought. 02br
00OR I saw her duckling and her gosling. Odd pets, I thought. 02br
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00I saw her duck to avoid the bullets. 02br
00OR I saw her ducking to avoid the bullets. (Either form is OK. The "ing" form suggests that what you saw
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0 I thought this word might have a special meaning that I didnt know... because the whole sentence is just "I saw her duck...." 02br
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00Thanks CalifJim, for the detailed explanation. 02br
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00Lain 0-
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