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English-German translation for: shirk
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Dictionary English → German: shirk

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NOUN   a shirk | shirks
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VERB  to shirk | shirked | shirked ... 
 
SYNO   to fiddle | to goldbrick | to shirk ... 
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to shirk
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ausweichen
to shirk sth. [pej.]
704
etw.Akk. meiden [Arbeit, Verantwortung u. ä.]
to shirk sth.
525
etw.Akk. umgehen [meiden]
to shirksich vor der Verantwortung drücken [ugs.]
to shirk (sth.) [pej.]sichAkk. (vor etw.Dat.) drücken [ugs.]
to shirk sth.vor etw.Dat. kneifen [ugs.] [pej.] [sich einem Problem etc. nicht stellen, einem Problem ausweichen]
to shirk sth. [avoid sth.]etw.Dat. aus dem Weg gehen
2 Words
to shirk argumentsArgumenten ausweichen
to shirk from sth.sichAkk. etw.Dat. entziehen
to shirk from sth.sichAkk. vor etw.Dat. ducken [wegducken]
to shirk responsibilitysichAkk. aus der Verantwortung stehlen [Redewendung]
to shirk responsibilitysichAkk. vor der Verantwortung drücken [ugs.]
3 Words
to shirk (one's) dutysichAkk. um die Erfüllung seiner Pflicht drücken [ugs.]
to shirk from doing sth.sichAkk. um etw.Akk. herumdrücken [ugs.]
to shirk from fightingdem Kampf ausweichen
to shirk from workingder Arbeit aus dem Wege gehen
4 Words
to shirk from a lookeinem Blick ausweichen
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hist. pol. quote Someone has to be the bloodhound. I shall not shirk the responsibility.Einer muss der Bluthund werden, ich scheue die Verantwortung nicht. [Gustav Noske]
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