Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

"guard" and "throwback"

Portuguese translation:

proteger e devolver o peixe à água (jogar o peixe de volta à água)

Added to glossary by Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
May 16, 2009 14:06
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English term

"guard" and "throwback"

English to Portuguese Other Zoology
what the fishermen call the "keepers" and "throwbacks"
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May 25, 2009 11:26: Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun Created KOG entry

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proteger e devolver o peixe à água (jogar o peixe de volta à água)


guard:
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.

throwback:
To an angler who wants to catch and harvest fish, the word “throwback” is probably the most frustrating word in the English language. Of course, it means they have to release their catch, unharmed, back into the wild.

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Note added at 33 mins (2009-05-16 14:39:34 GMT)
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... pressed for admittance, when the inn-keeper seized her arm to lead her oulside. ...... It is your business to guard the fish, not to catch and eat them. ...
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Peer comment(s):

agree Floriana Leary : sim, proteger e devolver o peixe à água!
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