Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
twist [the head] away
Spanish translation:
inclinar/girar [la cabeza] a un lado
English term
Spain
Reliable and fast
Native in: Galician 
, Spanish
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twist away
se trata de esta expresión.
If I think about this place I return to a memory so painful it still causes me to twist my head away as though ducking a blow.
gracias
May 6, 2008 08:19: Monika Jakacka Márquez changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/627420">Laura Gómez's</a> old entry - "twist away"" to ""inclinar/girar [la cabeza] a un lado""
Proposed translations
English/Spanish/Eng Certified Translator
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, Latin American, Uruguayan)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish, and 1 more.
inclinar [la cabeza] a un lado
"me hace inclinar la cabeza a un lado como para esquivar un golpe".
eludir/esquivar
Mexico
30+ years in financial, business, legal
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American) 
Works in: English to Spanish, French to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
voltear la cabeza
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Sandra Rodriguez
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Gracias, Sandra.
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Egmont
4 hrs
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Gracias otra vez, colega.
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Carla_am
5 hrs
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Gracias, colega.
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Broad experience in SUB and DUB
Native in: Spanish
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
agachar la cabeza (ver explicación)
Yo creo que la acción instintiva es agachar la cabeza cuando uno quiere evitar un golpe o trompada.
Si es posible hacer tal cambio, yo lo traduciría así.
Saludos,
Ale :-D
United Kingdom
I read the Alethiometer
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
desviar/torcer
...voltear es más bien girar hacia atrás. Esto es hacer un movimiento instintivo que posiblemente tenga que ver más con "agachar".
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Note added at 2 hrs (2008-05-05 15:13:57 GMT)
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...o como quien esquiva (o elude) un golpe...
Spain
Interpreting meaning is the craft
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Catalan to English
encogerse
En lugar de esta frase problematica puedes utilizar estas palabras
"flinch" or "cringe"
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