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Record 1 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A standard defensive maneuver: a fielder receives a throw from another fielder and in turn throws - relays - to a base to which a runner is advancing.

OBS

[This maneuver is] especially important in double plays and in throws coming in from the outfield.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Manœuvre défensive où la balle est dirigée vers un joueur situé à un point intermédiaire plutôt qu'à son point de destination ultime.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

Any important activity [of the Micmacs] was preceded by religious rites. The regular offerings made to their gods were representative of a communion with the spiritual world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
DEF

Don que l'on offre à la divinité ou à ses représentants.

CONT

Les offrandes régulières aux divinités soulignaient cette communion avec le monde spirituel.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
OBS

Special care is usually given in the creation and handling of such a coin. The term is also sometimes used in advertisements to describe a coin which is often so superior in appearance to most others of that series or date that it appears to have been given such special care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Pièce de monnaie frappée pour être remise ou distribuée au cours d'une cérémonie ou en diverses occasions.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
OBS

Special care is usually given in the creation and handling of such a coin. The term is also sometimes used in advertisements to describe a coin which is often so superior in appearance to most others of that series or date that it appears to have been given such special care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Pièce de qualité supérieure à la frappe habituelle remise à une personnalité au cours d'une visite ou pour souligner un événement spécial.

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a figurative meaning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
OBS

statue ou image

Spanish

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