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RUINE [3 records]

Record 1 2023-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

... where ruins of burnt-out houses oversaw streets scattered with ... militants, torched cars and piles of broken furniture and other wreckage.

OBS

ruin: designation usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • ruins

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

[...] sous les frappes israéliennes lancées en riposte, qui ont transformé en ruines des immeubles entiers.

OBS

ruine : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • ruines

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

He is simply Down and out.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

En un mot, il est ruiné. (Déb.,23/2/i3,578). Il est tout bonnement fichu.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Strength of Materials
  • Tolerances and Modular Co-ordination (Construction)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Calcul, tolérances et modulation (Construction)
DEF

Pièce de charpente assujettie à des contraintes qui la déforment irrémédiablement au delà de sa destination initiale.

Spanish

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