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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A shot executed on the opposite side of the hand holding the racket.  4, record 1, English, - backhand

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In tennis, the "backhand" is a stroke executed from the back of the court after the ball has bounced.  4, record 1, English, - backhand

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Coup exécuté du côté opposé de la main qui tient la raquette.  3, record 1, French, - revers

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Au tennis, le «revers» est un coup exécuté] du fond du court après le rebond de la balle.  3, record 1, French, - revers

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

To catch a fly ball or field a grounder with the arm across the body.  1, record 2, English, - backhand

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

This shot can be used when the goalie comes across the net and takes away the opening on the shooter's stick side (long side) leaving the side vacant that the shooter just came from (short side)... By moving the stick out to the side and slightly behind his body, the player flexes his top-hand arm, bringing his stick over his shoulder and behind his back.  1, record 3, English, - backhand

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Our reading has indicated that the over-the-shoulder shot can indicate both a simple overhand shot (i.e., above the shoulder) and a shot in which the shooter swings the stick both behind the back and over the shoulder.  3, record 3, English, - backhand

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il existe aussi la passe arrière. Elle s'effectue par un mouvement du bâton qui passe par derrière la tête jusqu'à l'épaule opposée.  1, record 3, French, - passe%20arri%C3%A8re

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A pass or shot on goal made with the back of the blade, the impulsion being given with the back of the controlling or lower hand which faces the direction of the movement; any shot, on target or not, made with a backhand stroke.  5, record 4, English, - backhand%20shot

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[The] backhander [is] taken when the puck goes to the other side of the stick from which the player normally shoots.  3, record 4, English, - backhand%20shot

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Passe ou tir au but effectué avec le revers de la lame, l'impulsion étant donnée avec le dos de la main la plus basse sur le bâton ou qui contrôle le tir et fait face à la direction du mouvement; tout lancer de la rondelle, précis ou non, fait d'un coup du revers.  4, record 4, French, - lancer%20du%20revers

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Même si «lancer de revers» et «tir de revers» pourraient sembler les entrées lexicales, ce sont «lancer du revers» et «tir du revers (de la main, de la lame)» qui sont les formes à privilégier.  4, record 4, French, - lancer%20du%20revers

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[I threw] a ball against a wall in different directions to stimulate back-hands, fore-hands, short hops...  1, record 5, English, - back%2Dhand

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Lancer la balle contre le mur en divers endroits pour s'exercer aux attrapés droits, du revers et après de courts bonds.  1, record 5, French, - attrap%C3%A9%20du%20revers

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... Handwriting whose strokes slant downward from left to right.  3, record 6, English, - backhand

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

When tall letters and capitals and long letters slant to the left (backhand writing), the writer resorts to dissimulation and maneuvers as the easiest way out of disagreeable and embarrassing situations.  4, record 6, English, - backhand

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[...] Incliné en arrière. [...]  3, record 6, French, - renvers%C3%A9e

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Écriture renversée, penchée vers la gauche.  3, record 6, French, - renvers%C3%A9e

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 CONT

On ne trouvera jamais d'écriture renversée à gauche chez un enfant. Elle apparaît chez l'adolescent, pendant cette douloureuse gestation de l'être qui se cherche, s'interroge, dont les tourments et les conflits intérieurs sont parfois tellement intolérables qu'ils conduisent au suicide.  4, record 6, French, - renvers%C3%A9e

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The action of shooting or passing in which the lower hand on the hockey stick pulls the stick in order to propel the puck.  1, record 7, English, - backhand

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Il désigne tous les coups exécutés sur le côté opposé à celui dont le joueur tient normalement sont bâton. Le revers d'un joueur gaucher est le coup droit d'un joueur droitier.  1, record 7, French, - coup%20de%20revers

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish