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Record 1 2025-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Spinning or tumbling net shots are shots where the player makes the shuttle spin so that it does not go too high, and lands close to the net. This shot is executed by slicing the shuttle when it is right over the net. The player needs to take the shuttle as high as possible to make this move work. By slicing the shuttle, the player prevents the shuttle from going any higher. All the upwards and forward moving momentum is transferred into the spin. The shuttle would stay stationary for a second as it spins before dropping down onto the floor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

contre-amorti avec rotation : désignation publiée au Journal officiel de la République française le 27 novembre 2024.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rugby
CONT

[One] strategy is to use a "pick and go, "where a player picks up the ball from the back of the ruck and charges forward, gaining valuable yards and potentially breaking the opposition's defensive line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rugby
DEF

Action de jeu qui consiste, à partir d'une mêlée spontanée, à s'emparer du ballon au sol et à engager une course vers l'avant.

OBS

ramasse-et-va : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 14 février 2024.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

A dead trigger is a condition when you pull the trigger and the hammer fails to go forward striking the firing pin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
CONT

Une détente inactive dénote une situation où, lorsqu'on appuie sur la détente, le chien n'avance pas, il ne frappe pas le percuteur et aucun «clic» ne se fait entendre.

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Small Arms
CONT

A live trigger is a condition when you pull the trigger and the sear disengages, allowing the hammer to go forward, [strike] the firing pin, [and make a] slight sound...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes légères
CONT

Une détente active dénote une situation où, lorsqu'on appuie sur la détente, on peut entendre le «clic» du chien qui frappe le percuteur en avançant.

Spanish

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Record 5 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Master the Overhead Squat.... If you do it right, the overhead squat is an effective movement for your legs, hips, shoulders, even your abs [abdominal muscles].... When trying to perform an overhead squat, a lot of people either shift their weight too far forward onto their toes or back onto their heels, among other mistakes. You want to aim to keep your weight balanced over the middle of your arches, with your arms over your feet. Begin in a standing position, holding a dowel overhead with your arms straight and your feet about shoulder-width apart. Initiate the movement with your hips, squatting back and down until the tops of your thighs are at least parallel to the floor. As you go, think about pulling the dowel apart with your hands. Push through your hips to return to a standing position.

OBS

This bodybuilding exercise can be performed with a medicine ball, a barbell, dumbbells or any other accessory.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
OBS

Pour effectuer une flexion des jambes avec charge au-dessus de la tête, placez-vous debout, le dos droit, les bras en extension en tenant un poids au-dessus de votre tête. Accroupissez-vous jusqu'à ce que vos cuisses soient parallèles au sol et retournez à la position de départ.

OBS

Cet exercice de musculation peut s'effectuer à l'aide d'une barre à disque, d'haltères, d'un ballon d'entraînement ou de tout autre accessoire.

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
DEF

A location in the ambulance shuttle system where ambulances wait ready to go forward.

OBS

ambulance relay point; ARP: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
DEF

Dans le système de navette des ambulances, endroit où se trouvent les ambulances prêtes à se déplacer vers l'avant.

OBS

point de relais des ambulances; PRA : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes et par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du soutien au combat.

OBS

point de relais des ambulances; PRA : désignations et définition uniformisées par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

... he absolutely cannot go forward in this posture without stepping over or "chevaler"-the front inside leg over the outside and, similarly, the inside hind leg over the outside.

Key term(s)
  • step-over
  • cross-over

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Croise[r] ses pieds, en marche, ou les pose[r] successivement, l'un devant l'autre.

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Rusty tussock moth.... Larvae attack all conifer seedling species.... These gregarious caterpillars completely denude a seedling before moving on to the next, and can occur in patches of 5-100 styroblocks.... The adult male is rusty-brown with a white dot and light brown band on each forewing. The female is flightless, sedentary, with light tan hairs covering the body. The population overwinters as white egg masses which can be cemented to the sides and bottoms of styroblocks. They will adhere to the blocks after seedlings have been lifted and blocks washed and stored. Because the eggs are white, they often go unnoticed. Larvae emerge from these egg masses(often on styroblocks) around May, and actively feed on newly emerged seedlings. They are hairy, up to 28 mm long, have two black hair "pencils" projecting forward and one to the rear, four golden brushes of hair on the back, accompanied by eight warty protuberances with yellow and black hairs on each segment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Today, does the Commission find probable cause of an unlawful or unreasonable act, rate, practice or omission to go forward with this complaint and serve it upon the Respondent?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Le succès d'une poursuite contre le gouvernement exigera d'ordinaire la démonstration que le gouvernement a accompli un acte déraisonnable dans les circonstances et que cette conduite déraisonnable doit avoir causé les dommages.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
OBS

go forward : This verb is frequently used in the gerund form("going forward") as a legitimate noun or adjective in a sentence, then it's correct :"Still new to driving the forklift, Teresa finds going forward easier than going backward. "(noun, object of verb "finds") ;"The proposal going forward is not the one that the residents approved, but rather a pale imitation of their grandiose plan. "(adjective, describes noun "proposal"). However, when the gerund "going forward" is tacked on to a sentence like "Thanks to the recent electoral reforms, we expect more equitable representation and higher voter turnout going forward, "it simply dangles. Dangling modifiers are not grammatically correct.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fencing
  • Combined-Events Contests
DEF

A running attack generally executed from beyond normal lunging distance.

CONT

The flèche is a running attack executed in the following manner : 1. The arm is extended with opposition, the point directed at the target. 2. The weight is shifted from the left to the right leg, and the left foot is brought up to a position slightly in front of the right foot. 3. From this position, the arm and shoulder stretch out as far as they will go, the body inclines forward until it is almost off-balance, and the distance is closed with a rush, preventing the opponent from riposting.

OBS

The "flèche" is an attack made by running, rather than a step or a lunge; the action is stopped when one fencer passes another.

OBS

By definition, a "fleche" is a "running attack" or an attack with a flèche, or "flèche attack". These last expressions are thus explanations of "flèche" rather than synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Escrime
  • Compétitions à épreuves combinées
DEF

Progression offensive consistant en un déséquilibre du corps vers l'avant, précédé d'un allongement du bras conjugué avec une détente alternative des jambes.

OBS

La «flèche» est une attaque consistant en une course plutôt qu'une marche ou une feinte; un assaut prend fin lorsqu'un escrimeur dépasse l'autre sur la piste.

OBS

Par définition, une «flèche» est une attaque en courant. L'expression «attaque en flèche» est donc une explication de «flèche» plutôt qu'un synonyme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esgrima
  • Competiciones de pruebas combinadas
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Record 12 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
CONT

Other vices are jibbing ...

OBS

to jib : to stop and refuse to go forward; balk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Défense au cours de laquelle le cheval place tout le poids de son corps en arrière, les postérieurs étant engagés sous lui.

Spanish

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Record 13 2011-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

Any attempt by a horse to disobey the rider. 1)Action by which the horse is disobeying or resisting.

CONT

A horse is considered to offer resistance if at any time it refuses to go forward(stops, goes backwards, turns round more or less completely, rears etc.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Action par laquelle le cheval résiste à la demande du cavalier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 14 2011-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

Both players may retreat to a defensive formation when receiving a lob.

CONT

To ensure that you move foreward when at the net(and that you don’t take a long backswing), imagine there is a wall right behind you. Because of this wall, you can’t retreat the only direction you can go is forward... chances of hitting an effective volley are much greater if you stand your ground or move forward rather than if you back up.

PHR

Retreat for a lob.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[La tactique des frères siamois.] Lorsque vous montez au filet, votre coéquipier vous suit ou s'y trouve déjà. Si vous devez retraiter vers le fond du court, votre coéquipier vous suit et vice versa. [...] Les coéquipiers retraitent au fond du court pour riposter à un lob.

CONT

Les lobs ont [...] un double objectif : d'abord l'adversaire peut être mis en difficulté pour smasher et perdre le point; ensuite cela l'oblige à reculer, à quitter la zone du filet, et facilite donc votre tâche pour le contraindre [...]

CONT

[Le lob oblige] l'adversaire à se replier. Après un lob de l'adversaire, il faut se replacer en arrière de la ligne de fond.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

En nuestro desplazamiento para interceptar el recorrido de la pelota hacia nosotros es bastante frecuente pensar, por parte de todo principiante, o al menos de muchos, que si la pelota viene muy rápida, hay que retroceder hacia el fondo de la pista, porque se viene encima.

CONT

Si su compañero resta mal, debe retroceder inmediatamente para defender el punto.

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Record 15 2007-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

During the second day of fighting, the army began to gain ground.

OBS

go forward; advance; progress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

L'ennemi a gagné du terrain.

OBS

Gagner du terrain sur quelqu'un, s'en approcher.

Spanish

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Record 16 2007-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Law
CONT

A military prosecutor is responsible for deciding whether to go forward with a prosecution... the military prosecutor will prefer a charge for court martial to the Court Martial Administrator from the office of the Chief Military Judge.

OBS

A person may be tried by court martial only if a charge against the person is preferred by the Director of Military Prosecutions ... or an officer authorized by the Director of Military Prosecutions to do so ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit militaire
CONT

Le procureur militaire décide si on doit intenter des poursuites judiciaires [...] le procureur militaire prononce la mise en accusation du membre en vue d'en disposer par cour martiale.

OBS

La cour martiale ne peut juger une personne sans une mise en accusation formelle de celle-ci par le directeur des poursuites militaires [...] ou un officier dûment autorisé par lui à le faire.

Spanish

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Record 17 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Why would people want to read a book on CD-ROM ? ... My answer is, "I don’t know -- I prefer books, myself." So why did I do a CD-ROM? Two reasons: The first is exploratory, the second pedagogic. The first reason is that I feel a strong obligation to try to produce, use, and reflect upon all new technologies. ... But the second reason is more interesting. There are many things one can do with a CD-ROM book that are impossible with a regular book. For example, little demos, video asides, and active interaction.

CONT

A CD book is a computerized version of a paper book. It has a cover, you open it, turn the pages, go back and forward and at the end has a back cover. Unlike a regular book though, it can contain links. A link lets you jump right to the topic page that you are looking for, such as a chapter page or subject page. This type of book can also play music or other sounds while you read. A neat feature is that a CD book can also contain videos, something a paper book could never do. If you find an interesting topic or page, you can also send this subject to your printer and have a hard copy for reference(like having an instant copy machine).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les techniques d'avenir. Le livre est en danger dans sa forme actuelle. Il faut renouveler le genre, donner envie de lire, rendre le livre attrayant pour les jeunes, ou pratique. [...] J'ai imaginé [...] créer un livre sur CD-ROM, un livre enrichi par cette nouvelle technologie qui envahit les foyers. L'idée était d'ajouter au livre tout ce qu'un livre ne peut fournir dans sa forme classique : du son, des images à la demande, des commentaires en hyper-texte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 18 2004-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Glaciology
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
  • Polar Geography
CONT

Fresh powder snow soon becomes "skied out", or "tracked out". This is sometimes known as "crud"(although this term is also used for breakable crust)... The problem is that the fresh snow is now packed down in some areas, and piled up in others. So the amount of resistance that your skis encounter is always changing. You need to constantly look ahead and anticipate this. When you’re about to go through a deep pile, push your feet forward slightly. For the firmer sections, stand more in the middle of the ski. Rather than persisting with the short, bouncy turns of true powder, you will be better served in crud by longer, rounder, carved arcs.

PHR

to ride crud

French

Domaine(s)
  • Glaciologie
  • Ski et surf des neiges
  • Géographie du froid
CONT

La neige trafollée est une neige qui a été tracée les jours précédents par des skieurs. Leurs traces ont parfois durci et rendent alors la surface irrégulière et désagréable à skier.

Spanish

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Record 19 2003-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

The clearest example of what is counted is page reviews within a browser session : those using Back and Forward buttons or Go features are not counted at the server, while those using the Reload button are counted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Il faut avoir utilisé le bouton Précédente afin de rendre disponible le bouton Suivante.

Spanish

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Record 20 2003-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

The clearest example of what is counted is page reviews within a browser session : those using Back and Forward buttons or Go features are not counted at the server, while those using the Reload button are counted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

L'exemple le plus simple de ce qui est dénombré est la visualisation de pages au cours d'une séance avec un navigateur : les gens qui utilisent les boutons Précédent et Suivant ou les caractéristiques Allez ne sont pas dénombrés au serveur, tandis que ceux qui utilisent le bouton Recharger le sont.

Spanish

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Record 21 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
DEF

An elementary and unschooled way of propelling oneself in the water: imperfect prone position, head out of the water facing straight ahead, arms alternately and nervously moving forward and backward under the water, away from the body and without a complete extension forward nor a full traction and pull along the body backward, legs beating in a bending-and-unbending motion of the knees rather than in an effective beat of the extended legs on the surface of the water.

OBS

The unschooled way a human propels himself through the water. Children's paddling is often more chaotic, with the arms alternately clawing at the water to move forward; breathing is irregular, legs thrashing and inconsistent. A more mature dog paddle can be rhythmic and steady, but the arms never go out of the water and the head is never submerged. Thus the stroke closely resembles a dog moving through the water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
DEF

Nage élémentaire exécutée la tête hors de l'eau et le corps à-demi recroquevillé comme un chien. Les bras alternent, dans un mouvement court et rapide, sous l'eau, de l'épaule vers l'avant, mais sans s'étirer complètement alors que les jambes, de même, battent en alternance tout en demeurant partiellement fléchies.

OBS

Nage que la plupart des enfants réussissent instinctivement et qui, chez les adultes, sert d'exercice dans les entraînements en résistance.

OBS

On dit «nager en chien»; parfois, parlant objectivement, on dit «nage de chien».

Spanish

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Record 22 2002-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Water Transport
  • Grain Growing
OBS

Owners retain the right to decline an offer in case the ship should be fixed for other business prior to receipt of the offer being made. In effect, it is not an offer, since the charterer cannot go forward with the sale of its cargo. It does serve as a guide to what the owners would be willing to accept in the way of freight and conditions, provided they are not committed elsewhere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Transport par eau
  • Culture des céréales
OBS

Les affréteurs conservent le droit de décliner une offre au cas où le navire serait assigné à une autre destination, avant réception de l'offre qui est faite. En fait, il ne s'agit pas d'une offre, puisque l'affréteur ne peut procéder à la vente de sa cargaison. Cette disposition sert d'indication de ce que les armateurs seraient prêts à accepter concernant le fret et les conditions, pourvu qu'ils n'aient pas d'autre engagement.

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Record 23 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Centres
CONT

We believe more sophisticated, advanced technologies in nuclear propulsion are very, very advantageous to the longer range of this HEI(Human Exploration Initiative) program and should be explored in depth as we go forward; and we think that we can achieve beneficial systems and also systems that are environmentally safe to utilize.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centres spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 24 1998-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Industrial Tools and Equipment
  • Machinery
CONT

In a modern injection molding machine, the pellets are conveyed forward within the barrel by a rotating screw, and melt as they go. The molten plastic is deposited at the forward end of the barrel, displacing the screw backward. When enough material has been plasticized, a hydraulic cylinder pushes the screw forward, forcing the molten plastic ahead of it through a nozzle, sprue, runners, and a narrow gate into a water-cooled mold cavity, where the molten plastic solidifies.

CONT

... if the equipment with the malfunction is a plastic injection molding machine, the possible functions might include injection forward, injection return, screw run, back pressure control, clamp close, clamp pressurization, prefill shift, mold protect, and clamp open.

OBS

injection machine: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • injection-moulding machine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Outillage industriel
  • Machines
CONT

Les premières presses à injecter comportaient un piston poussant la matière ramollie dans la buse [...] Dans les presses actuelles, la plastification est assurée par une vis sans fin, analogue à celle d'une extrudeuse. Cette vis [...] fait alternativement fonction de piston d'injection et de vis de plastification.

OBS

machine à injecter : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • machine d'injection

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Herramientas y equipo industriales
  • Maquinaria
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Record 25 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skydiving, Paragliding and Hang Gliding
CONT

The forward loop.... Extend your legs,... tuck your chin on to your chest and bring your arms right in alongside your chest... bend forwards at the waist, thrusting your head downwards which will start the forward rotation. As you go over the top, tuck in your legs and push your arms out to resume your original position....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parachutisme, parapente et deltaplane
CONT

L'étude du loop avant se fait en deux temps (passage dos, retour face sol [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 1986-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

As [the horse] approaches the take-off point he will check and shorten stride... In the actual jump... his forehand and neck go up... the hind legs are in position well forward... and... launch the body forward and upward...

CONT

During take-off, the horse uses his forces against the ground to propel his body upward and forward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Le cheval engage ses membres postérieurs sous le corps, soulève l'avant-main [...] puis il se projette en l'air par une brusque détente de ses membres postérieurs.

Spanish

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Record 27 1986-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Automation
OBS

By this method, after hitting insert, the characters that you enter go in at the cursor position, pushing forward the following text.

OBS

Terminology used in the Public Service Commission’s Course "Basic Word Processing" (Course 601).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bureautique
OBS

Par cette méthode, après que vous avez appuyé sur INSERER, les caractères que vous introduisez sont placés à la position du curseur, poussant en avant le texte qui suit.

Spanish

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Record 28 1982-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

Goods ex-vessel may be permitted to go forward unchecked in unsealed vehicle(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Les marchandises provenant de navires peuvent continuer leur route sans être vérifiées, dans des véhicules non plombés (...)

Spanish

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