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Record 1 2017-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

A sobering centre would offer a place where people under the influence of drugs or alcohol could go to sober up in the short term, similar to a police drunk tank.... Once a person sobers up, they would be offered access to addictions services.

Key term(s)
  • sobering center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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Record 2 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 3 2003-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

One who is associated with a bucket shop.

CONT

Bucketeers virtually bet against a customer, without his consent, that a given stock will go up or down. If the customer buys, the broker sells an equal amount of the same stock(short) against him; if he sells, the bucketeer purchases an equivalent amount of the same stock. Orders are executed theoretically and not legitimately, i. e. they are "bucketed". Should its customers win too often, the bucket shop closes overnight and moves elsewhere.

Key term(s)
  • swindler

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
Key term(s)
  • courtier véreux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
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Record 4 2001-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Motorized Sports
  • Roads
CONT

The Canadian Grand Prix is usually a race of attrition where it is rare to see half of the grid finishing the race so a strong car is vital... "Montreal is a great place to go as everyone enjoys the circuit there and the city itself... This is a strange place, "said Irvine; "Being neither a street circuit nor a permanent race track. With some fast sections, short corners and a hairpin it can be very tough on the car, especially brakes. The surface is usually very dirty on the first day of practice and gets better as more rubber goes down. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Sports motorisés
  • Voies de circulation
CONT

Les courses automobiles peuvent être disputées sur route fermée à la circulation (Vingt-Quatre Heures du Mans), sur un circuit permanent (circuits de Dijon-Prenois, de Magny-Cours, du Castellet) ou même en ville (Monaco); en outre, en fonction du règlement imposé aux concurrents, on classe les épreuves en courses de vitesse, d'endurance, de côte, d'accélération, de régularité, de consommation.

OBS

Caractérise un circuit n'utilisant aucun tronçon de voies publiques et ouvert en permanence à la compétition.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

The state of the EUC when the specified hazard no longer exists.

OBS

In going from a potentially hazardous condition to the final safe state the EUC may have to go through a number of intermediate safe-states. For some situations a safe state exists only so long as the EUC is continuously controlled. Such continuous control may be for a short or an indefinite period of use.

OBS

Draft International Standard 1508, IEC-TC 65, Functional Safety, 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

Projet de norme internationale 1508, CEI-TC65, Sûreté fonctionnelle, 1995.

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1994 by Sneyd Syndicate Inc., Orillia, Ontario. This touching drama describes how a little boy is affected by witnessing his father beating his mother. Seven-year-old Jonathan is having trouble at school. He has a quick temper, a short attention span and he is reluctant to tell anyone what's troubling him. A black-eyed Susan in a bouquet of flowers reminds him of his mother's black eye and his father's violence, so Jonathan refuses to go home. When his mother comes to pick him up, the abuse is revealed, and Jonathan's family gets the help they need. The aim of this film is to show children in similar situations that there are things they can do to help themselves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1994 par Sneyd Syndicate Inc., Orillia (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jewellery
DEF

A short, 14-in. necklace, just long enough to go around the throat.

OBS

Usually applies to a string of pearls or beads.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Joaillerie et bijouterie
DEF

Collier à la base du cou.

OBS

Choker : le terme choker se retrouve souvent, mais c'est un anglicisme.

Key term(s)
  • collier choker

Spanish

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