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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Forechecking is another excellent way of turning over possession of the puck. A good forechecker always approaches his opponent on an angle. Under full control of his movement, he forces the man toward the board making contact with him to separate him from the puck.  3, record 1, English, - forechecking

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A person who participates or engages in tennis, either by playing games or by rallying.  3, record 2, English, - tennis%20player

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... Mecir, a player of great fluidity and economical stroke play defeats [Wilander] by playing a wide range of shots which never allows Wilander to establish the rhythm which sees him wear down so many opponents.  4, record 2, English, - tennis%20player

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Related colloquial epithets and categories of players : attacker, big hitter, big-point player, cheater, choker, chop shot artist, circuit player, clean hitter, club champ(ion), club contenders, contestant, counterpuncher, dinker, drawing card, fighter, flatbelly flash,(dangerous) floater, frontrunner, good mover, grand slammer, grinder, hard-hitter, hard-server, heavy-topspin player, human backboard, iceman, inventor, lefty(=southpaw), Man of Steel, net guard, netman, net rusher, non-server, non-striker(i. e. player whose doubles partner has to hit the ball), one-grip man, one-shot specialist, opponent, outsider, paper tiger, passer, phenom, power player, retriever, rookie, scrambler, serve-and-volleyer, shotmaker, smasher, spin artist, spoiler, tennis-hall-of-famer, two-hander,(heavy) underdog, up-coming(young) star, veteran, wildcard, wrist player, Wunderkind.  3, record 2, English, - tennis%20player

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Joueur ou joueuse qui pratique le tennis.  7, record 2, French, - joueur%20de%20tennis

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[...] les meilleurs joueurs d'un tournoi sont désignés «têtes de série» (le mieux classé est tête de série 1, etc.).  8, record 2, French, - joueur%20de%20tennis

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À la différence de «adepte de tennis».  7, record 2, French, - joueur%20de%20tennis

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Les termes «tennisman» et «tenniswoman», qui n'existent pas en anglais ne doivent pas être utilisés. On trouve dans des documents du début du siècle, le mot «tennisseur» utilisé dans ce sens.  6, record 2, French, - joueur%20de%20tennis

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Pluriel : des tennismans ou des tennismen.  9, record 2, French, - joueur%20de%20tennis

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tennisman (sing.); tennismans : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).  10, record 2, French, - joueur%20de%20tennis

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 5 OBS

Termes connexes : attaquant, court-tout, grand espoir, joueur de fond de court (=joueur d'échange, crocodile), relance-tout, relanceur, renvoyeur, échangeur, joueur de touche, joueur de calibre supérieur, Daviscupman, cogneur (=frappe-fort), machine à échanges, mazette, ogresse du gazon, outsider, passeur, pousse-balle (=pousseux), puncheur, recordman, recordwoman, repousseur, routier, les fortes raquettes (=top tennis players), gros serveur (=canonnier), joueur de filet, joueur «all-around». Catégories d'âge : juniors (17-18 ans), cadets (15-16 ans, Minimes : 13-14 ans, Benjamins (11-12 ans), Poussins (9-10 ans).  7, record 2, French, - joueur%20de%20tennis

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] Conchita [Martínez] arrasó a Pierce, la jugadora que la privó de ganar el Open de Australia, con un doble 6-3.  3, record 2, Spanish, - jugador%20de%20tenis

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Habíamos quedado en encontrarnos en el Player's Lounge, que no es otra cosa que la sala de jugadores, ese lugar tan especial donde los tenistas pasan las interminables horas previas a sus partidos.  4, record 2, Spanish, - jugador%20de%20tenis

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Epítetos relacionados: mujer de hielo, veterano.  5, record 2, Spanish, - jugador%20de%20tenis

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 PHR

jugador de primera (clase) (=top-level player), tenista diestro, tenista regular.  5, record 2, Spanish, - jugador%20de%20tenis

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A pitcher called during a game to substitute for the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher; a pitcher regularly used as a reliever instead of as a starter.  6, record 3, English, - relief%20pitcher

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Usually, a team has five (5) or six (6) pitchers ready to releive in a game.  6, record 3, English, - relief%20pitcher

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Relief pitchers are classified as 1. "long reliever", "long releif man", "long releif" or "long man" : a releif pitcher brought early into the game and expected to pitch for more than half the game; 2. "short releiver" or "short man" : a releif pitcher brought late into the game to protect the team's lead; or as 3. "mop-up man" : a releif pitcher good at striking out any kind of batter, called in critical situation, often when the bases are loaded.  6, record 3, English, - relief%20pitcher

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Lanceur qui en remplace un autre au monticule.  4, record 3, French, - lanceur%20de%20rel%C3%A8ve

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Dans le cas d'un lanceur, on emploie surtout «lanceur de relève»; dans celui d'un coureur ou d'un frappeur, c'est davantage «coureur suppléant» et «frappeur d'urgence» que l'on emploie, les qualifiants étant plus appropriés aux diverses situations.  5, record 3, French, - lanceur%20de%20rel%C3%A8ve

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A type of pressure-plate anemometer in which the plate, restrained by a stiff spring, is held perpendicular to the wind.  2, record 4, English, - normal%2Dplate%20anemometer

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Santorio Santorre [1625] describes the earliest normal-plate anemometer. A surface is held normal to the wind. His anemometer consists of a flat plate rising from the end of a steel yard. Being a medical man, Santorio was interested in anemometry to study how strong winds seemed to be good for some people and bad for others.  3, record 4, English, - normal%2Dplate%20anemometer

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The wind-activated motion of the plate is measured electrically. The natural frequency of this system can be made high enough so that resonance magnification does no occur.  2, record 4, English, - normal%2Dplate%20anemometer

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Santorio (1561-1636), professeur de médecine théorique à Padoue (Italie) est le premier à introduire et systématiser en physiologie et en médecine la mesure de paramètres divers et vitaux à partir d'instruments : thermomètre, balance, hygromètre, anémomètre... conçus par lui.  2, record 4, French, - an%C3%A9mom%C3%A8tre%20%C3%A0%20plaque

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Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Ethical consumption, also known as socially responsible consumption, is a trend where consumers ask questions about the company that produced the goods -- choosing to patronize the companies which have "positive" profiles and avoiding those with "negative" profiles.  3, record 5, English, - ethical%20consumption

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The very name of "ethical consumption" is still an open issue, and varies from ethical consumption to consumption in solidarity, responsible consumption, and fair consumption.... The idea of "ethical consumption" should initially be based on a definition of ethics. For those who understand the concept of Ethics as the definition of criteria to identify Good and Evil, it is important for the concept of Ethical Consumption to include another idea of consumption that is not based on individualism. The word that best defines this relationship with the rest of the world is "solidarity. "It qualifies it and defines the importance of others in the ethical values on which consumption is based. In this case we are talking about "ethical consumption in solidarity. "There is also a simplified version called "consumption in solidarity", which appears in the literature referring to consumption that not only considers our personal welfare but also considers general welfare. This is a consumption in which production is completed, generating an impact on the ecosystem and society in general. Under this idea, the choice of type of consumption can benefit or hinder the creation or maintenance of the productive jobs in a specific society, the preservation of ecosystems and the promotion of the general welfare of communities, countries and the entire planet. "Responsible consumption"(an expression used in Europe, particularly in France), appears where there is an awareness of the power of consumers, which become economic units with an important role to play, just as important as businesses and market regulatory boards. It implies an idea of economy that wishes to provide answers to citizens who belong to an economic and political world that considers man as a mere consumer. In this respect, consuming in a different way represents paying attention to what the money that we give to buy goods and services is financing, thus bringing economic pressure to bear from below that compensates  4, record 5, English, - ethical%20consumption

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The CSI [Clark Sustainability Initiative] shall be approached as a process of continuous learning and innovation open to all members of the university community. The concepts and means of measuring "sustainability" and "socially and ecologically responsible consumption practices" shall be subject to regular reassessment and reconsideration in light of new experiences and understandings.  2, record 5, English, - ethical%20consumption

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le mode de consommation durable est fondé sur des modes de production et de consommation pouvant durer sans dégrader l'environnement humain ou naturel. C'est favoriser la consommation responsable, par le choix de produits sains, favorables à l'environnement et produits dans des conditions sociales respectueuses des droits de l'homme.  3, record 5, French, - consommation%20responsable

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

It is the concept which states, first, that our actions can change nothing in the events of life which were firmly established through casual connection, and second, that man is not free to dispose of his own will and to choose between good and evil in his actions.  1, record 6, English, - determinism

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] le déterminisme est une théorie selon laquelle le devenir total de l'univers, l'homme y compris, est soumis à une force contraignante qui régit de façon absolue tous les phénomènes.  1, record 6, French, - d%C3%A9terminisme

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

En ciencias sociales, dícese de las corrientes de pensamiento que tienden a considerar que la evolución política y económica de un pueblo, o de la sociedad humana en general, se ve enteramente influida por uno o unos pocos factores concretos.  1, record 6, Spanish, - determinismo

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

"There was good reason for concentrating research on species considered to be of immediate value to society. The reason relates both to the difficulty of assigning an environmental value to species not useful to man and to the fact that species with little value are of little concern to decision-makers.  1, record 7, English, - environmental%20value

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 CONT

There emerged from the workshops a number of ideas concerning the public perception of environmental values and their influence in the environmental impact assessment process. These included concern for: (i) human health and safely, (ii) potential losses of commercially or recreationally important resources, (iii) loss of endangered species and (iv) potential loss of habitat.  1, record 7, English, - environmental%20value

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

ecological value: term used by Parks Canada.  3, record 7, English, - environmental%20value

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

valeur écologique : terme en usage à Parcs Canada.  3, record 7, French, - valeur%20%C3%A9cologique

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A good surveillance man must not try hiding himself behind posts, mail boxes, corner of houses, etc. Try to recognize the faces of people that your subject meets and take good descriptions.  1, record 8, English, - shadower

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Pour être un bon surveillant, vous devez en toutes circonstances, savoir garder votre sang froid et vous comporter d'une façon tout à fait naturelle, sans avoir l'air d'un policier. Évitant de vous cacher derrière les poteaux, les boîtes aux lettres, les angles des maisons, etc., vous vous efforcerez de prendre un bon signalement des personnes que rencontre le sujet et des voitures aperçues au cours de la filature.  1, record 8, French, - surveillant

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The property by which man, according to Hutcheson and others, immediately would feel what is good and not good.  1, record 9, English, - moral%20sense

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Faculté de distinguer le bien du mal par une sorte d'intuition ou de connaissance par connaturalité.  1, record 9, French, - sens%20moral

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Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A term used to describe a decision maker who chooses alternatives that are satisfactory or good enough in contrast to those who attempt to maximize the outcome every time.(See also Economic Man.)  1, record 10, English, - administrative%20man

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

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Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Suppose you blindfold a man and ask him to hold out his hand, palm up. Now place a weight on his palm; he will certainly notice it. As you add more units of weight, he notices their addition too. But after his palm is carrying a good deal of weight, you can add just as big a weight as you did in the beginning, and yet this time he will reply that he is not conscious of any addition. In other words, the greater the total weight he is already carrying, the less will be the effect of an extra or marginal unit of weight.  1, record 11, English, - marginal%20unit

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

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Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

(a typical country dry goods merchant, the kind of man that is the backbone of the purchasing power of the smaller communities, a man with a good financial standing and so on.(Neill, Hansard 1930, sept. 20, 19 p. 526)  1, record 12, English, - dry%20goods%20merchant

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Marchand rural, marchand de campagne rendrait peut-être mieux l'idée ici, car il n'y a plus guère de marchands drapiers dans nos campagnes aujourd'hui.  1, record 12, French, - marchand%20drapier

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish