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THROW AWAY [19 records]

Record 1 2017-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Safety
CONT

Smelling is a good way to determine whether meat and dairy are spoiled. If it smells rancid or sour, you might as well throw it away.... The smell test, though, only works for some foods(such as milk, meats and cooking oils). Just keep in mind that not all bacteria smell bad.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salubrité alimentaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
CONT

A shell-shaped or concave recess of reflecting material should be built behind the performers to act as a mirror to throw out the sound on a more or less plane wave-front... If this reflector consists of wood sheathing against the wall, it is well to leave a space by supporting the wood on studs away from the wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Type de matériau qui comme une plaque métallique réfléchit les ondes sonores plutôt que de les absorber comme, par exemple, la laine minérale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

In general, the result of winning a game against the server. More specifically, from the perspective of the server, a loss of a service game. If the server loses the game, he is broken, sometimes in spirit as well as fact.

CONT

... Sampras pulled off the first break of the match in the third game of the second set, broke again two games later, and slowly took control.

OBS

Sometimes colloquially called "breaker". Although "service" and "serve" are synonyms, one does not say "serve break". Compare with "break service", the verb.

PHR

An insurance break.

PHR

To be down, be up a service break. To throw a service break away.

Key term(s)
  • serve break
  • break of service
  • breaker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[Fait de] prendre le service de l'adversaire sans perdre le sien, d'où un avantage de 2 jeux. Se dit lorsque le serveur perd la partie servie.

OBS

Les expressions «faire la brèche» ou «créer la rupture» sont proposées en équivalent de «faire le break».

Key term(s)
  • bris

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
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Record 4 2011-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Policies
CONT

The evil of horse-trading, floor crossing, extra judicial killing, coercing and buying judiciary to sing to his tunes, selling state assets at throw away cost and then shoving mega scandals like sale of Pakistan Steel Mills under carpet, presiding over the cartelism of sugar cartels and engineering heavens for business magnate amidst the dripping misery of the masses are unpardonable crimes he committed to his own people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politiques nationales
CONT

En avril 2009, un bénéfice politique autrement plus significatif a été acquis avec le changement de bord du sénateur Arlan Specter de Pennsylvanie, déçu par l’attitude intransigeante de la minorité républicaine.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
OBS

An "ugly baby" is a reality that is difficult to confront but impossible to deny because it is blatantly obvious.

OBS

Beware of the “Ugly Baby Syndrome. ” An “Ugly Baby” is developed at the concept phase and you can not put it back. So what happens? It gets dressed up to make it look OK. It hangs around for about 18 years because the factory will “adopt” the ugly baby and resist re-design. The moral of the story is that the concept phase is extremely important to prevent creation of an unworkable design that ends up staying around because no one wants to throw away something they’ve started working with.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Sports
DEF

[A type of throw where] the player’s throwing arm mov[es] across the same side of the body before release.

CONT

The sidearm throw is where the player starts out with the disc away from their body and then pulls back towards the body. Sidearm is a good throw for right fade flights for right-handers(and opposite for left-handers).

CONT

Most drivers that fly straight and are very easy to control when thrown backhand will be too understable for a sidearm throw.

OBS

Disc golf terminology.

Key term(s)
  • side arm throw
  • side arm shot
  • forehand shot

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports divers
CONT

Le choix du disque et la technique de lancer permettra des trajectoires plus complexes ; courbes, hauteur, coup droit, inclinaison du disque, force de lancer.

CONT

Réaliser un parcours de 9 à 18 cibles avec un minimum de lancers demande au joueur d'alterner coup droit, revers avec précision et puissance afin d'éviter les obstacles naturels.

OBS

Terminologie du disc-golf.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Production Management
CONT

Product take-back is a form of extended producer responsibility that requires companies to take back their products after the consumer is ready to replace them or throw them away.

Key term(s)
  • product take back

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Gestion de la production
CONT

Un bon nombre de grandes sociétés ont des programmes de reprise de produit, quel que soit le fabricant; les consommateurs devraient vérifier sur le site Web du fabricant du produit pour déterminer si un tel programme est disponible.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Gestión de la producción
CONT

Compromisos de retorno de productos: es un acuerdo entre los productores y los comerciantes minoristas por el cual los productores se comprometen a retomar los productos usados o los envases. Estos compromisos de retorno existen para productos como aceites usados, automóviles, baterías, latas y electrodomésticos.

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Record 8 2004-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Table Setting (General)
CONT

Grieving families will appreciate food in throw-away dishes.

CONT

Patients are using throw away dishes so staff doesn’t have to use the water to wash dishes and laundry and linens are being brought in.

CONT

If you eat out, urge restaurant and cafeteria managers to eliminate the use of disposable dishes and single-serving containers, make your voice heard. Take your business to "green" establishments.

OBS

disposable: designed to be used once and then thrown away.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service de table (Généralités)
OBS

Barquettes, assiettes, couverts, gobelets, la vaisselle jetable utilisée quotidiennement dans le secteur de la restauration [...] permet de garantir une hygiène irréprochable surtout dans les milieux où les risques d'infections alimentaires ou de contaminations sont très présents (hôpitaux, maisons de retraite, etc.).

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tobacco Industry
CONT

Blunt wraps or simply "Blunts" have been around for a few years... Before there were actual manufacturers of these tobacco by-product wrappers, users would seek out cheap grocery store cigars, split the outer tobacco wrapper, throw away the innards and roll whatever was their pleasure inside.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie du tabac
DEF

Ensemble formé par les feuilles de capes ou de sous-capes [entourant un cigare].

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
DEF

Perforated tape [used in irrigation].

CONT

Subsurface drip irrigation is a variation of traditional drip irrigation where the tubing and emitters are buried beneath the soil surface, rather than laid on the ground or suspended from wires. The products being used today in subsurface drip irrigation come in three basic configurations : hard hose, drip tape, and porous tubing.... With drip tapes, the tubing wall thickness from 0. 1 to 0. 5 mm(4-20 mils). The thinner materials are more commonly found in single season or throw away applications, typical of strawberry production. The heavier wall materials ranging from 0. 35 to 0. 50 mm(15-20 mils) are more commonly found in multi-year applications or where the extra strength is required due to stones or other problems identified at the field site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
DEF

Rampe dépourvue de distributeurs et où l'eau sort par des perforations de la paroi.

CONT

Gaine. En irrigation, rampe perforée ou poreuse de faible épaisseur, servant à l'irrigation au goutte-à-goutte. Les gaines perforées ont une paroi extérieure perforée, à intervalles réguliers, de trous d'environ 0,5 mm de diamètre, servant à la distribution de l'eau. Elles sont soit simples, soit doubles (deux sections accolées).

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heating
  • Camping and Caravanning
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

How to Make A Hobo Stove. Take a gallon paint can(exact size not important-experiment). Cut holes in sides of can... Throw anything combustible in and light it on fire. The air flows in the bottom hole, and the aerodynamics of the can suck the exhaust out of the top holes. This forms a vicious through draught, and the fire burns almost white hot in a strong wind! It also uses very little fuel. Fire temperature can be controlled by turning can away from the wind a bit, or by obstructing the inlet hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chauffage
  • Camping et caravaning
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

Contenant métallique (boîte de conserve, bidon de peinture, etc.) pouvant servir de poêle en situation d'urgence ou dans des conditions de survie par temps très froid.

Key term(s)
  • poêle de fortune hobo

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

To throw a game away=to tank.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

Balancer un match. La conduite de votre adversaire et son air narquois vous irritent; votre propre maladresse vous met hors de vous. Vous perdez patience : vous frappez alors n'importe comment toutes les balles, avec toute la violence dont vous êtes capable. Bien sûr, peu d'entre elles restent dans les limites du court et vous retournez vite aux vestiaires furieux d'avoir «balancé» ce match, qu'après tout, vous pouviez gagner en gardant votre self-control.

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
DEF

Green plastic container usually put up outside or in public buildings into which people throw away sorted household waste.

CONT

The recycling bin is clearly identified to properly separate the recyclables and is provided by the municipality for recuperating sorted household waste, in order to recycle it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Contenant de plastique vert, installé dans un édifice public ou à l'extérieur, dans lequel on dépose les déchets domestiques triés.

CONT

Le cabanon de récupération est fourni par la municipalité et est clairement identifié afin qu'on y récupère, par apport volontaire, les déchets recyclables.

Spanish

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Record 14 1990-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
DEF

An option which will "throw away" any work left to be done. Convenient means to delete work which contains errors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

Source de rejet : Emploi et Immigration Canada. Source de «annulation» : Service de traduction IBM.

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
CONT

A shell-shaped or concave recess of reflecting material should be build behind the performers to act as a mirror to throw out the sound on a more or less plane wave-front... If this reflector consists of wood sheathing against the wall, it is well to leave a space by supporting the wood on studs away from the wall. The system then acts like the sounding-board of a pianoforte, being set into forced vibration....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Forme semi-circulaire d'une abside (...)

CONT

Pour assurer une bonne audition on utilisera des grands réflecteurs de sons pour diriger ceux-ci vers l'auditoire. On pourra (...) utiliser des «conques» (...) Toutefois, il existe un grave inconvénient aux conques, relativement à l'orchestre ou aux exécutants; ceux-ci (...) ne s'entendent pas, les rayons sonores étant pour la plupart réfléchis vers l'auditoire.

Spanish

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Record 16 1980-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Games
CONT

The most popular of marbles games were played on dirt. In Potty, a hole is dug into the dirt with the heel. All players throw their marbles in turn at the Pot from a throwing line about seven feet away. The player whose marble is closest to the hole(if he is lucky, he will throw his marble into the Pot on the first try) goes first. He then shoots for the Pot(...)

OBS

In various pot games (a pot is a small hole in the ground) (...) the player tries to pitch his own marbles or knock his opponents’ marbles into a hole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de société
DEF

(...) jeu dans lequel on se sert du pot.

DEF

Pot: Trou peu profond, que les enfants creusent dans la terre pour jouer aux billes ou à la balle.

CONT

Le pot. (...) Les joueurs lancent à tour de rôle une bille vers le "pot", trou de 15 cm de diamètre creusé à 4 m de la ligne de départ. Les billes sont ensuite lancées de l'endroit où elles se sont arrêtées, sauf quand un joueur a réussi à envoyer sa bille dans le pot, auquel cas il recommence à jouer de la ligne de départ. Plutôt que de viser le pot, les joueurs peuvent avoir intérêt dans certains cas à viser une bille adverse pour l'écarter du pot. Chaque bille entrée dans le pot rapporte 10 points. La partie se joue généralement en 110 points. L'enjeu (un nombre de billes) est fixé à l'avance par les joueurs.

Spanish

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Record 17 1977-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seeding and Planting Equipment
  • Farm Equipment
CONT

A wide variety of shovels made corn cultivators adaptable to most cultivating problems. Disk hillers could be attached either to throw soil around the plants or cut soil away from them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel de plantation et de semis
  • Matériel agricole
CONT

Dans les instruments à disques, les pièces travaillantes: soc, versoir, et coutre, sont remplacés par une pièce unique appelée d'ailleurs improprement disque. Dans les terrains rocheux, le disque présente un gros avantage. Avec les socs il arrive fréquemment que ceux-ci buttent et que l'on détériore l'instrument. Avec le disque qui roule sur la roche sans s'enfoncer et passe au-dessus de l'obstacle, ce défaut disparaît.

Spanish

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Record 18 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

--to waste an opportunity; throw away one's chances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

s'il [scientifique oriental] devait (...) poursuivre ses études secondaires en anglais et s'entendre dire à l'âge universitaire qu'il a raté le coche (...) quelle serait sa réaction?

Spanish

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Record 19 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
OBS

--to waste an opportunity; throw away one's chances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

--perdre une occasion favorable.

Spanish

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