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HAND MOUTH [19 records]

Record 1 2026-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • First Aid
CONT

To place a casualty in the recovery position, carefully roll the patient onto one side as a unit without twisting the body. You will achieve greatest leverage by flexing the casualty's leg that is furthest away and pulling this leg toward yourself. You can use the casualty's hand to help hold his or her head in the proper position. Place the casualty's face on its side so that any secretions drain out of the mouth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Secourisme
CONT

Si elle respire, la personne dans le coma doit ensuite être placée en PLS (position latérale de sécurité), c'est-à-dire sur le côté. Sa tête et son cou sont légèrement basculés en arrière et vers le sol afin de pouvoir évacuer d'éventuelles vomissures. Pour protéger sa colonne vertébrale, il est conseillé de placer l'équivalent d'un petit coussin sous sa tête (un vêtement enroulé ou la main de la victime peuvent également convenir).

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language
  • Nonverbal Communication (Psychology)
DEF

A visually perceived language based on a naturally evolved system of articulated hand gestures and their placement relative to the body, along with non-manual markers such as facial expressions, head movements, shoulder raises, mouth morphemes, and movements of the body.

OBS

[ASL is the] primary sign language used by deaf and [hard of hearing] people in the United States and Canada ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique
  • Communication non verbale (Psychologie)
OBS

Langue des signes américaine : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lingüística
  • Comunicación no verbal (Psicología)
CONT

La lengua de signos estadounidense es considerada como una de las lenguas más refinadas y completas del mundo, debido a que su nacimiento es una mezcla entre señas de personas sordas nativas, señas de la lengua de señas francesa y una baja influencia de los indios americanos.

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Record 3 2011-06-02

English

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

To practice the development of the fixed hand it is first necessary for the rider to establish strong contact with the horse's mouth while his head is in natural position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Celle du cavalier qui accompagne les mouvements de la tête du cheval, avec une tension constante des rênes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-06-02

English

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

This is when a rider has a rude hand and holds the reins more firmly than he should. It is the worst fault one can have on horseback, for this hardness of hand spoils the horse's mouth, accustoms him to rearing, and puts him in danger of falling over backward.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Main agissant avec force, à contre-temps, sans nuances, dépourvue de tact, incapable de céder.

OBS

Elle provient le plus souvent d'une absence de décontraction, d'un manque d'équilibre et d'une mauvaise attitude générale du cavalier. Elle est nuisible à la santé morale et physique du cheval.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-06-02

English

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

A mouth more or less [insensitive] to the bit.

CONT

A hard mouth refers to a horse that has been subject to uneducated and abusive hand aids for an extended period of time and has become numb to the feeling of the bit.

OBS

We know that a horse that will not stop, that is hard-mouthed, is no good for polo, especially in view of the fact that 60% of the game is taken up by stopping and starting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

[Bouche du] cheval peu sensible à l'action du mors.

OBS

Terme connexe : fort en bouche (adj.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
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Record 6 2011-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

Strategy for [Avalanche] Victims.... As the avalanche is coming to a stop. Make an air space around your mouth. [...] Keep one hand near your mouth to scoop out an air space and wiggle to make an air space around your body.... Your breath will quickly condense onto the snow around your mouth and form an "ice mask, "an impermeable barrier that allows carbon dioxide to more quickly build up around your mouth. A larger space around your mouth tends to delay the formation of an ice mask, giving you extra precious minutes. Also, a cavity around your body lets the carbon dioxide diffuse more efficiently. It is thought that completely buried victims without an air pocket usually die in 20 minutes while victims with an air pocket can live up to 120 minutes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

Une veste empêchant les victimes d'avalanche de s'asphyxier peut également s'ajouter au trio. De quoi s'agit-il? C'est une veste que vous portez par-dessus tout vos vêtements, dans laquelle il y a un petit bidule qui extirpe tout l'O2 de la neige qui vous entoure et rejette votre CO2 derrière vous (et non devant). Pourquoi cela? L'air nocif exhalé est chaud et humide. Par conséquent, il aura tôt fait de former un masque de glace devant vous, qui vous asphyxiera en quelques minutes. D'où l'avantage de ce produit, qui vous assure l'accès à l'oxygène plus longtemps.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A surgical device fitting between the upper and lower jaws to prevent the mouth from closing during operative procedures of the mouth or throat.

OBS

A mouth gag [or] mouth speculum [is] a device for preventing the mouth from being closed. [It] permits the passage of the hand or an easily damaged piece of equipment such as a rubber stomach tube.

OBS

A Davis-Crowe mouth gag [is an] Instrument used for opening the mouth, depressing the tongue, maintaining the airway, and transmitting volatile anaesthetics during tonsillectomy or oropharyngeal surgery.

OBS

There are many varieties of mouth gags, often wearing the name of their inventor: Davis_boyle mouth gag; Jennings, mouth gag; Seemann-Seifert mouth gag; Whitehead mouth gag; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
DEF

Instrument destiné à maintenir ouverte la bouche d'un patient.

OBS

Il existe plusieurs modèles [d'ouvre-bouches]; les plus utilisés sont ceux de Heister, d'O'Dwyer et de Roser-König.

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

A thin layer that is deposited on the surface of a food and is co-consumed.

OBS

This layer is not self-supporting. Traditionally it is used to improve handling properties(M&M's melt in your mouth, not in your hand) or to prevent moisture loss... It can also be used as an adhesive to seasonings on snack foods..., as a glaze on baked goods... and to increase shelf life and reduce the need of packaging material. The shelf life is extended, because the film acts as a barrier to moisture and/or oil and/or vapor transmission. An edible coating has to have good eating properties : acceptable color, odor, taste, flavor and texture or be undetectable. An other requirement is that it must adhere to the food, but(in most cases) does not stick to packaging material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Film protecteur déposé sur la surface d'un aliment et qui est consommé au même moment que ce dernier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
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Record 9 2008-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

Strategy for [Avalanche] Victims.... As the avalanche is coming to a stop. Make an air space around your mouth.... Keep one hand near your mouth to scoop out an air space and wiggle to make an air space around your body. Your breath will quickly condense onto the snow around your mouth and form an "ice mask, "an impermeable barrier that allows carbon dioxide to more quickly build up around your mouth. A larger space around your mouth tends to delay the formation of an ice mask, giving you extra precious minutes. Also, a cavity around your body lets the carbon dioxide diffuse more efficiently. It is thought that completely buried victims without an air pocket usually die in 20 minutes while victims with an air pocket can live up to 120 minutes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

Espace qu'une victime d'avalanche enfouie sous la neige se crée autour du visage avec les mains et en bougeant la tête et le corps juste avant que l'avalanche ne s'immobilise afin de prévenir l'asphyxie et augmenter ses chances de survie.

CONT

Toutes les victimes ensevelies ne disposant pas d'une poche d'air meurent par asphyxie.

Spanish

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Record 10 2007-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

To pass from place to place freely and continuously so as to visit every part; to pass from hand to hand or from mouth to mouth. Also, of a newspaper or periodical : to pass into the hands of readers, to be extensively taken and read.

CONT

Newspapers published or circulating in the County.

OBS

distribute; distr: term and abbreviation to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Notre direction des études financières a diffusé auprès de la clientèle des documents relatifs à des questions d'intérêt général.

OBS

diffuser; dif : terme et abréviation d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-02-25

English

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

The link formed by the reins between the hands of the rider and the mouth of the horse.

CONT

Responding to action of the rider's legs the horse... establishes contact between his mouth and the rider's hand; this is providing, of course, that the length of the reins is correctly adjusted.

French

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

[Lien entre] la main du cavalier [et] la bouche du cheval par l'intermédiaire des rênes.

CONT

[...] sollicité par les jambes de l'écuyer il prend lui-même ce contact. Ce qui suppose toujours des rênes ajustés et tendus. [...] la main doit toujours rester en communication avec la bouche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
  • Cría de ganado caballar
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Record 12 2005-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Larynx
CONT

Indirect laryngoscopy is done in a doctor's office using a small hand mirror held in the mouth at the back of the throat, a head mirror worn by the doctor, and a light source. The mirror worn by the doctor reflects light into the mouth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Larynx
CONT

Le plan d'évaluation comporte une laryngoscopie indirecte, un examen des ganglions lymphatiques, des examens aux rayons-X et une biopsie pendant une laryngoscopie directe.

Spanish

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Record 13 2004-10-20

English

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

The mouth of the colt should be frequently handled, after which introduce a plain snaffle between his teeth and hold it there with one hand and caress him with the other.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 14 2003-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Les industriels, certains de trouver toujours de la marchandise, ne tiennent pas à acquérir de gros tonnages qui risqueraient à terme de se trouver dépréciés.

Key term(s)
  • achats au coup par coup

Spanish

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Record 15 1987-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
OBS

hand-to-mouth :(adj.) having or providing nothing to spare or having or providing barely enough esp. of money or the necessities of existence.

CONT

A large number of people have the satisfaction of a comfortable life, but a great many others live hand to mouth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
CONT

hand-to-mouth :(adj.) having or providing nothing to spare or having or providing barely enough esp. of money or the necessities of existence...(leading a hand-to-mouth existence).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lexicology, Lexicography, Terminology
CONT

... We would make the distinction between live metaphors and dead ones. The latter are of no interest for our present purpose : for instance, there is no need to translate "river mouth" by "les bouches du fleuve" rather than "l'estuaire". The argument for including live metaphors on the other hand is that they add information : this is based on the idea that metaphors are derived from similes and that similes make comparisons....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lexicologie, lexicographie et terminologie
OBS

source : Brian Harris, Département de linguistique et langues modernes, U. d'Ottawa (1976).

Spanish

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Record 18 1984-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 19 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail

Spanish

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