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HEAD SHOP [3 records]

Record 1 2019-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Establishments
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

A shop specializing in articles (such as hashish pipes and roach clips) of interest to drug users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements commerciaux
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

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

To place a bet, you need a betting slip-a piece of paper on which you can write your bet. Betting slips are in dispensers all around the shop. You need to write down what you are betting on, where and when the race takes place, and the amount you are betting, eg Nag's Head, 2pm Haydock £1 win.

OBS

On a horse.

Key term(s)
  • make a bet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
CONT

Le parieur doit préciser la réunion diurne ou nocturne ainsi que le nom de l'hippodrome sur lequel il désire engager un pari, le type de pari, le numéro de la course, les numéros des chevaux composant son pari, conformément au numérotage du programme officiel du Pari mutuel urbain. À titre de sécurité, il précise le nom de ces chevaux. Il indique ensuite le montant de chaque pari et, s'il s'agit des paris en formules, l'enjeu de base ou l'unité d'enjeu de chaque combinaison ainsi que le montant total du pari.

OBS

Sur un cheval.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Aeronautical Engineering and Maintenance
DEF

bucking bar: Shaped bar held against shank in manual riveting.

CONT

A bucking bar made of hardened steel with a polished face should be used to form the shop head on the rivet. Fig. 3-23-A shows several forms of bucking bars; the odd shapes are necessary for getting to some of the rivets in modern aircraft that defy use of more conventional shaped bucking bars.

OBS

bucking bar; dolly: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Aérotechnique et maintenance
OBS

tas d'appui; contre-bouterolle : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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