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Record 1 2024-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

... a forehand or backhand that is hit well over the top of [the] opponent's head so that it lands deep in the court, toward the baseline.

OBS

Used either as a defensive shot that enables a player to regain position or as an offensive shot to regain net superiority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Coup exécuté de façon que la balle passe très haut au-dessus de l'adversaire et rebondisse près de la ligne de fond.

OBS

[La chandelle] peut être [défensive] ou [offensive]. Dans tous les cas, il s'agit de faire passer la balle au-dessus d'un adversaire monté au filet.

OBS

lob; lobe : Même si les emprunts anglais «lob» et «lobe» sont couramment utilisés en français pour désigner ce type de coup, leur emploi est déconseillé. Le terme français «chandelle» est à privilégier.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Golpe en el cual la pelota se eleva con la intención de sobrepasar a un adversario que ha subido a la red con ánimo de ganar la pelota.

PHR

Globo de ataque, profundo.

PHR

Una serie de globos.

PHR

Devolver, ocultar, lanzar un globo.

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Record 2 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

... the instant you’ve hit wide and deep to his forehand... you’d better move back to your right for his return.

OBS

strike: term also used in table tennis.

OBS

hit, strike: terms also used in badminton.

PHR

To hit cleanly, deep, late, firmly, long, out, powerfully, short, solidly, up.

PHR

To hit away from. To hit on the run.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

[Joueur de tennis qui] frappe des deux mains des deux côtés.

CONT

Il cogne aussi fort qu'avant, aussi âpre à la victoire.

OBS

frapper : terme employé aussi au badminton et au tennis de table.

PHR

Frapper à plat, à ras le filet, au sommet, avec autorité, avec vigueur, comme une mule, convenablement, dans la balle, dans le rebord, doucement, du bras, en brossé, en chop, en parallèle, en profondeur, en croisé, en retard, fermement, franchement, les coins, les lignes, nettement, puissamment, rageusement, sèchement, solidement, vers le bas, violemment.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

[El lob es un golpe] liftado, golpeado de abajo arriba.

PHR

Golpear fuerte.

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Record 3 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A deep shot usually initiated from midcourt that gives a player enough time to move toward the net and set up for a first volley; this may be a topspin drive or a slice shot depending on the player’s preference.

OBS

Sometimes "approach shot" is used synonymously with the more specific term "forcing shot", especially in reference to a hard drive rather than a sliced shot after which a player may advance to the net.

PHR

Depth on an approach shot.

PHR

Attack, backhand, crisp, deep, flat, forehand, short, slice, sneak, solid, stop and hit, topspin, underspin, well-placed approach shot.

PHR

To aim, attack, attack behind, contact, develop, drive, execute, guide, hit, land, neglect, place, plan, play, practice, return, scatter, set up, sharpen, toss, underspin an approach shot.

PHR

To hit an approach shot flat. To hit an approach shot with topspin. To hit an approach shot with underspin. To approach shot bounces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[...] coup effectué à mi-terrain permettant au joueur de monter au filet, que ce soit à la volée ou après rebond court de la balle.

OBS

Coup d'approche lifté, plat, à contre-pied.

PHR

Couper un coup d'approche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

[Golpe] ejecutado para preparar la subida a la red.

CONT

Aproximación. Se trata de cualquier golpe con que se prepara la subida a la red. Puede ser tanto cruzado como paralelo o al centro.

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Record 4 2010-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • North American Football
CONT

Peter Benoite scored 12 points for the Outlaws who trailed until late in the fourth quarter when seldom seen quarterback Chris Wheeler hit Dave Rouah on a deep out pattern to take a 31-27 lead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Football nord-américain

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
DEF

A psychological or physical barrier, a feeling of exhaustion, which a runner, a cyclist, a cross-country skier or any long-distance performer may experience during a race (especially a marathon).

CONT

"The Wall. "It evades easy definition, but to borrow from Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's famous definition of obscenity, you know it when you see it-or rather, hit it. It usually happens around mile 20, give or take a couple of miles. Your pace slows, sometimes considerably. Some runners say that it feels as though their legs had been filled with lead quail shot... Others can’t feel their feet at all. Thought processes become a little fuzzy... Muscle coordination goes out the window, and self-doubt casts a deep shadow over the soul.... Even if you’re racing at a reasonable pace and you’ve done a good job of carboloading in the days before the marathon, you still have only about 2, 000 calories worth of glycogen stored in the muscles and liver; that's about enough to get you to-surprise!-mile 20. If you manage to deplete your glycogen reserves, say hello to The Wall.

CONT

It is this depletion of muscle glycogen that sportspeople know as "hitting the wall."

CONT

The bad news is that more than half of all nonelite marathon runners report having hit The Wall at least once. The good news is that more than 40 percent of all nonelite marathon runners have never hit The Wall. In other words, while it certainly doesn’t hurt to be prepared for the possibility of hitting The Wall, doing so is far from inevitable.

OBS

wall: something that resembles a wall in function especially by establishing limits.

PHR

Runner wall.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

La soudaineté de la fatigue en course sur route et au marathon en particulier a conduit à l'expression désormais classique : «frapper le mur». [...] En fait, il n'y a pas un mur mais des murs. [...] Le premier est «la panne de glycogène musculaire». Le deuxième est «la panne de glucose sanguin». Le troisième est «le mur de la chaleur».

OBS

Le «mur de la chaleur» guette tous les coureurs si les conditions atmosphériques ne sont pas favorables : c'est-à-dire s'il fait trop chaud, s'il y a trop de soleil ou s'il fait trop humide. Il guette aussi les coureurs qui ne boivent pas suffisamment pendant la course. N'oubliez donc pas de boire.

OBS

Au Canada, «frapper le mur» veut dire souffrir des effets de l'un ou l'autre des 3 murs. En France, «toucher le mur» veut dire être victime de la panne de glycogène musculaire.

PHR

Mur de la chaleur; frapper le mur.

PHR

Toucher le mur.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To hit ground strokes that consistently land in play near the opponent’s baseline.

CONT

Billie Jean was careful to keep the first ball deep, attacking behind her drives at every possible opportunity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Frapper et placer de façon régulière les balles de tennis dans le fond du court.

OBS

Phraséologie connexe : trouver la bonne longueur de balle.

CONT

Le jeu en précision. Ce sont [les joueurs de tennis] qui aiment contrôler le jeu en plaçant leur coup. Ils jouent profond ou exploitent les angles.

CONT

On est à mi-terrain et on désire s'emparer du filet en jouant profondément et en misant sur la faiblesse de l'adversaire si possible.

CONT

Ceux qui veulent provoquer le point à la volée [...] frappent souvent la balle audacieusement dans le rebond en la coupant et en la dirigeant profondément chez l'adversaire défiant le passing.

CONT

Jouer long et au centre. But : gêner l'adversaire en l'obligeant à rester au fond et l'empêcher de prendre des initiatives. Et aussi le forcer à jouer court et donc à offrir des occasions d'attaquer.

PHR

jouer une balle profonde.

Spanish

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Record 7 1999-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Bioengineering
CONT

One of the most important new designs in the field of laser scanning microscopy is Bio-Rad's new multiphoton microscope. The primary benefit of multiphoton or two-photon microscopy is that it can penetrate much deeper into tissue samples, permitting an unobstructed view of cells such as neurons. The way it accomplishes this feat involves an unusual characteristic of light. When two photons hit a fluorophor simultaneously, it's as if one photon of half the wavelength excited the targeted fluorophor. If two photons of infrared light are directed at a particular sample, they will penetrate to a depth of several millimeters and then combine in the focal plane where the photons are most concentrated, reacting as if one photon of blue light hit the sample. The result is a deep tissue image of superior resolution. Although confocal and multiphoton techniques are generally considered to be overlapping technologies, some enthusiastic supporters consider the multiphoton technique a replacement for confocal microscopy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Technique biologique
CONT

La microscopie multiphotons ou plus précisément deux ou trois photons, peut être considérée comme une évolution de la microscopie confocale [...] Le principe de la microscopie à deux photons consiste à exciter un fluorochrome, non plus au moyen d'un seul photon de haute énergie (E), mais de deux photons dont les énergies sont diminuées de moitié (E/2)[...] la quantité de radicaux libres produits est très nettement réduite. Ce type de microscopie utilise de très courtes émissions de lumière, générées par des lasers infrarouges de puissance élevée.

OBS

Tiré du Technoscope.

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
CONT

The drive serve trajectory is very flat. A drive serve is hit with a moderate velocity to force the shuttle low and deep into the service court. A drive serve can be used in singles, but it is used mostly in doubles.

CONT

The drive serve should be used mainly as a change of pace to keep your opponent off balance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Service en flèche (drive serve) - Un service bas et rapide normalement utilisé en double.

CONT

Le service drive est principalement utilisé en double et son but est de déséquilibrer le receveur. [...] Le volant doit passer très rapidement juste au-dessus du filet, aussi plat que possible.

OBS

badminton.

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball

Spanish

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