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Record 1 2024-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ice Hockey
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
CONT

Once the clock starts after the offending player is removed from the ice surface, the penalized team tries to kill the penalty... by preventing a goal by the team that's on the power play. If the penalty killers are successful and no goal is scored by the time the penalty is over, then the penalized player returns to the ice during play.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hockey sur glace
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
CONT

La Finlande a résisté à un avantage numérique en toute fin de match pour terrasser les États-Unis avec une courte victoire de 1-0.

CONT

Les États-Unis ont toutefois renversé la vapeur après avoir écoulé une pénalité et ils sont rentrés au vestiaire avec une priorité de deux buts [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ceramics (Industries)
DEF

... a method of decoration where lines are scored in a cheeseboard clay surface and filled with thick coloured slip. When the slip is dry, the surplus is scraped away to show clean lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Céramique (Industries)
CONT

En céramique, l'incrustation est le procédé par lequel on creuse dans la terre encore molle des cavités que l'on emplit de terre d'une autre couleur.

Spanish

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Record 3 1989-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peat and Peat Bogs
DEF

A perennially frozen bog, rising about 1m above the surrounding fen. The surface is relatively flat, scored by a ploygonal pattern of trenches that developed over ice wedges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tourbières
DEF

[Tourbière oligotrophe] pergélisolée dominant d'environ 1 m la (tourbière minérotrophe] avoisinante. La surface, assez plate, est caractérisée par une configuration polygonale de sillons formés sur des fentes de gel.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Carpets and Floor Coverings
OBS

tile

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tapis et revêtements de sol

Spanish

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