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WAITING ROOM [6 records]

Record 1 2013-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

The public waiting room is adequate, since the appointment system controls the number of people in the room each hour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
OBS

Dans une chancellerie.

OBS

salle d'attente du public : terme tiré du Manuel des instructions de sécurité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

Consular flags is in accordance with Foreign Affairs Regulations, are to be displayed along with the U. S. flag in the consular's waiting room and in the offices of Consuls General and consular Chiefs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
CONT

Le drapeau de l'État d'envoi ou son pavillon consulaire pourra être arborépar le poste consulaire, de même qu'à la résidence des consuls.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interior Design
  • Railroad Stations
DEF

A room set apart for those who are obliged to wait (usually in a public building, now esp. in a railway station (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'intérieurs
  • Gares ferroviaires
DEF

Salle [...] (dans une gare, un Palais de justice), où vont et viennent des personnes qui attendent.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diseño de interiores
  • Estaciones de ferrocarril
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Record 4 2003-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Air Safety
CONT

Commercial cargo at Blaine travels through a new fourteen million-dollar facility. At this facility, a commercial truck with a container full of foreign goods can have its cargo cleared and entered into the U.S. in less than a minute. That same conveyance can be selected for inspection and required to back up to the loading dock or old to pull ahead to the mobile X-ray vehicle.

CONT

... we showed our immigration cards to pass on to the flight waiting room. Since we passed through all these points relatively quickly, we had to wait an hour or so before boarding. When it was finally time to board, we walked outside, ran our bags through a security X-ray vehicle, and proceeded to the jet.

Key term(s)
  • mobile X-rays vehicle
  • mobile X ray vehicle
  • mobile X rays vehicle
  • mobile truck X rays

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
CONT

[...] au 1-6-1999, la douane employait 20 005 agents, utilisait 23 avions, 8 hélicoptères, 68 bateaux, 2 216 véhicules dont 257 motos, 7 véhicules à rayons X, 2 camions de surveillance radar, 262 équipes «maître-chien» pour la détection des stupéfiants et des explosifs.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Furnishings and Equipment
  • Health Institutions
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

I was sitting in the waiting room of a Public Health/Social Hygiene facility, waiting with a multitude of men for a staff member to call out my number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipements urbains
  • Établissements de santé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
CONT

Parmi les maux chroniques du développement des villes modernes [...] il faut noter : les ilôts insalubres, les taudis [...]; le danger aérien [...]; le bruit [...] Par suite d'une admiration enfantine pour la technique, on a trop souvent voulu réduire les problèmes d'hygiène au tout-à-l'égout; ce sont essentiellement les systèmes de parcs et l'équipement d'hygiène sociale (centres de santé, dispensaires, etc.) qui peuvent lutter contre le fait que les villes sont «biologiquement des milieux ennemis et meurtriers de la vie» que l'on commence à fuir.

Spanish

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Record 6 1995-07-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

A room adjacent to a larger, more important one; frequently used as a waiting area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
DEF

Pièce d'habitation située, autrefois, entre une chambre ou un bureau, et l'entrée, le vestibule ou le palier d'escalier. Les visiteurs y attendaient d'être reçus.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura de viviendas
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