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Record 1 1990-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
DEF

a spy or observer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
DEF

personne qui en espionne une autre, qui la surveille, qui dénonce ses actes.

CONT

Un mouchard était mêlé à la foule.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

bum mug: gueule de raie; bum park: surnom de Jefferson park à Chicago lieu de rendez-vous des clochards et des gens de même acabit; bum's rush: renvoi; congé; dégommage; to get the bum's rush; get the bum's rush

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

(américanisme ]

Spanish

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