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FALTA EJECUCION [4 records]

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Record 1 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

... the stroke that starts play.

CONT

[His] serve has lost its bite.

OBS

The server stands behind the baseline and has two tries to send the ball into the diagonally opposite service court.

OBS

Any motion, including underhand or sidearm is permissible, however, the overhead or overarm stroke is by far the most common. (The terms "overarm service" and "roundarm service" are rarely heard today.) There are basically three types of service: 1) the flat service; 2) the slice service; 3) the spin service. Note that the term "serve" is ambiguous in English. On the one hand it may refer to the result of going through (e.g. he can hit a very hard "serve"); finally, it may even refer to one of the two attempts allowed to complete a service (e.g. he is about to make his second "serve" - French: deuxième balle de service). On this last note, at Wimbledon, England, one hears the chair umpire call out "first service", rather than "first serve".

PHR

Awesome, big, break, cannonball, curving, deep, dodgy, down-the-center, easy, effortless, explosive, fault, first, high-bouncing, hook, huge, kick, killer, left-handed, let, long, medium-paced, over-powering, patty-cake, percentage, power(ful), return, returning, second, short, sliced, slow spin, smoking, smooth, solid, spin, spun, strong, technically sound, thunderbolt, underhand, unreturnable, well-placed, well-timed, whopping, wide serve. Return of serve. Serve and volley.

PHR

To break, return serve. To slice, take a serve. To rush one's serve. To struggle with one's serve. To take something/a little bit off one's serve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Coup utilisé pour introduire le point.

CONT

Pour le débutant, le service constitue une mise au jeu souvent difficile, mais représente chez le bon joueur un coup d'attaque lui permettant normalement de gagner le jeu sur son service.

CONT

[Elle] fait partie de la nouvelle génération des joueuses qui frappent très fort au coup droit et au revers et elle possède un excellent service.

CONT

Quand le service s'annonce bon, la trajectoire de la balle ressemble à celle d'un ballon d'hélium !

CONT

[...] vos services auront plus de mordant, de meilleurs effets et seront mieux contrôlés.

OBS

Le serveur, placé de profil derrière la ligne de fond, a droit à des essais pour envoyer la balle dans le carré de service situé en diagonale.

PHR

Service appuyé, constant, déficient, en dessous, énorme, foudroyant, gagnant, de gaucher, impeccable, imprenable, en pousse-balle, redoutable, rythmé, travaillé. Bon, gros, long, puissant service.

PHR

Service au trois quarts de la vitesse possible.

PHR

Bloquer, frapper, livrer, rabattre, récupérer, remettre, retourner un service. Conserver, gagner, passer, perdre, remporter son service. Recevoir le service. Tenir service. Varier ses services.

PHR

Décocher le service le plus rapide. Faire un service gagnant. Mesurer le service d'un adversaire. Prendre le service de l'adversaire. Se présenter au service pour le match.

Spanish

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

El servicio es el golpe más difícil del tenis por la perfecta coordinación de movimientos que exige, por lo tanto, está sujeto a multitud de amaneramientos y errores.

OBS

El servicio es el golpe más difícil del tenis, exige mucha coordinación de movimientos.

CONT

"... su servicio no era gran cosa, me adelanté para presionarle y las cosas empezaron a marchar muy bien" [Muster].

PHR

Servicio a 3/4 de velocidad, ascendente, bueno, (muy) colocado, potente, rápido, válido. Un servicio cae buena, con efecto. Servicio se zambulla en la pista contraria.

PHR

Devolución, ejecución del servicio. Devolvedor(a), falta de servicio.

PHR

Colocar, efectuar, ejecutar, realizar, recibir un servicio. Devolver el servicio.

PHR

Orden de saque.

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Record 2 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Either the act of stepping on or over the baseline while making a serve or the served ball declared illegal by the foot-fault judge because of violation of the rule pertaining to the location of the feet when serving; two consecutive faults result in the loss of the point.

CONT

Certain radical foot movements are prohibited when serving (such as walking or running) and neither foot may be placed over the baseline. Any contraventions of these rules are known as foot faults and count as serving faults.

PHR

To commit a foot fault.

Key term(s)
  • foot-fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Contact du pied avec la ligne de fond ou avec l'intérieur du court avant l'impact du service. Faute commise par le serveur.

PHR

Commettre une faute de pied.

Key term(s)
  • passement

Spanish

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

[Falta que] consiste en pisar o traspasar la línea de fondo en el servicio antes de que la raqueta entre en contacto con la pelota.

CONT

Regla 7(Falta de pie). Durante toda la ejecución del servicio, el sacador queda obligado [...] a no tocar con ninguno de sus pies la línea de fondo o cualquier otra parte de la pista.

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Record 3 2008-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Injurious falsehood ... consists in the publication of false statements, whether oral or in writing, concerning the plaintiff or his property ... the falsehood must be communicated to a third person. In this respect it resembles defamation but differs from it in that the falsity is not presumed but must be affirmatively established by the plaintiff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
DEF

Falta de verdad o autenticidad en la afirmación de un hecho o en la ejecución de un acto.

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Record 4 2002-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline
OBS

Artistic gymnastics term.

OBS

Rules/refereeing.

Key term(s)
  • fault in the execution

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline
OBS

Terme de gymnastique artistique.

OBS

Règlements/arbitrage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gimnasia y acrobacias sobre cama elástica
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