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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A player in good shape enough to be able to play for his team during an unbroken stretch of consecutive games during a season or in every game during an impressive number of successive seasons.  3, record 1, English, - iron%20man

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

For baseball, a player who rarely leaves a game, playing despite minor injuries, or a pitcher who can throw for many innings without tiring.  3, record 1, English, - iron%20man

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Joueur qui s’absente peu du jeu ou qui a pris part à tous les matchs de son équipe au cours de saisons successives. Il est efficace tout en sachant esquiver les coups, et joue malgré les blessures mineures. Au baseball, se dit également du lanceur qui lance habituellement plusieurs manches sans être relevé.  1, record 1, French, - homme%20de%20fer

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

To move up and down and side to side quickly and repeatedly in order to present a moving target to one's opponent.  2, record 2, English, - bob%20and%20weave

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

bob : Se balancer, s’agiter, sautiller  2, record 2, French, - esquiver%20les%20coups

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

weaving : jeu de tête et d’épaules  3, record 2, French, - esquiver%20les%20coups

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS

«Esquiver les coups» exprime davantage le résultat du «bob and weave» que l'action elle-même, mais il rend bien l'effet recherché : en sautillant sans cesse et oscillant la tête de gauche à droite, l'objectif va de haut en bas et d’un côté et de l'autre, ce qui rend la partie difficile pour le boxeur adverse.  4, record 2, French, - esquiver%20les%20coups

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish