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TUER [4 records]

Record 1 2018-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 2 2012-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

To place an easy ball so accurately or to hit it so hard that the opponent cannot possibly return it.

CONT

... to feint the interception when you have no intention of following through can induce a weak response which can be put away by your team-mate.

PHR

To put away an easy kill (at the net).

Key term(s)
  • put-away
  • putaway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Écraser la balle violemment.

CONT

Tout lob trop court ou trop bas doit être «tué» d'un smash définitif.

PHR

Tuer les balles faciles.

Spanish

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

Después de ejecutar una dejada os aconsejo que subáis hasta media pista, a la altura de la línea de saque, para formar la doble muralla (red y jugador), de esta manera el jugador que quiere devolver la dejada, preocupado en levantar la pelota, no os verá, o si os ve, ya será tarde y os entregará la pelota, pudiendo rematar vosotros la jugada de volea o con un lob de volea [...] ya que intentará rematar desde la red vuestra devolución.

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Record 3 2000-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Drilling
  • Oil Production
DEF

In drilling, to prevent the threatened blowout of a well by suitable preventive measures (e.g., to shut in the well with the blowout preventers, circulate the kick out, and increase the weight of the drilling mud). In production, to stop a well from producing oil and gas so that reconditioning of the well may proceed.

OBS

In both cases it is usually accomplished by the injection of a dense fluid into the well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Forage des puits de pétrole
  • Production pétrolière

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Economic Fluctuations
CONT

To kill inflation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Fluctuations économiques
CONT

Arrêter net l'inflation.

Spanish

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