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A shot that directs the ball diagonally from one corner of the court to the opposite corner; the ball so hit.  5, fiche 1, Anglais, - crosscourt%20shot

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Cross court shots are played diagonally, i.e. right court to right court.  6, fiche 1, Anglais, - crosscourt%20shot

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The cross court shot prevents the opponent from getting set on the baseline and preparing himself for an attacking approach shot.  7, fiche 1, Anglais, - crosscourt%20shot

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Many purists have tried in vain to maintain the distinction between a "shot" and a "drive", the latter yielding a ball with a lot of pace while the former term being more generic, i. e., not necessarily a ball hit hard, but simply the result of the racquet making contact with the ball-a slice backhand or drop volley are both "shots" that require more touch than power. The term "drive" implies the use of power [and is a groundstroke].  5, fiche 1, Anglais, - crosscourt%20shot

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Angled crosscourt shot.  5, fiche 1, Anglais, - crosscourt%20shot

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To meet a crosscourt shot.  5, fiche 1, Anglais, - crosscourt%20shot

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

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Coup frappé en diagonale, ou balle qui passe d'un coin du court à l'autre, traversant le filet en diagonale.  5, fiche 1, Français, - coup%20crois%C3%A9

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Le coup croisé s'exécute en diagonale : ex. de carré droit à carré droit.  3, fiche 1, Français, - coup%20crois%C3%A9

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[...] il faut frapper plus haut vers le centre, pour une mesure défensive, ou faire un coup croisé et tenter un coup de débordement.  6, fiche 1, Français, - coup%20crois%C3%A9

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol

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Pelota que cruza la pista en sentido diagonal.  3, fiche 1, Espagnol, - golpe%20cruzado

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Anglais

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Many purists have tried in vain to maintain the distinction between a "shot" and a "drive", the latter yielding a ball with a lot of pace while the former term being more generic, i. e., not necessarily a ball hit hard, but simply the result of the racquet making contact with the ball-a slice backhand or drop volley are both "shots" that require more touch than power. The term "drive" implies the use of power.  4, fiche 2, Anglais, - cross%2Dcourt%20drive

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After you’ve seen him hit long diagonal drives three or four times from that spot, you can be sure he’ll do it nine times out of ten.  3, fiche 2, Anglais, - cross%2Dcourt%20drive

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cross-court drive: also a badminton term.  5, fiche 2, Anglais, - cross%2Dcourt%20drive

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Angled cross-court drive.  4, fiche 2, Anglais, - cross%2Dcourt%20drive

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Français

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Diriger des coups profonds en croisé sur le coup droit de l'adversaire, ou en parallèle sur son revers, ou tenter un coup croisé en angle (près de l'angle formé par la ligne de service et la ligne de côté).  2, fiche 2, Français, - coup%20d%27attaque%20crois%C3%A9

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drive croisé : terme de badminton.  3, fiche 2, Français, - coup%20d%27attaque%20crois%C3%A9

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Espagnol

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Golpe cruzado y profundo hacia la esquina del drive de su adversario, en paralelo a la esquina del revés o intente un golpe muy angulado (buscando con el bote la zona lateral del cuadro de recepción).  1, fiche 2, Espagnol, - golpe%20angulado

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Anglais

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During the constitutional talks of the 1980s, organizations representing Francophone minorities worked in vain to obtain recognition for their vision of linguistic duality and the collective rights that should be granted to them in a new Constitution. Commissioner Max Yalden actively supported enshrining language guarantees and educational rights for official language minorities.  2, fiche 3, Anglais, - educational%20rights

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Français

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Au cours des pourparlers constitutionnels des années 1980, les organisations représentant les minorités francophones tentent vainement de faire reconnaître leur vision de la dualité linguistique et des droits collectifs qui devraient leur être reconnus dans une nouvelle constitution. Le commissaire Max Yalden soutient alors activement l'enchâssement des garanties linguistiques et des droits scolaires des minorités de langue officielle.  3, fiche 3, Français, - droits%20scolaires

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Ces termes ne sont pas toujours interchangeables.  2, fiche 3, Français, - droits%20scolaires

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Fiche 4,  Justifications,  Anglais

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During the constitutional talks of the 1980s, organizations representing Francophone minorities worked in vain to obtain recognition for their vision of linguistic duality and the collective rights that should be granted to them in a new Constitution.  1, fiche 4, Anglais, - constitutional%20talks

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Term usually used in the plural.  2, fiche 4, Anglais, - constitutional%20talks

Fiche 4,  Justifications,  Français

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Au cours des pourparlers constitutionnels des années 1980, les organisations représentant les minorités francophones tentent vainement de faire reconnaître leur vision de la dualité linguistique et des droits collectifs qui devraient leur être reconnus dans une nouvelle constitution  1, fiche 4, Français, - pourparlers%20constitutionnels

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Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.  2, fiche 4, Français, - pourparlers%20constitutionnels

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Fiche 5,  Justifications,  Anglais

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Life on a suburban commune in Stockholm in 1975 turns out to be not so different from life on a suburban commune in Berkeley or Ann Arbor : a bunch of vain, petty, ego-enslaved adults trying to maintain their utopian "ideals" by sharing far too little physical space.  2, fiche 5, Anglais, - suburban%20commune

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Each "canton" is divided into communes. The communal council can organise public services in the area but is susceptible to control by superior authorities; communes are managed by an elected communal council and mayor; there are 38 000 communes in France.  3, fiche 5, Anglais, - suburban%20commune

Fiche 5,  Justifications,  Français

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Certaines communes suburbaines ont pu acquérir inopinément une valeur, positive ou négative [...] soit en devenant le siège de résidences luxueuses, soit en accueillant des centres industriels intenses.  2, fiche 5, Français, - commune%20suburbaine

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Fiche 6,  Justifications,  Anglais

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Overweening pride or self-confidence, arrogance.  2, fiche 6, Anglais, - hubris

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When someone leaves a company involuntarily, listen for the official explanations like "personal conflict", "bad chemistry" and "philosophical differences". These are frequently code terms for hubris. Hubris derives from the ancient Greek word "hybris", which was considered a mortal sin. (Executive Strategies, 24.09.1991, p. 5).  3, fiche 6, Anglais, - hubris

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It is a kind of intellectual hubris (even if it were not also folly) to suppose that moral responsibility is so readily derivable from the proper material conditions (National Review, 21.10.91).  3, fiche 6, Anglais, - hubris

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Contrast with sophrosyne. Derived words : adjective hubristic(violent, wanton, insolent, vain) and hubristically(arrogantly, insolently).  2, fiche 6, Anglais, - hubris

Fiche 6,  Justifications,  Français

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Contenance hautaine et méprisante; affectation exagérée de dignité. Arrogance, hauteur, insolence, orgueil.  1, fiche 6, Français, - morgue

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Leur morgue les préservait de toute sympathie humaine (Proust).  1, fiche 6, Français, - morgue

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Fiche 7,  Justifications,  Anglais

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Our cultural base is of course influenced by the thoughts of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Although he recognized that man is an animal, a "rational animal" he too concluded in his Ladder of Life that, "Since nature makes nothing purposeless or in vain, it is undeniably true that she has made all animals for the sake or man".  1, fiche 7, Anglais, - rational%20animal

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Fiche 8,  Justifications,  Anglais

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"South Sea Bubble" : a speculative financial scheme that caught England by storm in 1720. When the bubble burst, panic ensued. Many were ruined, and the government fell.... The development of an investment market in England was long hampered by the Bubble Act, passed in a vain attempt to halt the crash, which required royal charters for joint-stock companies.  1, fiche 8, Anglais, - Bubble%20Act

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Fiche 9,  Justifications,  Anglais

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If Marxians wait for capitalism to collapse in a final crisis, they wait in vain. We have eaten of the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge and, for better or worse, there is no returning to laissez-faire capitalism.  1, fiche 9, Anglais, - laissez%20faire%20capitalism

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Fiche 10,  Justifications,  Anglais

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to delude with vain hopes  1, fiche 10, Anglais, - delude

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