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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

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The result of hitting the tennis ball with a tennis racquet; sometimes refers to the actual placement of the ball or manner in which it is struck.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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A shot is the combination of a stroke and the situation in which it is used.  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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"Long" is an informal expression used to indicate that a shot went out past the baseline. Important nuance: a "stroke" implies early preparation and a complete follow through. If one were to envision a stroke, one would see a series of sequences, ending with a "shot", i.e. the result of all of the above. Consequently, a "shot" is the result of the "stroke". "Shot" implies a quick, sharp movement because one is focusing on the end result, not the series of sequences leading up to it. A "blow" is rather an imprecise, general term similar in meaning to "shot". Although many would like to maintain these nuances in English, "shot" and "stroke" are often used synonymously. "Blow" is used only rarely. Note, however that although there are two possible equivalents ("coup" and "frappe") in French, neither are semantically identical to the English offerings. The Spanish term "pegada" works well as an equivalent for "shot", although technically the term more specifically refers to the actual hitting action caused by the racket coming in contact with the ball, and not to the end result [cause vs effect].  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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Keeping your feet wide apart is an important key to maintaining good balance and positioning while moving from shot to shot.  4, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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Since his injury in the first set, he has lost a lot of sting in his shots.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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Shape, strength of shot. Barrage, range, string of shots.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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Shot bounces. Shot drifts wide. Shot has no pace on it. Shot will go/sail long.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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Accurate, aggressive, angled, approach, bread-and-butter, buggywhip, chip, cinch, crafty, cross-court, crummy, decisive, deep, defensive, delicate, down-the-line, down-the-T, drop, extraordinary, fantastic, fast, floating, floppy, follow-up, forcing, gutsy, hard, hard-to-read, high-risk, inside-out, kill, laser, looping, loose, low, low-percentage, low-risk, mammoth, midcourt, off-centre, offensive, outside-in, passing, percentage, power, pressure, recovery, risky, safe, set-up, shallow, sharp-angled, short, showoff, sloppy, soft, spin, strong, tactical, topspin, touch, tough, tricky, two-handed, underspin, varied, vicious, wide, winning, wrongfooting shot.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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Irretrievable key shot.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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To admire, angle, anticipate, attack, baby, block, bungle, center, chop down, conceal, cut off, develop, dip, direct, flatten out, go for, guide, handle, hit, hold, improvise, intercept, lean into, line up, make, meet, miss, move into, muff, muscle, net, place, play, pop up, practice, pull off, put away, retrieve, rifle, run down, rush through, send, set up, smack, spray, step into, take, target, telegraph, time, track, underspin, unleash a shot.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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To add pep to a shot. To approach behind a shot. To be cute with a shot. To react to a shot. To scoop down for a shot. To put one's whole body behind shot. To get one's weight behind/into the shot. To mix up shots. To stream together shots.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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To raise a shot high. To telegraph shop direction. To whip a shot up/down the line.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

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Crushing shots. Filing one's body into a shot.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - shot

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

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[...] Rien pour embarrasser François dont la régularité des coups en fond de terrain et la grande ténacité font de ce jeune joueur le champion canadien des 14 ans et moins.  2, fiche 1, Français, - coup

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[...] ses coups assenés du fond du court avec cette insolente précision qui blanchit les lignes.  3, fiche 1, Français, - coup

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Coup d'approche, d'attaque, en angle, audacieux, de base, de contre-attaque, coupé, croisé, décentré, décisif, défensif, déguisé, dévastateur, époustouflant, d'expert, explosif, faiblard, fantaisiste, fatal, de grande classe, lourd, mal ajusté, offensif, plat, précis, puissant, raté, retenu, risque, souple, spectaculaire, tordu.  4, fiche 1, Français, - coup

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Puissance, tempo d'un coup. Déroulement du coup. Gamme, production des coups.  4, fiche 1, Français, - coup

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Anticiper, appuyer, centrer, ralentir, rater, tourner un coup.  4, fiche 1, Français, - coup

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Assurer un bon centrage d'un coup. Laisser aller ses coups.  4, fiche 1, Français, - coup

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Sortir des coups impressionnants.  4, fiche 1, Français, - coup

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol

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Efecto de jugar a pegar golpes a una pelota.  3, fiche 1, Espagnol, - golpe

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Cualidades que debe poseer un buen servicio [...] Variación constante de la pegada (plana o con efecto).  1, fiche 1, Espagnol, - golpe

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Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.  4, fiche 1, Espagnol, - golpe

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Tiro angulado. Golpe definitivo, defensivo, estático, violento.  3, fiche 1, Espagnol, - golpe

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Un golpe lleva efecto.  3, fiche 1, Espagnol, - golpe

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Angular un tiro.  3, fiche 1, Espagnol, - golpe

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Anglais

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An opportunity to hit to where the opposing player has left a wide gap.  2, fiche 2, Anglais, - hole

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If one player runs back for a lob and his partner stays up at the net, you've been given a gaping opening for your next shot.  2, fiche 2, Anglais, - hole

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The more successfully you use the offensive lob early in a match, the more it will help you later, because your opponent will back off the net a little, which will open up the lanes more for your passing shots.  3, fiche 2, Anglais, - hole

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In Spanish there are at least 18 possible ways of translating the generic English term "hole". In tennis, only 2 of the terms are used. The term "agujero", used in many subject fields other than in tennis, refers more often than not to a small hole that usually goes right through an object as in the phrase "un agujero en el pantalón". "Hueco", on the other hand, usually alludes to a hole in the shape of a shaft, tunnel or more specifically in tennis, an alley or lane. Moreover phraseological units containing either of the two terms are not interchangeable. Hence the two terms are very close synonyms but not perfect synonyms. See the usage samples below. Note also that in English the term "opening" may also have different meanings: 1) an opportunity to break even or break ahead 2) a spot on the court that is not being covered by one's opponent.  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - hole

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Related phraseology: alley, occasion, opportunity, (to place the ball into the) open court, open space, gap, vacant ground, to leave part of the court unattended/wide open, to open up the court.  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - hole

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Français

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Phraséologie connexe : laisser une partie du terrain libre, boulevard (ouvrir des boulevards à l'équipe adverse).  3, fiche 2, Français, - zone%20d%C3%A9couverte

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À moins que l'adversaire laisse une très grande zone découverte, il vous faut, pour avoir les meilleures chances de finir le point, jouer près des lignes, soit une volée droite et longue, soit une volée croisée et courte.  1, fiche 2, Français, - zone%20d%C3%A9couverte

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Jouer en alternant des balles [...] longues au centre et balles courtes croisées pour se créer des ouvertures [...]  4, fiche 2, Français, - zone%20d%C3%A9couverte

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[L']adversaire couvrait bien son côté de court; mais dès que ce ne sera plus le cas, aussitôt que vous apercevrez une petite ouverture, essayez de le passer en coup droit ou en revers, en jouant rapidement et près des lignes.  1, fiche 2, Français, - zone%20d%C3%A9couverte

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Espagnol

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Verbos relacionados: cubrir el centro, cubrir la zona.  2, fiche 2, Espagnol, - hueco

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Vuelta a la posición de espera tardía, lo que hace dejar un hueco en el que nuestro adversario dirigirá su próximo tiro.  1, fiche 2, Espagnol, - hueco

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Los principiantes deben realizar ejercicios, de modo que no dejen nunca un agujero por donde pueda colocar la pelota el adversario.  1, fiche 2, Espagnol, - hueco

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abrir un hueco (para subir a la red), cubrir un hueco, dejar un hueco.  2, fiche 2, Espagnol, - hueco