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hazards

/ˈhæzərdz/

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noun

Dangers, risques

The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss.

Examples :

"He encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life."

Il a rencontré l'ennemi au péril de sa réputation et de sa vie.

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noun

Dangers, risques

An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally.

Examples :

"The video game involves guiding a character on a skateboard past all kinds of hazards."

Le jeu vidéo consiste à guider un personnage sur un skateboard en évitant toutes sortes de dangers.

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noun

Dangers, risques

(in driving a vehicle) An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it.

Examples :

""The driver slowed down to avoid the hazards on the road, such as potholes and debris." "

Le conducteur a ralenti pour éviter les dangers sur la route, tels que les nids-de-poule et les débris.

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noun

Obstacle, obstacle d'eau ou de sable

A sand or water obstacle on a golf course.

Examples :

"The golfer tried to avoid the water hazards on the 18th hole. "

Le golfeur a essayé d'éviter les obstacles d'eau sur le 18ème trou.

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noun

Rentrer une bille

The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard).

Examples :

"The pool player carefully considered the hazards before potting the cue ball. "

Le joueur de billard a soigneusement considéré le fait de rentrer une bille avant de rentrer la boule de queue.

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noun

Hasard

A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c.

Examples :

"The family enjoyed playing hazards for small amounts of money at the weekend. "

La famille aimait jouer au hasard pour de petites sommes d'argent le week-end.

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noun

Risque, danger

Examples :

""Taking the bus to school involves some hazards, like traffic delays, but it's usually reliable." "

Prendre le bus pour aller à l'école comporte certains risques, comme les retards de circulation, mais c'est généralement fiable.

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noun

Risques, périls

Anything that is hazarded or risked, such as a stake in gambling.

Examples :

"In their friendly game of poker, the hazards were small, with each player only risking a few dollars per hand. "

Dans leur partie de poker amicale, les risques étaient faibles, chaque joueur ne risquant que quelques dollars par main.

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noun

Dangers

The side of the court into which the ball is served.

Examples :

"During the squash match, the server aimed for the hazards, hoping for a difficult return from his opponent. "

Pendant le match de squash, le serveur visait les dangers, espérant un retour difficile de son adversaire.

"During the game of court tennis, the server must aim for specific hazards on the opponent's side to score points. "

Pendant le jeu de court tennis, le serveur doit viser des dangers spécifiques du côté de l'adversaire pour marquer des points.

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noun

Risques, aléas

A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results.

Examples :

"The CPU designers worked to reduce hazards in the new processor, aiming for faster and more reliable performance. "

Les concepteurs de processeurs ont travaillé pour réduire les risques dans le nouveau processeur, dans le but d'obtenir des performances plus rapides et plus fiables.

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verb

Risquer, hasarder

To expose to chance; to take a risk.

Examples :

"She refused to hazard a guess on the pop quiz since she hadn't studied. "

Elle a refusé de risquer une supposition au contrôle surprise, car elle n'avait pas étudié.

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verb

Risquer, hasarder

To risk (something); to venture, to incur, or bring on.

Examples :

"He wouldn't hazard a guess about the answer because he wasn't sure. "

Il n'oserait pas hasarder une réponse, car il n'était pas sûr.

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