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verb

Placer sur un râtelier, suspendre

To place in or hang on a rack.

Examples :

"He racked the pool cues after the game was finished. "

Il a placé les queues de billard sur le râtelier après la fin du jeu.

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verb

Torturer, supplicier

To torture (someone) on the rack.

Examples :

"The medieval guards racked prisoners to force them to confess. "

Les gardes médiévaux torturaient les prisonniers pour les forcer à avouer.

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verb

Tourmenter, faire souffrir

To cause (someone) to suffer pain.

Examples :

"The flu racked him with aches and fever, keeping him in bed all week. "

La grippe l'a tourmenté avec des douleurs et de la fièvre, le gardant au lit toute la semaine.

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verb

Tourmenter, martyriser, torturer

To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.

Examples :

"The corrupt official racked the small business owners with excessive fees, forcing many to close. "

Le fonctionnaire corrompu a tourmenté les petits entrepreneurs avec des frais excessifs, forçant beaucoup à fermer.

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verb

Placer les boules dans le triangle et les positionner sur la table

To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.

Examples :

"He racked the balls carefully before starting the game of pool. "

Il a placé les boules avec soin avant de commencer la partie de billard.

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verb

Frapper un homme aux testicules

To strike a male in the testicles.

Examples :

"The bully racked the boy during the fight in the schoolyard. "

Le tyran a frappé le garçon aux testicules pendant la bagarre dans la cour de l'école.

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verb

Chambrer

To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.

Examples :

"He racked the slide of his pistol, chambering a round and preparing for the target practice. "

Il a chambré la glissière de son pistolet, chambrant une balle et se préparant pour le tir.

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verb

Chambrer la prochaine cartouche

To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.

Examples :

"The security guard racked the shotgun, the loud clack-clack echoing in the empty hallway. "

Le gardien de sécurité a chambré le fusil à pompe, le clac-clac bruyant résonnant dans le couloir vide.

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verb

Laver sur un râtelier

To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.

Examples :

"The miner racked the gold-bearing gravel to separate the valuable metal from the dirt. "

Le mineur a lavé le gravier aurifère sur un râtelier pour séparer le métal précieux de la saleté.

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verb

Lier ensemble, amarrer

To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.

Examples :

"The sailor carefully racked the two mooring lines together to create a stronger, single rope for securing the boat. "

Le marin a soigneusement amarré les deux amarres ensemble pour créer une seule et même corde plus solide pour sécuriser le bateau.

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verb

Cisailler, déformer

(structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points).

Examples :

"Post-and-lintel construction racks easily."

La construction poteau-et-linteau se cisaillent facilement.

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verb

Étirer les articulations d'une personne

To stretch a person's joints.

Examples :

"The medieval torturer racked prisoners to force them to confess. "

Le tortionnaire médiéval étirait les articulations des prisonniers pour les forcer à avouer.

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verb

Faire avancer rapidement, se précipiter

To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir

Examples :

"The race car racked around the track, quickly gaining speed. "

La voiture de course s'est précipitée sur la piste, prenant rapidement de la vitesse.

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verb

S'amonceler, s'élever

To fly, as vapour or broken clouds

Examples :

"The thin clouds racked quickly across the sky before the storm. "

Les nuages fins se sont rapidement amoncelés dans le ciel avant la tempête.

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verb

Clarifier, soutirer

To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

Examples :

"The winemaker racked the wine to remove sediment and prevent further unwanted flavors. "

Le vigneron a soutiré le vin pour éliminer les sédiments et prévenir d'autres saveurs indésirables.

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verb

Aller l'amble, aller le pas relevé

(of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.

Examples :

"The horse racked its body rhythmically as it waited for the race to begin. "

Le cheval allait l'amble de son corps rythmiquement en attendant le début de la course.