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noun

Pousse

The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

Examples :

"The young plant's shoot pushed its way through the cracked pavement. "

La pousse de la jeune plante s'est frayée un chemin à travers le pavé fissuré.

plant biology seed agriculture essential

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noun

Séance photo, prise de vue

A photography session.

Examples :

"The school photographer scheduled a shoot for next week. "

Le photographe scolaire a programmé une séance photo pour la semaine prochaine.

art media entertainment essential

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noun

Chasse, concours de tir

A hunt or shooting competition.

Examples :

"The annual school shooting competition was held in the park last Saturday. "

Le concours de tir annuel de l'école s'est tenu dans le parc samedi dernier.

sport game entertainment essential

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noun

Tournage, prise

An event that is unscripted or legitimate.

Examples :

"The impromptu presentation was a good shoot, full of interesting and unexpected ideas. "

La présentation impromptue a été une bonne prise, pleine d'idées intéressantes et inattendues.

entertainment media essential

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noun

Tir, coup de feu

The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.

Examples :

"The hunter's shoot was loud, startling the birds in the trees. "

Le tir du chasseur fut bruyant, effrayant les oiseaux dans les arbres.

action weapon military sport essential

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noun

Jaillissement, rapide

A rush of water; a rapid.

Examples :

"The shoot of rain flooded the schoolyard quickly. "

Le jaillissement de la pluie a rapidement inondé la cour de l'école.

nature geography environment essential

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noun

Trame

A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

Examples :

"The weaver carefully inserted the shoot into the warp threads. "

Le tisserand a inséré avec soin la trame dans les fils de chaîne.

material technical essential

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noun

Porcelet

A shoat; a young pig.

Examples :

"The farmer raised several shoots for the upcoming fall fair. "

L'agriculteur a élevé plusieurs porcelets pour la prochaine foire d'automne.

animal agriculture food essential

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noun

Filon

A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

Examples :

"The gold shoot ran diagonally through the mountain, promising a rich vein of ore. "

Le filon d'or traversait la montagne en diagonale, promettant une riche veine de minerai.

geology mineral essential

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noun

Glissière, toboggan

An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.

Examples :

"The coal miners used the shoot to quickly move the heavy ore down to the loading area. "

Les mineurs utilisaient la glissière pour déplacer rapidement le minerai lourd vers la zone de chargement.

material utility technical structure industry essential

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noun

Le pli

The act of taking all point cards in one hand.

Examples :

"My sister took a good shoot in the card game, winning all the point cards in one hand. "

Ma sœur a fait un bon pli au jeu de cartes, gagnant toutes les cartes à points en une seule main.

game action essential

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verb

Tirer, lancer

To launch a projectile.

Examples :

"The archer practiced shooting arrows at the target. "

L'archer s'est entraîné à tirer des flèches sur la cible.

weapon sport military action essential

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verb

Tirer, jaillir

To move or act quickly or suddenly.

Examples :

"The dog saw a squirrel and shot across the yard. "

Le chien a vu un écureuil et a jailli à travers la cour.

action essential

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verb

Agir, réaliser

To act or achieve.

Examples :

"My brother shot for a perfect score on the math test. "

Mon frère a cherché à obtenir une note parfaite au contrôle de maths.

action achievement essential

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verb

Mesurer la distance et la direction vers

To measure the distance and direction to (a point).

Examples :

"The surveyor shot the distance to the new school building to plan the access road. "

Le géomètre a mesuré la distance jusqu'au nouveau bâtiment scolaire pour planifier la route d'accès.

technical direction point essential

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verb

S'injecter, se shooter

To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.

Examples :

"The addict secretly shot heroin into his arm before school. "

Le toxicomane s'est secrètement injecté de l'héroïne dans le bras avant d'aller à l'école.

medicine substance essential

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verb

Se développer, progresser

To develop, move forward.

Examples :

"The new business plan is shooting for a 20% increase in profits this year. "

Le nouveau plan d'affaires vise une augmentation de 20 % des bénéfices cette année.

process action essential

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verb

Dépasser, faire saillie

To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.

Examples :

"The land shoots into a promontory."

La terre fait saillie en un promontoire.

part appearance action essential

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verb

Raboter

To plane straight; to fit by planing.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully shot the boards to make sure they were perfectly flat for the new bookshelf. "

Le charpentier a raboté soigneusement les planches pour s'assurer qu'elles étaient parfaitement planes pour la nouvelle étagère.

technical work essential

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verb

Parsemer, tacher

To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W

Examples :

"The artist carefully shot the canvas with streaks of bright blue paint. "

L'artiste a soigneusement parsemé la toile de traits de peinture bleu vif.

appearance color essential

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verb

Faire un chelem

To shoot the moon.

Examples :

"My sister was trying to shoot the moon when she said she'd get straight As this semester. "

Ma sœur essayait de faire un chelem quand elle a dit qu'elle aurait que des A ce semestre.

game sport achievement essential

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interjection

Merde, zut

A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain

Examples :

""Shoot, I forgot my lunch again!" "

Merde, j'ai encore oublié mon déjeuner !

language exclamation essential