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... and usually contrived on ice and basketball considerations

Spanish translation: y normalmente surgen de la observación del baloncesto o del hockey sobre hielo.

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English term or phrase:... and usually contrived on ice and basketball considerations
Spanish translation:y normalmente surgen de la observación del baloncesto o del hockey sobre hielo.
Entered by: Rebecca Hendry

20:26 May 17, 2005
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / ice hockey
English term or phrase: ... and usually contrived on ice and basketball considerations
Although attempts have been made to use other means of occluding vision during an actual sport situation, these have been done with great technical difficulty and usually contrived on ice and basketball considerations.
Más arriba se habló sobre el hockey sobre hielo
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y normalmente surgen de la observación del baloncesto o del hockey sobre hielo.
Explanation:
Es una idea.

con·trive (kən-trîv')

v., -trived, -triv·ing, -trives.

v.tr.
To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise: contrive ways to amuse the children.
To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation: contrived a swing from hanging vines.
To plan with evil intent; scheme: contrived a plot to seize power.
To bring about, as by scheming; manage: somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.
v.intr.
To form plans or schemes.

[Middle English contreven, from Old French controver, contreuv-, from Medieval Latin contropâre, to compare : Latin com-, com- + Latin tropus, turn, manner, style (from Greek tropos).]

con·triv'er n.
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Rebecca Hendry
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:01
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gracias again
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3y normalmente surgen de la observación del baloncesto o del hockey sobre hielo.
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y normalmente surgen de la observación del baloncesto o del hockey sobre hielo.


Explanation:
Es una idea.

con·trive (kən-trîv')

v., -trived, -triv·ing, -trives.

v.tr.
To plan with cleverness or ingenuity; devise: contrive ways to amuse the children.
To invent or fabricate, especially by improvisation: contrived a swing from hanging vines.
To plan with evil intent; scheme: contrived a plot to seize power.
To bring about, as by scheming; manage: somehow contrived to get past the guards unnoticed.
v.intr.
To form plans or schemes.

[Middle English contreven, from Old French controver, contreuv-, from Medieval Latin contropâre, to compare : Latin com-, com- + Latin tropus, turn, manner, style (from Greek tropos).]

con·triv'er n.


Rebecca Hendry
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