réception et envolée
English translation: landing/hitting the ground and at the beginning of the drop
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| 4 | "landing/hitting the ground" and "at the beginning of the drop" |
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| 4 | overly ambitious jump/drop.....landing |
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| 1 | landing and take-off |
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| 1 | further explanation |
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27 mins confidence: 
landing and take-off Explanation: makes sense |
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32 mins confidence:
further explanation Explanation: I'd use "on his landing after (attempting) a particularly challenging drop..." I am a mountain biking enthusiast but stay away from the extreme DH stuff. |
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"landing/hitting the ground" and "at the beginning of the drop" Explanation: After searching Google for a while, I can confirm that *réception* refers to the "landing." I couldn't find anything particular to describe "envolée" but agree it basically means "after leaving the ground" in the sense of "at the beginning of the drop." Termium has an old record that I don't think would apply here, but the idea is the same: French:Arts, Recreation and Sports envolée s OBS - (AV) s English:Arts, Recreation and Sports start of flight s 1976-06-19 I think you can phrase your sentence a number of ways to convey the idea of leaving and then hitting the ground (including my second suggestion) but it comes back to the same thing. I saw "hitting" (the ground)/"hits" to describe "landing" but for that term, "landing" seems to be the most prevelant. I saw "huck off" (to huck a bike off a huge drop) but I'm not sure I'd use it, or that you'd want to: http://www.madformountainbiking.com/MTBK/Articles.nsf/c9aef7... As much as it takes a special kind of loon to huck off a 50ft cliff, it takes a special kind of bike to have any chance at all of making the landing. So for anyone wondering what kind of machine Josh Bender entrusts his w DHrace.com - DHfreeriders and DH racers who´s the men ... putting down his biking or style because ... if i could ride like Peat, Vouilloz ... together. However, to huck a bike off a huge drop ... other major free rider would ... |
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overly ambitious jump/drop.....landing Explanation: that might work for particulièrement opti,iste |
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