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  • 81Les Tremayne — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Tremayne. Les Tremayne est un acteur américain, né le 16 avril 1913 à Londres (Royaume Uni), et décédé le 19 décembre 2003 à Santa Monica, en Californie (États Unis). Biographie Cette section est vide,… …

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  • 82locum tenens — locum tenency /loh keuhm tee neuhn see, ten euhn /, n. /loh keuhm tee nenz, ten inz/, pl. locum tenentes /loh keuhm teuh nen teez/. Chiefly Brit. a temporary substitute, esp. for a doctor or member of the clergy. Also called locum. [1635 45; < ML …

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  • 84Oscar Lorenzo Fernández — (born 4 November 1897 in Rio de Janeiro; died there 27 August 1948) was a Brazilian composer of Spanish descent. Life Fernández studied at the Instituto Nacional de Música with Francisco Braga, Frederico Nascimento, and …

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  • 85hold the fort — cope in an emergency, act as a temporary substitute He has been holding the fort at his company while his boss is on vacation …

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  • 86on supply — (of a schoolteacher) acting as a temporary substitute. → supply …

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  • 87apology — n. 1. Defence, vindication, justification. 2. Excuse, plea, explanation, extenuation, acknowledgment, reparation, amende honorable. 3. Makeshift, mere excuse, poor excuse, temporary substitute …

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  • 88locum tenens — lo•cum te•nens [[t]ˈloʊ kəm ˈti nɛnz, ˈtɛn ɪnz[/t]] n. pl. locum te•nen•tes [[t]təˈnɛn tiz[/t]] brit. a temporary substitute, esp. for a doctor or member of the clergy Also called, esp. Brit., locum. Etymology: 1635–45; &LT; ML locum tenēns lit …

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  • 89stopgap — stop•gap [[t]ˈstɒpˌgæp[/t]] n. 1) something that fills the place of something else that is lacking; temporary substitute; makeshift 2) serving as a stopgap: a stopgap solution[/ex] • Etymology: 1525–35 …

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  • 90locum — /ˈloʊkəm / (say lohkuhm) noun a temporary substitute for a doctor, lawyer, etc. Also, locum tenens /loʊkəm ˈtɛnənz/ (say lohkuhm tenuhnz). {Medieval Latin: one holding the office (of another) …