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  • 1shot — noun 1 act of firing a gun ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, fine, good, well placed ▪ clean ▪ He killed them with a clean shot to their heads. ▪ …

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  • 2Shot transition detection — (or simply Shot detection) is a field of research of video processing. Its subject is the automated detection of transitions between shots in digital video with the purpose of temporal segmentation of videos. Contents 1 Use 2 Basic technical… …

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  • 3shot — shot1 [ʃɔt US ʃa:t] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(gun)¦ 2¦(bullets)¦ 3¦(attempt to score)¦ 4¦(photograph)¦ 5¦(film/tv)¦ 6¦(attempt)¦ 7 give something your best shot 8 be a long shot 9 a 10 to 1 shot/50 to 1 shot etc 10 a shot in the dark …

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  • 4Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball) — The Shot Heard Round the World In baseball, the Shot Heard round the World is the term given to the walk off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds to win the… …

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  • 5Shot on goal — In field hockey, ice hockey, box lacrosse, or soccer, a shot on goal is a shot that will enter the goal if it is not stopped by the goaltender. A shot on goal must result in either a goal or a save.Every goal and every save count as shots on goal …

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  • 6… but the clouds … — Samuel Beckett wrote his television play ... but the clouds ... between October November 1976 “to replace a film of Play which the BBC had sent [him] for approval (and which he had rejected)” [Ackerley, C. J. and Gontarski, S. E., (Eds.) The… …

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  • 7Marillier shot — The Marillier shot is a modern shot in cricket which involves using the bat as a ramp to flick a ball backwards over the batsman s shoulder for a boundary. It is a rare, risky and unorthodox shot but when successfully used can be devastating. The …

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  • 8Babe Ruth's called shot — was the home run hit by Babe Ruth in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on 1 October by|1932 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During the at bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture, which existing film confirms, but the exact nature… …

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  • 9One shot (music video) — A one shot is any music video which consists of action, continuous in time and space, from the perspective of a single camera[citation needed]   a single long take. In order to be able to make one shot videos several special techniques… …

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  • 10Penalty shot (ice hockey) — In ice hockey, a penalty shot is a type of penalty awarded when a team loses a clear scoring opportunity on a breakaway because of a foul committed by an opposing player. A player from the non offending team is given an attempt to score a goal… …

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