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monitrice - an assistant (often the father of the soon-to-be-born child) who provides support for a woman in labor by encouraging her to use techniques learned in childbirth-preparation classes

birthing coach, doula, labor coach

assistant, helper, help, supporter - a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

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Deux personnes ont trouve la mort quelques minutes apres l'explosion, une jeune monitrice de 24 ans, travaillant dans une autoecole situee au rez-de-chaussee de la maison mitoyenne a l'epicerie, egalement soufflee par la deflagration et un homme d'environ 65 ans qui traversait cette rue passante.

Le bilan de l'explosion [beaucoup moins que]enigme[beaucoup plus grand que] s'alourdit a 4 morts, l'enquete se poursuit

L'assistance a vu le temoignage de la comedienne Sonia, de la monitrice de plongee sous-marine, Samia Balistro, de l'agricultrice Houaria Boudia et de Dalila Aberkane, eleveur de betail.

Cinq femmes, cinq reussites

When I began to teach in the department of Comparative Literature in 2005, my French was, by any measure, inadequate, and I began to work closely with a monitrice who began our sessions by informing me that literature professors are the worst language learners because we cannot loosen the grip of perfectionism, because we hate to appear foolish, because we cannot relax with the language.

Schooled!

Ainsi lorsqu'une monitrice confie avoir de la peine pour son eleve, un exile afghan qui vit loin des siens, un plan sur lequel le discours de celle-ci se poursuit over nous le montre, effectivement, seul dans un interieur spartiate (fig.

Le cinema documentaire contemporain en Suisse romande: Jean-Stephane Bron, figure de proue

By Karelle Robichaud, B.Sc.Inf., Infirmiere en hemodialyse et Monitrice Clinique/Hemodialysis Nurse and Clinical Instructor, Hopital Georges L.

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I think we all need a monitrice in our lives, reminding us of what we know and forget.

Notes from a musician's journal