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/bɔːdz/ /bɔːɹdz/

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Planches, planches de bois

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

Examples :

"The carpenter used several wooden boards to build the new bookshelf. "

Le charpentier a utilisé plusieurs planches de bois pour construire la nouvelle étagère.

material building

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Tableau, panneau

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

Examples :

"The school's main office has a large switchboard to handle all phone calls. "

Le bureau principal de l'école dispose d'un grand tableau pour gérer tous les appels téléphoniques.

electronics device technology communication utility electric

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Plateau de jeu

A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

Examples :

"Each player starts the game with four counters on the board."

Chaque joueur commence la partie avec quatre pions sur le plateau de jeu.

game entertainment

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Tableau noir, tableau blanc, échiquier, planche de surf, forum

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.

Examples :

"The teacher wrote the homework assignment on both boards in the classroom: the whiteboard and the blackboard. "

Le professeur a écrit les devoirs sur les deux tableaux de la salle de classe : le tableau blanc et le tableau noir.

material game internet communication sport education building

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Conseil d'administration, comité

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

Examples :

"We have to wait to hear back from the board."

Nous devons attendre d'avoir des nouvelles du conseil d'administration.

business organization

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Pension, la nourriture

Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.

Examples :

"Room and board"

Chambre et pension

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Bord

The side of a ship.

Examples :

"The sailor leaned over the boards of the ship, watching the dolphins swim. "

Le marin s'est penché par-dessus le bord du navire, regardant les dauphins nager.

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La distance parcourue par un voilier entre deux bords lorsqu'il remonte au vent

The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

Examples :

""The small sailboat made slow progress up the river, its boards becoming shorter as the wind shifted and the current grew stronger." "

Le petit voilier progressait lentement sur la rivière, ses bords devenant plus courts à mesure que le vent changeait et que le courant se renforçait.

nautical sailing technical

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Les bandes

The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.

Examples :

"The hockey player slammed into the boards trying to stop the puck. "

Le joueur de hockey a percuté les bandes en essayant d'arrêter la rondelle.

sport game building

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Table, table longue

A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

Examples :

"For the Renaissance festival, they built long boards where the actors and audience could share a communal meal. "

Pour le festival de la Renaissance, ils ont construit de longues tables où les acteurs et le public pouvaient partager un repas en commun.

utensil food item

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Carton

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.

Examples :

"to bind a book in boards"

relier un livre en carton

material stationery

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Plancher, scène

A level or stage having a particular layout.

Examples :

"The video game has multiple boards, each with a different arrangement of obstacles. "

Le jeu vidéo comporte plusieurs planchers, chacun avec une disposition différente d'obstacles.

stage structure

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Un conteneur pour cartes pré-distribuées

A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.

Examples :

"In the duplicate bridge tournament, each table used the same boards so every team played the exact same hands. "

Dans le tournoi de bridge en duplicate, chaque table utilisait le même conteneur de cartes, de sorte que chaque équipe jouait exactement les mêmes mains.

game entertainment

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Rebond

Examples :

""He grabbed the boards after the basketball bounced off the rim." "

Il a pris le rebond après que le ballon de basket ait rebondi sur le cercle.

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La scène

(with "the") A stage (as in a theater).

Examples :

"The actors nervously waited to go on the boards for the opening scene. "

Les acteurs attendaient nerveusement de monter sur scène pour la scène d'ouverture.

stage entertainment culture

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Bandes

Structure around a rink for ice hockey.

Examples :

"The hockey players crashed into the boards during the game. "

Les joueurs de hockey se sont écrasés contre les bandes pendant le match.

sport structure

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Planches, couvertures rigides

A hardcover binding on a book.

Examples :

"His new novel just came out in boards. The paperback will follow in about a year."

Son nouveau roman vient de sortir en couverture rigide. Le livre de poche suivra dans environ un an.

literature material writing

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Monter à bord, embarquer

To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

Examples :

"It is time to board the aircraft."

Il est temps de monter à bord de l'avion.

vehicle nautical

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Héberger et nourrir quelqu'un

To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

Examples :

"The kind woman boards university students during the school year. "

La femme gentille héberge des étudiants universitaires pendant l'année scolaire.

business service

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Être hébergé et nourri

To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

Examples :

""During the school year, some students who live far from campus board with local families." "

Pendant l'année scolaire, certains étudiants qui habitent loin du campus sont hébergés et nourris par des familles locales.

property service business

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Aborder

To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party

Examples :

"The pirates prepared to board the merchant ship, hoping to seize its cargo. "

Les pirates se préparaient à aborder le navire marchand, espérant s'emparer de sa cargaison.

nautical military sailing war action

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Prendre ses repas, loger et manger

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation

Examples :

""During the school year, many students board at the private academy, paying for their meals and rooms." "

Pendant l'année scolaire, de nombreux élèves prennent leurs repas à l'académie privée, payant pour leurs repas et leurs chambres.

business service job

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Aborder, accoster

To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.

Examples :

"The persistent salesperson boarded me in the shopping mall, trying to sell me a new credit card. "

Le vendeur persistant m'a abordé dans le centre commercial, essayant de me vendre une nouvelle carte de crédit.

action human communication

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Barder, couvrir de planches

To cover with boards or boarding.

Examples :

"to board a house"

Barder une maison.

building material

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Frapper avec une planche

To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Examples :

"The angry carpenter boards the unruly lumber with swift, determined strokes. "

Le charpentier en colère frappe le bois indiscipliné avec des coups rapides et déterminés.

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écrire au tableau

To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

Examples :

"The teacher boards the math problem on the whiteboard for the students to see. "

Le professeur écrit le problème de maths au tableau pour que les élèves le voient.

writing education communication

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Examens

Examinations given for entry to college or to qualify for a profession.

Examples :

"She studied hard for her medical boards so she could become a certified doctor. "

Elle a étudié dur pour ses examens de médecine afin de devenir médecin agréée.

education achievement