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/jɑːdz/ /jɑɹdz/

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noun

Cour, jardin

A small, usually uncultivated area adjoining or (now especially) within the precincts of a house or other building.

Examples :

"The children played in the yards behind their houses. "

Les enfants jouaient dans les cours derrière leurs maisons.

property area building

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noun

Jardin, cour

The property surrounding one's house, typically dominated by one's lawn.

Examples :

""The children were playing tag in the yards of the houses on our street." "

Les enfants jouaient à chat dans les jardins des maisons de notre rue.

property area place environment

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noun

Cour, chantier

An enclosed area designated for a specific purpose, e.g. on farms, railways etc.

Examples :

"The train company stores broken rail cars in the railway yards outside the city. "

La compagnie ferroviaire entrepose les wagons de chemin de fer cassés dans les chantiers en dehors de la ville.

area property agriculture place

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noun

Parc d'hivernage, lieu de rassemblement

A place where moose or deer herd together in winter for pasture, protection, etc.

Examples :

"In winter, the deer seek shelter and food in the dense forest yards. "

En hiver, les cerfs cherchent refuge et nourriture dans les parcs d'hivernage denses de la forêt.

animal place environment geography nature biology

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noun

Maison, foyer

One’s house or home.

Examples :

"After a long day at work, there's nothing better than being back in my yards. "

Après une longue journée de travail, il n'y a rien de mieux que d'être de retour chez moi.

property area place

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verb

Enfermer dans une cour

To confine to a yard.

Examples :

"The school yards the unruly students to prevent them from running into the street. "

L'école enferme les élèves indisciplinés dans la cour pour les empêcher de courir dans la rue.

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noun

Yard, pied

A unit of length equal to 3 feet in the US customary and British imperial systems of measurement, equal to precisely 0.9144 m since 1959 (US) or 1963 (UK).

Examples :

"The football team needs to advance the ball five more yards to score a touchdown. "

L'équipe de football doit faire avancer le ballon de cinq yards pour marquer un touchdown.

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noun

Unités, mesures

Units of similar composition or length in other systems.

Examples :

"A meter is similar to a little over one of our yards in length. "

Un mètre équivaut à un peu plus d'un de nos yards en longueur.

unit system math

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noun

Vergues

Any spar carried aloft.

Examples :

"The old sailing ship had several yards attached to its masts, from which the sails would hang. "

Le vieux voilier avait plusieurs vergues attachées à ses mâts, auxquelles les voiles étaient suspendues.

nautical sailing

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noun

Branche, rameau

A branch, twig, or shoot.

Examples :

"After the storm, the ground was covered in yards broken off the old oak tree. "

Après la tempête, le sol était couvert de branches cassées du vieux chêne.

plant part nature

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noun

Bâton, verge, baguette

A staff, rod, or stick.

Examples :

"The teacher used yards to measure the cloth for the school play's costumes. "

Le professeur a utilisé des baguettes pour mesurer le tissu des costumes de la pièce de l'école.

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Pénis, verge

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noun

Cent dollars

Examples :

"The used car cost him three yards, but it runs great now. "

La voiture d'occasion lui a coûté trois cents dollars, mais elle fonctionne très bien maintenant.

economy finance

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noun

Acre, terrain

The yardland, an obsolete English unit of land roughly understood as 30 acres.

Examples :

"The medieval farmer owned two yards of land, enough to support his family. "

Le fermier médiéval possédait deux acres de terrain, assez pour subvenir aux besoins de sa famille.

area unit property agriculture history

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Verge, yard

The rod, a surveying unit of (once) 15 or (now) 16 1/2 feet.

Examples :

"The surveyor used the measurement of yards to define the property line before building the fence. "

L'arpenteur a utilisé la mesure en yards pour définir la limite de la propriété avant de construire la clôture.

unit area property math

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noun

Terrain, parcelle

The rood, area bound by a square rod, 1/4 acre.

Examples :

"The farmer divided his field into smaller sections, each about 160 yards, to make irrigation easier. "

Le fermier a divisé son terrain en sections plus petites, chacune d'environ 160 parcelles, pour faciliter l'irrigation.

area property agriculture

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noun

Milliard

109, A short scale billion; a long scale thousand millions or milliard.

Examples :

"I need to hedge a yard of yen."

Je dois couvrir un milliard de yens.

number unit amount

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Vergues, gréement

The totality of the sailing rig.

Examples :

"Her yards were bare and cockabill."

Ses vergues étaient nues et en pantenne.

nautical sailing technical