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yard [jɑ:d](a) (of factory, farm, house, school) cour f;∎ parked in the yard garé dans la cour(b) (work site) chantier m;∎ builder's yard chantier m de construction;∎ Nautical repair yard chantier m de radoub(c) (for storage) dépôt m∎ the Yard Scotland Yard;∎ Wilson of the Yard Wilson de Scotland Yard∎ square yard = 0,836m2, yard m carré;∎ it was about ten yards away c'était à environ dix mètres;∎ it was ten yards wide il avait dix mètres de large;∎ to buy cloth by the yard acheter le tissu au mètre;∎ figurative we still have yards of green velvet nous avons toujours des quantités de velours vert;∎ figurative his calculations were yards out il s'était complètement trompé dans ses calculs;∎ his face was a yard long il en faisait une tête, il faisait une tête d'enterrement∎ the 100 yards, the 100 yards' dash le cent mètres;∎ she won the 3,000 yards' steeplechase elle a gagné le 3000 mètres steeple►► yard of ale (container) = long récipient à bière d'une contenance d'environ un litre et demi;∎ to do the yard of ale = boire un litre et demi de bière d'une seule traite dans un "yard of ale";Sport yard line (in American football) = l'une des deux lignes horizontales qui divisent le terrain en yards;American yard sale vide-grenier m;yard work jardinage m -
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yard [jα:d]1. nouna. yard m (91,44 cm) ≈ mètre m• to buy cloth by the yard ≈ acheter de l'étoffe au mètreb. [of farm, school] cour f2. compounds* * *[jɑːd] 1.1) yard m (= 0.9144 m)2) fig3) (of house, farm, prison, hospital) cour f4) US ( garden) jardin m5) ( for storage) dépôt m; ( for construction) chantier m2.Yard pr n GBthe yard — police judiciaire britannique
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A n2 fig you've got yards of room! tu as plus de place qu'il n'en faut! ; she writes poetry by the yard, she writes yards and yards of poetry elle écrit des pages et des pages de poésie ;3 (of house, farm, prison, hospital) cour f ;5 Comm, Constr ( for storage) dépôt m ; ( for construction) chantier m ; builder's yard dépôt m de matériaux de construction ;6 Naut vergue f.
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