yard

Garten, Hof

Fläche draußen um ein Haus, oft mit Rasen oder Platz zum Spielen.

In einfachem Englisch: An area of land outside and around a house, often with grass or space to play.

• The dog is in the yard.
• We planted flowers in our front yard.
• The children played in the neighbors' yards after school.

Synonyme: garden

Häufige Wendungen: front yard, back yard, in the yard, yard fence

Yard

Längenmaß von drei Fuß, also ungefähr 91 Zentimetern.

In einfachem Englisch: A unit for measuring length, equal to three feet or about 91 centimetres.

• The gate is one yard wide.
• We walked a hundred yards to the bus stop.
• She bought three yards of cotton for a dress.

Häufige Wendungen: one yard long, a yard away, a square yard, yard of fabric

Rah

Lange Holzstange, die quer am Schiffsmast befestigt ist und ein Segel trägt.

In einfachem Englisch: A long wooden bar attached across a ship's mast to hold a sail.

• The sail hangs from the yard.
• Sailors raised the heavy wooden yard.
• The storm broke two yards on the main mast.

Häufige Wendungen: square yard, lower yard, main yard, yard and sail

Milliarde

Im Devisenhandel eine Milliarde Einheiten einer Währung.

In einfachem Englisch: One billion units of a currency, used by people who trade money.

• They traded a yard of dollars.
• The bank sold two yards of yen.
• She hedged half a yard of euros before the announcement.

So benutzt man es: a yard of something (The dealer bought a yard of yen.)

Synonyme: billion

Häufige Wendungen: a yard of, half a yard, a dollar yard