yard

jardin, cour

Terrain autour d’une maison, souvent avec de l’herbe ou de la place pour jouer.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : garden

Expressions courantes : front yard, back yard, in the yard, yard fence

yard

Mesure de longueur égale à trois pieds, soit environ 91 centimètres.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : one yard long, a yard away, a square yard, yard of fabric

vergue

Longue barre de bois fixée en travers du mât d’un navire pour soutenir une voile.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : square yard, lower yard, main yard, yard and sail

milliard

Dans le commerce des devises, un milliard d’unités d’une monnaie.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a yard of something (The dealer bought a yard of yen.)

Synonymes : billion

Expressions courantes : a yard of, half a yard, a dollar yard