YARD

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yard¹ substantiv

1. iard, unitate de lungime engleză ( = 0,9144 m.);

yard and Ell Brâul Orionului;

square yard iard pătrat ( = 0,8363 m.p.);

by the yard nesfârşit, infinit; foarte amănunţit.

2. prăjină, stinghie; pârghia cântarului, braţ de balanţă; balanţă cu arc;

yard of beer pahar subţire şi lung de 1 iard folosit de cei ce se întrec în băutul berii;

clay yard, yard of clay pipă de lut lungă;

(sl.) a yard of satin pahar de gin.

3. (mar.) vergă.

4. (înv.) penis.

yard²I. substantiv

1. curte;

castle yard curtea (de onoare a) castelului.

2. curte, depozit, magazie.

3. cherestegerie.

4. (ferov.) parc de vagoane, staţie de triaj.

5. (amer.) grădină.

6. (mar.) şantier naval.

yard²II. verb A. tranzitiv

a mâna sau a închide (vitele) în ţarc.

yard²II. verb B. intranzitiv

(amer.) a se retrage la iernat.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

At four yards, I could deceive you.

(His Last Bow, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The tilting-yard is empty at this hour.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The she-wolf was less than a yard from him.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The bed was eight yards from the floor.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Do you tell me that all this happened within a few yards of your bed and that you heard nothing of it?

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

To the right and some distance back from the road was the timber-yard which had been the scene of the fire.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Godalming and Morris had rushed out into the yard, and Harker had lowered himself from the window to follow the Count.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

Edith Baxter was within thirty yards of the stables, when a man appeared out of the darkness and called to her to stop.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I knelt within half a yard of her.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

No, sir; I should say it didn’t come from more’n two hundred yards.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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