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No. 12,250 in French

yards

The French word "yards" is not a French word; it is English and refers to a unit of measure or open areas.

In a sentence

  • Il reste vingt yards avant la ligne d'arrivée.

    There are twenty yards left before the finish line.

    In this sentence, 'yards' is used as a unit of measurement, reflecting the distance.

  • Le jardin fait cent yards de large.

    The garden is one hundred yards wide.

    Here, 'yards' describes the width of the garden, indicating dimension in space.

  • À trois yards près, il aurait raté sa cible.

    He narrowly missed his target by three yards.

    In this instance, 'yards' refers to a margin of error or distance in context of aiming or precision.

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