turf

gazon

Couche de sol couverte d’herbe, ou surface artificielle imitant l’herbe.

En anglais simple : A grass-covered layer of ground, or a surface made to look like grass.

• The players ran across the turf.
• We laid fresh turf in the garden.
• The school replaced its grass field with artificial turf.

Synonymes : sod, grass

Expressions courantes : artificial turf, lay turf, on the turf, fresh turf

territoire, domaine

Zone que quelqu’un considère comme la sienne ou qu’il contrôle.

En anglais simple : An area that someone considers theirs or controls.

• This neighborhood is their turf.
• The two departments fought over turf.
• The gang refused to let rivals enter its turf.

Synonymes : territory, domain, patch

Expressions courantes : someone's turf, home turf, turf war, on someone's turf

tourbe, motte de tourbe

Morceau de matière végétale partiellement décomposée, extrait d’un sol humide et brûlé comme combustible.

En anglais simple : A piece of partly decayed plant material dug from wet ground and burned as fuel.

• They burned turf to heat the house.
• He stacked the cut turf beside the shed.
• A turf fire warmed the small cottage.

Synonymes : peat

Expressions courantes : cut turf, burn turf, turf fire

virer, licencier

Retirer à quelqu’un son emploi ou sa tâche.

En anglais simple : To remove someone from a job or task.

• The company turfed its manager.
• Several staff members were turfed after the takeover.
• They turfed him off the project without warning.

Comment l'utiliser : turf someone out of something (The new owner turfed him out of his job.); turf someone off something (They turfed her off the committee.)

Synonymes : fire, dismiss, sack

Contraires : hire

Expressions courantes : turf someone out, turf someone off, turf someone

abandonner, annuler

Arrêter un projet ou renoncer aux plans concernant un produit.

En anglais simple : To stop a project or drop plans for a product.

• They decided to turf the project.
• The company turfed its plans for a new phone.
• Why was the proposed product turfed?

Synonymes : scrap, cancel, abandon, drop

Expressions courantes : turf a project, turf a product, turf the plan