ward

service, salle

Salle ou partie d’un hôpital où un groupe particulier de patients reçoit des soins.

En anglais simple : A room or section of a hospital where a particular group of patients receives care.

• She works on a hospital ward.
• He was moved to the children’s ward yesterday.
• Visitors must wash their hands before entering the ward.

Expressions courantes : hospital ward, maternity ward, children’s ward

quartier, circonscription

Partie d’une ville, souvent utilisée comme division pour les élections locales.

En anglais simple : A part of a city or town, often used for local elections.

• She represents this ward on the council.
• The city is divided into twelve wards.
• Residents voted for a new ward councillor.

Synonymes : district

Expressions courantes : city ward, electoral ward, ward boundaries

pupille

Personne, souvent un enfant, dont la garde est légalement confiée à quelqu’un d’autre ou à l’État.

En anglais simple : Someone, usually a child, whose care is legally given to another person or the state.

• He became her legal ward.
• The court appointed a guardian for its young ward.
• She was a ward of the state until she turned eighteen.

Comment l'utiliser : a ward of someone/something (The child became a ward of the state.)

Expressions courantes : ward of court, ward of someone, legal ward

enceinte, cour

Zone à l’intérieur d’un château, entourée par une ligne particulière de murailles.

En anglais simple : An area inside a castle, enclosed by a particular ring of walls.

• They entered the castle’s outer ward.
• A stone tower stood in the inner ward.
• The castle had two wards separated by a wall.

Synonymes : bailey

Expressions courantes : inner ward, outer ward, castle ward

quartier

Partie d’une prison séparée des autres.

En anglais simple : A separate section of a prison.

• Guards searched the prison ward.
• The new prisoners were placed in a separate ward.
• Each ward contained several rows of cells.

Synonymes : section, division

Expressions courantes : prison ward, secure ward, separate ward

repousser, écarter

Empêcher quelque chose de nuisible ou d’indésirable de vous atteindre ou de vous affecter.

En anglais simple : To prevent something harmful or unwanted from reaching or affecting you.

• This spray wards off insects.
• He wore a thick coat to ward off the cold.
• They hoped the charm would ward off evil.

Comment l'utiliser : ward off something (She raised her arm to ward off the blow.)

Synonymes : keep away, fend off, repel

Expressions courantes : ward off something, ward something off