ward
/wɔɹd/ sustantivo B1En español: guardia, barrio, sala, pabellón
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any trespasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Land tenure through military service.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council. · On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.
Plural wards
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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Here I rallied, and had already improved so far as to be able to walk about the wards, and even to bask a little upon the verandah, when I was struck down by enteric fever, that curse of our Indian possessions.
Her character will be fixed; and she will, at sixteen, be the most determined flirt that ever made herself and her family ridiculous;--a flirt, too, in the worst and meanest degree of flirtation; without any attraction beyond youth and a tolerable person; and, from the ignorance and emptiness of her mind, wholly unable to ward off any portion of that universal contempt which her rage for admiration will excite.
“Why, count,” exclaimed Eugénie, “what has happened to your ward?
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