Usage examples of "terrains" in French with translation to English

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Achetez des terrains. Ils n'en font plus. Buy land. They ain't making any more of the stuff.
Vous ne pouvez construire de bâtiments sur des terrains marécageux. You can't build buildings on swampy land.
Après le tremblement de terre, la valeur des terrains dans cette région a beaucoup diminué. After the earthquake, the land value in this area went down a lot.
Cette maison et ce terrain m'appartiennent. This house and this land is mine!
C'est notre terrain de base ball. That is our baseball field.
Il est interdit aux étudiants de fumer sur le terrain de l'école. Students are forbidden to smoke on the school grounds.
Cet hôtel dispose, entre autres, d'une piscine et d'un terrain de tennis. The hotel has a swimming pool, tennis courts and the like.
Ce terrain se transmet de père en fils. The land descended from father to son.
On voit la même chose sur le terrain de jeu. You can see the same thing on the playing field.
Il doit y avoir un effort continu pour s'écouter l'un l'autre, pour apprendre de l'un et l'autre ; pour se respecter l'un l'autre ; et rechercher un terrain commun. There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground.
Une partie de ce terrain est à moi. A part of this land is mine.
Le traité commercial doit fournir un terrain neutre sur lequel se concurrencer. The trade agreement must provide a level playing field in which to compete.
Je lui ai donné de bons conseils pour acheter un terrain. I gave him some good advice about buying land.
Trois étudiants ont couru sur le terrain de foot et ont montré leur cul à tous ceux qui étaient assis sur les gradins. Three students ran out onto the football field and mooned everyone sitting in the bleachers.
Il est en droit d'avoir ce terrain : il était à son père. He is entitled to get the land; it was his father's.
Il a acheté le terrain dans le but s'y construire une maison. He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.
Mon père a acheté du terrain avec l'intention de construire une maison. My father has bought land with a view to building a house.
Le golf est un gaspillage de terrain dans un petit pays comme le Japon. Golf is a waste of land in such a small country as Japan.
Il a acheté le terrain avec une belle vue pour y construire sa maison. He bought the land for the purpose of building a house on it.
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