Usage examples of "loin de" in French with translation to English

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Nous habitons loin de l'aéroport. We live far from the airport.
La chaise est loin de la porte. The chair is far from the door.
Leur maison est loin de la gare. Their house is far from the station.
Le restaurant était loin de la gare. The restaurant was far from the station.
Le cheval est loin de la maison. The horse is far from the house.
Ton école est-elle loin de chez toi ? Is your school far from your home?
Je veux vivre pas loin de la gare. I want to live not far from the station.
Le fruit ne tombe jamais loin de l'arbre. The apple does not fall far from the tree.
Je ne suis pas en colère, loin de là. I am not angry, far from it.
Est-ce que cet endroit est loin de la banque ? Is this place far from the bank?
Cet endroit se trouve-t-il loin de la banque ? Is this place far from the bank?
La station de pompage n'est pas loin de chez moi. The waterworks is located not far from my home.
Je veux rouler en vélo parce que je réside loin de mon école. I want to ride a bicycle, because I live far from my school.
Cet hôtel est loin de mériter les quatre étoiles que le guide lui décerne. This hotel is far from deserving the four stars the guidebook gives it.
Loin de n'être que l'objet de leur relation ambiguë, Mary était le sujet de toute l'attention de Tom. Far from being but the object of their ambiguous relation, Mary was the subject of all Tom's attention.
Le roi Henri VIII avait un court de tennis à Hampton court, son palais près de la Tamise, pas très loin de Londres. King Henry VIII had a tennis court at Hampton Court, his palace on the River Thames, not very far from London.
Loin de réfuter la thèse selon laquelle la race est responsable d'un QI plus faible, les données de Lynn ne font que l'appuyer. Far from refuting the thesis that race is to blame for lower IQ score, Lynn's data actually supports it.
Il a décidé de ne pas acheter la maison, car en premier lieu, elle était trop chère et, en second lieu, elle était trop loin de son bureau. He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.
Il décida de ne pas acheter la maison parce que, en premier lieu, elle était trop chère et, en second lieu, elle était trop loin de son bureau. He decided not to buy the house, because in the first place it was too expensive, and in the second place it was too far from his office.
L'Italie est loin du Brésil. Italy is far from Brazil.
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