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

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Il habite très loin de chez moi. He lives far away from my house.
Il est loin de chez lui. He is away from home.
Mère est loin de la maison. Mother is away from home.
Ce n'est pas loin de Paris. It is not far to Paris.
Les athlètes étaient loin de nos attentes. The athletes fell far short of our expectations.
Gardez les enfants loin de l'étang. Keep children away from the pond.
Ton école est-elle loin de ta maison? Is your school far away from your house?
Ce n'est pas loin de l'hôtel. It is not far away from the hotel.
Il y a loin de la coupe aux lèvres There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
Les hommes doivent se tenir loin de la cuisine. Men should keep out of the kitchen.
Elle était confuse, et s'enfuit loin de moi. She was puzzled, and she ran away from me.
Loin de moi l'idée que George pourrait me tromper. Never did I dream that George would cheat me.
Loin de moi l'idée de te causer le moindre mal. Little did I dream of doing you any harm.
Loin de moi l'idée de vous causer le moindre mal. Little did I dream of doing you any harm.
"As-tu terminé ?" "Loin de là, je viens juste de commencer." "Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I've just begun."
Celui-ci est de loin de meilleure qualité que celui-là. This one is of much higher quality than that one.
Loin de moi de vouloir vous déranger, mais je dois vous demander quelque chose. Far be it for me to trouble you, but I must ask you something.
Les chercheurs sont encore loin de comprendre les mécanismes impliqués dans la maladie d'Alzheimer. Researchers are still a long way off from understanding the mechanism involved in Alzheimer's disease.
«les scientifiques sont-ils sur le point de répliquer un être humain ?» «Loin de là.» "Are scientists close to cloning a human being?" "Not by a long shot."
Les fourchettes à salade sont plus petites que les fourchettes normales et sont placées plus loin de l'assiette. Salad forks are smaller than dinner forks and are placed further from the plate.
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