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Dictionary: "aux abords de" - translations and examples

aux abords de preposition

in the area around (locution prépositive, lieu)

Collocations with "aux abords de" (1)

aux abords de midi

Exemples with "aux abords de"

Ma maison se trouve aux abords de la ville. My house is on the skirts of the town.

Après la construction d'une ou deux grandes usines aux abords ou dans une ville, les gens viennent chercher du travail et bientôt, une zone industrielle commence à se développer. After one or two large factories have been built in or near a town, people come to find work, and soon an industrial area begins to develop.

Il tourna le dos aux vieilles traditions. He turned his back on the old traditions.

Les immeubles sont petits comparés aux gratte-ciel de New York. The buildings are small in comparison with the skyscrapers in New York.

Un unique rayon de lumière brillait à travers une fissure de la fenêtre aux volets fermés. A single ray of sunlight shone through a chink in the shuttered window.

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