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nounfeminineslang
  1. bollard such as those used to restrict automobiles off a pedestrian area
  2. territorial boundary marker
  3. territorial or geographical border
  4. milestone such as those alongside a roadway
  5. a kilometre; a click

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  • Ses yeux doux étaient remplis d'une foi sans borne.His gentle eyes were filled with boundless faith.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • Dieu m'est témoin pourtant que je n'en peux mais et que dans les strictes bornes de la vérité historique.God is a witness to me, however, that I can only do so, and only within the strict limits of historical truth.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • À travers la grille cadenassée, le prisonnier apercevait les maisons et le pavé, voilà tout; mais, en véritable Parisien qu’il était, Bonacieux reconnaissait chaque rue aux bornes, aux enseignes, aux réverbères.Through the locked gate, the prisoner saw the houses and the pavement, that's all; but, as a true Parisian he was, Bonacieux recognized every street at the terminals, the signs, the streetlights.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Ces îles étaient fameuses chez les anciens qui y avaient placé le jardin des Hespérides, alors les bornes du monde connu.These islands were famous among the ancients who had placed there the garden of the Hesperides, then the bounds of the known world.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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