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près

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adverb
  1. neara time or a place); close (to a time or a place
prepositionformal
  1. attached to, connects a person or an organisation delegated officially to a setting.

Used in the library

  • Mes grands-parents habitent à Caraquet, près de la mer.My grandparents live in Caraquet, near the sea.A1Ma famille — My family
  • Je vous écris de ma nouvelle maison, près de Québec.I am writing to you from my new house, near Québec.A2Une lettre de Nouvelle-France — A letter from New France
  • Ce sont les tam-tams. Tous les dimanches d'été, des gens jouent près du monument à Georges-Étienne Cartier.That's the tam-tams. Every summer Sunday people play near the monument to George-Étienne Cartier.A2Sur le mont Royal — On Mount Royal
  • Télesphore vint s'asseoir près de lui et le regarda avec adoration.Telesphorus came to sit near him and looked at him with adoration.B1Maria Chapdelaine

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