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around

/əˈɹaʊnd/ adjectif C2
  1. Present in the vicinity. (informal) · Is Clare around today?
  2. Alive; existing. (informal) · The record store on Main Street? Yes, it's still around.· "How is old Bob? I heard that his health is failing." "Oh, he's still around. He's feeling better now."
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When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 1 · B2
“Madame,” replied Villefort, with a mournful smile, “I have already had the honor to observe that my father has—at least, I hope so—abjured his past errors, and that he is, at the present moment, a firm and zealous friend to religion and order—a better royalist, possibly, than his son; for he has to atone for past dereliction, while I have no other impulse than warm, decided preference and conviction.” Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 51 · C1
I went all the way around by the road to lengthen out the time.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 99 · C1
“How can I tell you?” replied he; “I am, like yourself, utterly bewildered at all that is going on, and cannot in the least make out what it is about.” Caderousse then looked around for Fernand, but he had disappeared.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 32 · C1

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