left
/ˈɫɛft/ adjectif A1En français : gauche
- Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ← · Near-synonym: port· The left side.
- Anticlockwise, particularly when describing a change in direction or orientation. · The road up ahead contains a left bend.· Rotate the bolt to the left to loosen it.
- Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's left when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the north bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥲ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the left side of the river. · The Eiffel Tower is on the left bank of the Seine.
- Left-wing; pertaining to the political left.
- Relating to the beginning or earlier part of a phrase. · left dislocation
Comparatif lefter · Superlatif leftmost
Dans la bibliothèque
“I will go directly,” was Edmond’s reply; and, embracing his father, and nodding to Caderousse, he left the apartment.
“I have just left him,” answered Caderousse.
“Yet,” stammered Dantès, wiping the perspiration from his brow,—“yet I gave you two hundred francs when I left, three months ago.”
“And you paid him out of the two hundred francs I left you?”
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