building
/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/ nom A1En français : construction, immeuble, édifice, bâtiment
- The act or process by which something is built; construction. · The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
- A closed structure with walls and a roof. · My sister lives in that apartment building.
- Synonym of Tits building.
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Dans la bibliothèque
Two days ago some repairs were started in the west wing of the building, and my bedroom wall has been pierced, so that I have had to move into the chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in the very bed in which she slept.
But I can be happy and building at home.
“Is there no watchman to the building?”
“Suppose that Cadogan West wished to make his way into the building after hours; he would need three keys, would he not, before he could reach the papers?”
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