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/ən/ preposición A1En español: en, dentro de, adentro de, durante
- Contained by; inside. · The dog is in the kennel.· There were three pickles in a jar.
- Within the bounds or limits of. · I like living in the city.· There are lots of trees in the park.
- Surrounded by; among; amidst. · We are in the enemy camp.· Her plane is in the air.
- Wearing (an item of clothing). · I glanced over at the pretty girl in the red dress.· Who’s the blonde in the sunhat over there?
- Expressing abstract containment. · There wasn't much of interest in her speech.· He hasn't got an original idea in him.
- Part of; a member of; out of; from among. · You are one in a million.· She's in an orchestra.
- During (a period of time or event). · My birthday is in the first week of December.· Easter falls in the fourth lunar month.
- Within (a certain elapsed time); by the end of. · Will you be able to finish this in a week?· The massacre resulted in over 1000 deaths in three hours.
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The young sailor jumped into the skiff, and sat down in the stern sheets, with the order that he be put ashore at La Canebière.
The two oarsmen bent to their work, and the little boat glided away as rapidly as possible in the midst of the thousand vessels which choke up the narrow way which leads between the two rows of ships from the mouth of the harbor to the Quai d’Orléans.
The shipowner, smiling, followed him with his eyes until he saw him spring out on the quay and disappear in the midst of the throng, which from five o’clock in the morning until nine o’clock at night, swarms in the famous street of La Canebière,—a street of which the modern Phocéens are so proud that they say with all the gravity in the world, and with that accent which gives so much character to what is said, “If Paris had La Canebière, Paris would be a second Marseilles.” On turning round the owner saw Danglars behind him, apparently awaiting orders, but in reality also watching the young sailor,—but there was a great difference in the expression of the two men who thus followed the movements of Edmond Dantès.
Morrel,” exclaimed the young seaman, with tears in his eyes, and grasping the owner’s hand, “M.
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