inside
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb (e.g., très, gentiment).
adverb
a. à l'intérieur
There was a box beside the front door. I had no idea what was inside.Il y avait un carton près de la porte d'entrée. Je n'avais aucune idée de ce qui se trouvait à l'intérieur.
b. dedans
The amusement park had a maze, but I refused to go inside.Le parc d’attractions avait un labyrinthe, mais j'ai refusé d'aller dedans.
a. au fond de soi
Inside, Jackson felt that he had done the right thing.Au fond de lui, Jackson sentait qu’il avait fait ce qu’il fallait.
3.
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
(in prison)
a. en taule
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
Camille ended up inside for money laundering.Camille a fini en taule pour blanchiment d’argent.
b. à l'ombre
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
(colloquial)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning (e.g., to pull someone's leg).
(figurative)
Owen spent more than ten years inside for tax fraud.Owen a passé plus de dix ans à l’ombre pour fraude fiscale.
A preposition is a word that indicates the relationship between a word and another word (e.g., par, en).
preposition
a. dans
I always stay inside the car when we stop at a gas station.Je reste toujours dans la voiture quand on s'arrête à une station-service.
b. à l'intérieur de
The dog is inside the house.Le chien est à l'intérieur de la maison.
a. en moins de
We finished painting the room inside two hours.Nous avons fini de peindre la pièce en moins de deux heures.
A noun is a word that refers to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., femme, chat, maison).
noun
a. l'intérieur
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
The inside of the house wasn't as nice as the photos on the website.L’intérieur de la maison n’était pas aussi joli que sur les photos du site.
a. l'intérieur
(m) means that a noun is masculine. French nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la dame or la lune) or masculine (like l'homme or le soleil).
(M)
There was ice on the inside of the windowpanes.Il y avait de la glace à l’intérieur des vitres.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., grand, petit).
adjective
a. intérieur
The bag has two inside pockets.Le sac comporte deux poches intérieures.
a. privilégié
Thanks to inside information from a contact, I sold my shares.Grâce à des informations privilégiées fournies par un contact, j'ai vendu mes actions.
b. interne
According to various inside sources, the merger could be announced as early as tomorrow.Selon diverses sources internes, la fusion pourrait être annoncée dès demain.
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