à gauche
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Directed by the concierge to the cinquième à gauche, I mounted narrow, evil smelling, badly lighted stairs, and rang at the designated door.
From The Belovéd Vagabond by Locke, William John
Sorti du caravanserai, je pris le chemin de Bourse, et laissai à gauche, entre l'occident et le midi, celui de Troie-la-Grant.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Hakluyt, Richard
At the great gates of the fortifications the pilgrim descends, and behold, a howling chorus of serving-people take up the chant of: "Chez Madame Poulard, à gauche, à la renommée de l'omelette!"
From In and out of Three Normady Inns by Dodd, Anna Bowman
The applicant pronounces the name at the porter's door, and is told, "Montez au troisième, au quatrième; sonnez à la porte à droite ou à gauche."
From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington
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