en dehors
Americanadverb
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Ballet. (of a turn) outward, or in the direction of the leg that is bent or stretched outward; away from the standing leg.
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Ballet. (of the movement of an arm or leg) in a circular motion from front to side to back or outward from the body.
Example Sentences
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He had been trained in the Royal Institute of British Architects, which he left with a gold medal, and with a fund of scepticism that caused him to distrust everything, en dehors des mathematiques pures.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
So bright was it that Jansen exclaimed: “Je verrai ces lignes-là en dehors des éclipses.”
From History of Astronomy by Forbes, George
Inspired by the beauty and brilliancy of the variously tinted prominence-lines revealed to him by the spectroscope, Janssen exclaimed to those about him, "Je verrai ces lignes-là en dehors des éclipses!"
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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