Translation
inside, in it
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Word origin
From de ('from') plus dans ('in'), the latter from Latin deintus ('from within'), reinforcing the sense of inside.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- deintus
Examples
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The box is there but there is nothing inside it, it is empty.
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Come inside, it is too cold to stay outside.
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He put the documents inside and locked the drawer.
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I fell straight into it, without seeing anything coming.
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Open the drawer, the passport is in there.
est un adverbe de lieu signifiant inside, in there. Il s'emploie souvent apres un nom ou une proposition pour indiquer l'interieur. La-dedans (in there) est une forme renforcee. Rentrer dedans peut signifier entrer dans un endroit ou, de facon argotique, foncer sur quelqu'un.
Fourrer le nez dedans (to poke one's nose into it) et se laisser avoir dedans (to be taken in, to be duped) sont des expressions idiomatiques. En dedans (inwardly, on the inside) s'oppose a en dehors (outwardly). Dedans est moins formel que a l'interieur.
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This word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 10: dedans, obliger, bar and 7 more words.