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French
Pronunciation
Preposition
au bout de
- at the end of; (of time) after
- au bout de la rue ― down the street
- au bout d’une semaine ― after a week
1748, Anonymous (attributed to Jean-Baptiste de Boyer), Thérèse philosophe:Madame C*** se levait ordinairement vers les cinq heures du matin pour aller se promener dans un petit bosquet au bout de son jardin.- Madame C*** normally woke up around five in the morning to go walk in a little grove at the end of her garden.
1893, Auguste de Villiers de L’Isle-Adam, “Les Demoiselles de Bienfilâtre”, in Contes cruels, Calmann Lévy, page 2:Au nord de la Perse, et chez les peuplades du Caboul, qui vivent dans de très anciens tombeaux, si, ayant reçu, dans quelque sépulcre confortable, un accueil hospitalier et cordial, vous n’êtes pas, au bout de vingt-quatre heures, du dernier mieux avec toute la progéniture de votre hôte, guèbre, parsi ou wahabite, il y a lieu d’espérer qu’on vous arrachera tout bonnement la tête […]- In the north of Persia, and among the tribes of Kabul who live in very ancient tombs, if, having received a hospitable and cordial welcome in some comfortable sepulcher, you are not, at the end of twenty-four hours, on the best of terms with all the offspring of your host, whether giaour, Parsi, or Wahhabi, there is reason to hope that they will simply cut your head off
Usage notes
Not to be confused with à bout de.
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