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Thursday, June 28, 2012

en arrière-plan

in the background

Les nuages sont en arrière-plan de la photo.
The clouds are in the background of the photo.

ABOUT TODAY’S WORD
It’s very useful in conversation to be able to describe spatial relationships — the idea of where one thing is in relation to another. Today’s phrase is an example.