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27 months ago

Rosa (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Law / Certificates

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

en retour d'équerre au fond

Context:

In a real estate context:

Un bâtiment contigu en retour d'équerre au fond, élevé sur terre plein d'un rez de chaussée et d'un premier étage

So, this is what I think..."en retour d'équerre" meaning at right angles, but then I'm not getting "au fond"...in the back? Or on the bottom? Ugh, in theory simple words but still unclear

 

 

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an adjoining two-storey building raised on a platform, set at right angles in the back

My comment:

I think it can only mean in the back since it is on a "terre-plein" (there should be a hyphen between terre and plein). it is like a perpendicular wing.