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Layout of a building

êtres

In étudier les êtres, the plural noun means the arrangement or layout of a building, not living beings or abstract entities.

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The Gods Are Athirst

Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Lemma.

In étudier les êtres, the plural noun means the arrangement or layout of a building, not living beings or abstract entities. Desmahis has explored the inn and attic in preparation for a hoped-for meeting. The edition’s “studied the layout” is fixed by the spatial detail that immediately follows.

Places to read

  1. Chapter X, paragraph 67Frenchétudié les êtres: Studied the layout. Desmahis has checked the attic’s contents and access.