à même
French
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /a mɛm/
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Preposition
    
- directly on, directly from; in contact with
- dormir à même le sol ― sleeping on the ground
 - boire à même la bouteille ― drinking from the bottle
 
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- Pacifique dormait à même les ressorts du sommier, il disait que c’était pour s’habituer aux rudes conditions de vie au front.
- Pacifique slept directly on the bedsprings - he said it was to get used to the harsh way of life on the front line.
 
 
 
 
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