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Midlands

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Mid·lands  (mdlndz)
A region of central England. It roughly corresponds to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and is today a highly industrialized area.
Midlands [ˈmɪdləndz]
n
(Placename) (functioning as plural or singular) the. the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
Translations
Midlands [ˈmɪdləndz]
npl
the Midlands → les Midlands (comtés du centre de l'Angleterre)
in the Midlands → dans les Midlands
modif [area, region] → des Midlands; [manufacturer, club] → des Midlands
midlife crisis [ˌmɪdlaɪfˈkraɪsɪs] n → crise f de la cinquantaine
to go through a midlife crisis → traverser la crise de la cinquantaine


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He had been on a tea plantation in Ceylon and a traveller in America for Italian wines; his secretaryship of the water company in Toledo had lasted longer than any of his employments; he had been a journalist and for some time had worked as police-court reporter for an evening paper; he had been sub-editor of a paper in the Midlands and editor of another on the Riviera.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Lord Camperdown was down in the Midlands for a day's hunting, and Helene had ensured their seclusion from any one who might drop in by a whispered word to the hail porter as they passed into the house.
The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
The four on this side are all workers, three of them in the service of the bailiff of Sir Baldwin Redvers, and the other, he with the sheepskin, is, as I hear, a villein from the midlands who hath run from his master.
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