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adverb

à contre-jour

/a kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ/

adverb/a kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ/

backlit; in darkness, in the dark

Les rideaux de la maison restaient tirés en permanence. Nous vivions à contre-jour.The blinds were permanently pulled down. We lived in darkness.