Moment juste avant qu'une chose grave n'arrive.
The moment just before something bad happens.
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See how the word “bord du gouffre” is used in sentences
L'entreprise était au bord du gouffre. — The company was on the brink of collapse.
Il se tenait au bord du canyon. — He stood on the brink of the canyon.
Comment se sont-ils écartés du bord du gouffre ? — How did they step back from the brink?
Des pierres ont roulé du bord jusque dans l'eau. — Loose stones rolled off the brink into the water.
Encore un mauvais mois et nous sommes au bord du gouffre. — One more bad month and we are on the brink.
Ne marche pas si près du bord ! — Don't walk so close to the brink!
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