我曾在法国住过；确切地说，离你要去的地方不远。

I used to live in France; in fact, not far from where you're going.

《牛津词典》

我偶然听见他说他要去法国。

I overheard him say he was going to France.

《牛津词典》

“在法国的确切位置？”—“诺曼底，”我说。

"Whereabouts in France?"—"Normandy," I said.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Suppose somebody said, "Look, I spent 20 years living in France, and then I came back to the United States.

假设某人说,我在法国住了二十年,之后我回到美国

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

They share those things in common, which is not to say that a country like France wasn't urbanized.

这是他们两国的共同点,但也不是说,像法国这样的国家没有城市化

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

In Alsace almost everybody, as you will see later, spoke German dialect. But it didn't mean, if you asked somebody, "Are you French?"

在阿尔萨斯基本上每个人,你以后就知道,说一种德语方言,但也不是说,你要问别人,"你是法国人吗"

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选