Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
précédé de plusieurs degrés
English translation:
with some steps leading up to it
French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
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précédé de plusieurs degrés
Help, please!!
La cathédrale médiévale, au cœur d’un quartier clos habité par les chanoines du chapitre, dresse sa façade sur un parvis précédé de plusieurs degrés, s’élevant au-dessus des bords du Rhône.
| 4 +2 | with some steps leading up to it |
B D Finch
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| 4 +2 | with a few steps in front |
Euqinimod (X)
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| 4 +2 | preceded by a short flight of steps |
MatthewLaSon
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| 5 | preceded by few levels/stories |
Speakering (X)
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May 30, 2008 08:07: B D Finch Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): Jim Tucker (X)
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Proposed translations
with some steps leading up to it
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Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
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Christopher Crockett
: This is the way I read it. "degres" = "levels" doesn't work here.
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Thanks Christopher
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with a few steps in front
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Bourth (X)
: You're a few steps in front of me too.
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Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
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preceded by a short flight of steps
This is what I'd say. I think this would be well understood by all native English speakers without it sounding awkward in any way.
I hope this helps.
preceded by few levels/stories
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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2008-05-26 18:51:21 GMT)
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find a picture of the cathedral and see what are they trying to depict. i am not going too dip into the whole translation, but don't settle for stairs because it can be levels instead! good luck.
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