Usages of dès
Je pars dès demain.
I am leaving as early as tomorrow.
Dès le matin, il travaille.
From the morning on, he works.
La sécheresse ravageant la région, nous travaillons dès l'aube.
The drought ravaging the region, we work from dawn.
Dès l'aube, le grossiste est en train de préparer la halle.
Starting at dawn, the wholesaler is preparing the market hall.
Il faut inspecter l'arrivage dès minuit.
One must inspect the shipment as early as midnight.
Les vendeurs vont s'activer dès l'ouverture pour vider la palette.
The sellers are going to get busy starting at opening time to empty the pallet.
L'effervescence matinale commence dès la première heure.
The morning bustle begins from the very first hour.
Le grossiste va les vendre dès ce soir.
The wholesaler is going to sell them starting this evening.
Dès son arrivée dans la halle, le patron a contrôlé l'arrivage.
Right from his arrival in the market hall, the boss checked the shipment.
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