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[hly2004]

Hi, everyone:

The store is direct across from the street.(illustrated as below)

----【store】

-- ->street------->

-------me

I wonder what I could say if it is indirectly across from the street

such as

【store】

-- ->street------->

------------------me

or

------------【store】

-- ->street------->

me

Best wishes

 

[Joelline]

No, I'm afraid you can't say, "The store is indirectly across from the street"; however, you could say, "The store is on the opposite side of the street from me" OR "The store is on the other side of the street from me."

 

[hly2004]

Thank you, Joelline

But I wonder if I could put the information of "middle”， "left" or "right" (as is shown in the three illustrations) in the sentence as well. If I could, how could I distinguish the first one and the last two.

 

[Joelline]

If the store is to the left, you can simply add this information if it is essential: "The store is on the opposite side of the street from me, on the left." If the store is to the right, you can say that, as well.

 

[anothersmith]

You could also say "the store is across the street, to the left/right."

 

[hly2004]

I see, Thank you, Joelline, and Anothersmith