next to him
Elle s'est assise à côté de lui.
She sat down next to him.
Elle s'agenouilla à côté de lui et lui demanda quel était son nom.
She knelt beside him and asked him what his name was.
Tout le monde paraissait petit à côté de lui.
Everyone looked small next to him.
Je me suis assis à côté de lui.
I sat down next to him.
J'étais assis à côté de lui, je l'aurais vu.
I was sitting next to him; I would have seen him.
— Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959)
Nous nous sommes assis à côté de lui.
We sat down next to him.
Il posa quelques questions à la femme debout à côté de lui.
He asked the woman standing next to him a few questions.
I was next to him.