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HTML

<div class="container">
         <div class="left">
            left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
             left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
                 left content flexible width
            <br>
            left content flexible width
        </div>
        <div class="right">
            right content fixed width
        </div>
       
    </div>

CSS

.container {
   display: table;
   width: 100%;
   height: auto;
   overflow: hidden;
}
    
.right {
    width: 80px;
    display: table-cell;
    background: #aafed6;
}

.left {
    display: table-cell; /* not needed, just for clarification */
    background: #e8f6fe;
    /* the next props are meant to keep this block independent from the other floated one */
    width: auto;
    overflow: hidden;
}