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HTML
<div class="menu">
menu<br />
menu<br />
menu
</div>
<div class="contents">
contents<br />
contents<br />
contents<br />
contents
</div>
CSS
.menu {
background: blue;
color: yellow;
width: 100px;
float: left;
}
.contents {
background: green;
margin-left: 100px;
}