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se mettre à |
1. v. to start |
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Je me suis mis au travail. - I started work. |
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2. v. to start (to do something); to take up |
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Elles se mettent à sortir les weekends. - The girls started going out at weekends. |
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Analysis |
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se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. |
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2. pron. (to) himself |
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3. pron. (to) herself |
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4. pron. (to) oneself |
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5. pron. (to) itself |
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mettre |
1. v. to put; to place |
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2. v. to put on |
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3. v. to set (to lay a table) |
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4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something |
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à |
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
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2. prep. to (destination) |
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aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way |
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Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. |
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3. prep. to (until) |
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