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Dans le livre il s'agit d'une femme perdue.

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dans
     1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
     3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time)
     4. prep. (with respect to time) during
     5. prep. out of, from
     6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of
     7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les)
     8. n. plural of dan
le
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     4. art. (before units) a, an
     5. pron. (direct object) him, it
     6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
livre
     1. n-m. book
     2. n-f. pound (unit of weight)
     3. n-f.          (Europe, informal) metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g
     4. n-f.          (North America) imperial pound ≈ 454 g
     5. n-f.          (historical) various values between 300 and 600 g
     6. n-f. pound (unit of currency)
     7. n-f. (Louisiana) grade (level)
     8. v. first-person singular present of livrer
     9. v. third-person singular present of livrer
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of livrer
     livrer
          1. v. to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
          2. v. to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
          3. v. to betray
          4. v. to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
          5. v. abandon oneself, give oneself over + à (object) = to
          6. v. to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry) + à (object) = to
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
agit
     1. v. acts, third-person singular present indicative of agir, to act
     2. v. acted, third-person singular past historic of agir, to act
     acts
     agir
          1. v. to act
          2. v. to act, to do (something)
          3. v. to act, behave
          4. v. to act on
          5. v. (legal, followed by contre) prosecute, sue
          6. v. (impersonal, reflexive, followed by de) to be, be all about, be a question of
s'agir
     1. v. to be about
     2. v. to be a question of
     3. v. to essentially be; to be essentially
s'agit
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of s'agir
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
femme
     1. n-f. woman
     2. n-f. wife
     3. n-f. (LGBT, rare) Alternative form of fem, , femme, feminine lesbian (contrast butch)
perdue
     1. adj. feminine singular of perdu
     perdu
          1. Participle. past participle of perdre
          2. adj. lost




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