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Le vent emporte les fleurs.

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Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
vent
     1. n-m. atmospheric wind
     2. n-m. (euphemistic) a flatulence
     3. n-m. empty words, hot air
emporte
     1. v. first-person singular present of emporter
     2. v. third-person singular present of emporter
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of emporter
     emporter
          1. v. to take
          2. v. to win
          3. v. to take away, to blow away, to carry away
          4. v. to take away
          5. v. to get angry; to lose one's temper; to flare up
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
fleurs
     1. n. plural of fleur
     fleur
          1. n-f. (botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants")
          2. n-f. (metonymy) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself
          3. n-f. (figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another
          4. n-f. (figuratively) the best of something
          5. n-f. (metaphor) the virginity of a woman




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