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franc
     1. adj. free
           Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. - His action was performed out of his free will.
     2. adj. frank
     3. adj. full
           4 jours francs - 4 full days
     4. adj. tax-free
           Port franc - Free port
     5. n-m. (monetary) franc
     6. n-m. Frank
     7. adj. Frankish, Franconian
maçonnerie
     1. n-f. masonry: the art, profession, work, or product of a mason, or a thing constructed of stone, brick, or the like
bureau
     1. n-m. desk
     2. n-m. office (room)
     3. n-m. ticket office
     4. n-m. the staff of an office
     5. n-m. office; an administrative unit
     6. n-m. (obsolete) frieze (coarse woolen cloth)
     7. n-m. (computing, GUI) desktop (on-screen background)
derrière
     1. prep. behind
           Va derrière moi. - Go behind me.
     2. prep. at the bottom of, behind (covertly responsible for)
           Je me demande qui est derrière tout ça. - I wonder who is at the bottom of all this.
     3. adv. behind
           Il était loin derrière. - He was far behind.
     4. n-m. rear of an object
     5. n-m. bottom, bum, backside
lequel
     1. pron. (relative, following a preposition) which, that, whom
           Elle préfère l'homme avec lequel tu sortais. - She prefers the man with whom you were going out.
           Il se remet à travailler sur le projet pour lequel il avait déjà passé tellement de temps. - He's starting to work on the project on which he had already spent so much time.
     2. pron. (interrogative) which one
           Passe-moi le ballon. ― Lequel ? Il y en a trois. - Pass me the ball. — Which one? There are three of them.
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.)
           Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
tient
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of tenir
     tenir
          1. v. to have; to hold
          2. v. to keep
          3. v. to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect
                Peut-être devons-nous tenir compte de plusieurs problèmes. - Maybe we should take several issues into account.
          4. v. to stay; to hold
          5. v. to hold on
                Elle descend en se tenant aux racines. - She comes down using the roots for handles (holding on to the roots).
          6. v. to hold oneself, to be standing
                Il se tenait dans le coin. - He stood in the corner.
          7. v. to behave
                Tiens-toi bien. - Behave yourself.
          8. v. to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition
                Tiens-toi droit! - Keep yourself straight!
                Elle se tient immobile sur la corde raide. - She stays still on the tightrope.
          9. v. (indtr, à) to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear; to wish to
          10. v. to hang out
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
officier
     1. v. to officiate
     2. n-m. officer
pendant
     1. adj. hanging
     2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings
     3. n-m. match, counterpart
     4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of
     5. Participle. present participle of pendre
     pendre
          1. v. to hang
          2. v. to sag, droop
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
tenues
     1. Participle. feminine plural of tenu
     tenir
          1. v. to have; to hold
          2. v. to keep
          3. v. to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect
                Peut-être devons-nous tenir compte de plusieurs problèmes. - Maybe we should take several issues into account.
          4. v. to stay; to hold
          5. v. to hold on
                Elle descend en se tenant aux racines. - She comes down using the roots for handles (holding on to the roots).
          6. v. to hold oneself, to be standing
                Il se tenait dans le coin. - He stood in the corner.
          7. v. to behave
                Tiens-toi bien. - Behave yourself.
          8. v. to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition
                Tiens-toi droit! - Keep yourself straight!
                Elle se tient immobile sur la corde raide. - She stays still on the tightrope.
          9. v. (indtr, à) to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear; to wish to
          10. v. to hang out
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