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populaire
     1. adj. (relational) people's; working-class
           tribunal populaire - people's court
           assemblée populaire - people's assembly, popular assembly
     2. adj. popular (liked by many people)
     3. adj. (linguistics) colloquial
     4. n-m. populace, the people
tabac
     1. n-m. (botany) tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)
           des plantations de tabac - tobacco plantations.
     2. n-m. tobacco (leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested)
           du tabac blond - blond tobacco
           Pour la pipe, quels sont tes tabacs préférés ? - For the pipe, what are your favorite tobaccos?
     3. n-m. (with le) smoking, nicotine addiction
           J’ai pris une résolution : demain, j’arrête le tabac. - I have made a decision: tomorrow I'm quitting tobacco.
     4. n-m. tobacconist (shop where tobacco is sold)
           Il s’engouffra dans un tabac et en sortit avec un briquet. - He rushed into a tobacconist's and came out with a lighter.
     5. n-m. (by extension, regional) corner shop
           Le supermarché est fermé à cette heure-ci, il faudra acheter des bières dans un tabac. - The supermarket is closed at this time, one will have to buy beer in a corner shop.
     6. n-m. (figurative) thing, stuff
           (c'est toujours) le même tabac – c'est du même tabac. - (it's always) the same thing – it's the same old stuff.
     7. adj. having the color of tobacco
     8. adj. , translation=See what martial air this venerable member of the National Guard breathes! With his tobacco-coloured coat, his sword and his pouch on a bandolier, his gun on his shoulder (...) he will f
     9. n-m. violent fight
           Il va y avoir du tabac ce soir !
scaferlati
qui
     1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
           Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
           Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
     2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
           La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
           Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
           J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
           Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
           Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
           Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
     3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
           Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
                Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
                Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
                Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
vendu
     1. Participle. past participle of vendre
     2. adj. corrupt
     3. interj. (informal) it's a deal! deal!
     vendre
          1. v. to sell
                Ce livre s'est vendu à des millions d'exemplaires. - This book has sold millions of copies.
          2. v. to sell out (betray)
emballé
     1. Participle. past participle of emballer
     2. adj. packed up, wrapped up
     emballer
          1. v. to pack up; to wrap up; to parcel
          2. v. (colloquial) to thrill, to turn on
                Cela ne m'emballe pas. - I'm not keen on it.
          3. v. to race
          4. v. to bolt
          5. v. to get carried away
          6. v. to get ahead of oneself, to get one's hopes up
          7. v. to make out with someone
dans
     1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
           vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty
           être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry
           avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth
           dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic
           Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris.
           Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water.
           mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket
           Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
           Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York.
     3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time)
           Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour.
           Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days.
     4. prep. (with respect to time) during
           dans un temps donné - during a given time
           dans ma jeunesse - in my youth
     5. prep. out of, from
           boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup
           Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge.
     6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of
           le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre
     7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les)
           dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos
           dans les dix euros - about ten euros
     8. n. plural of dan
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)
papier
     1. n-m. paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)
     2. n-m. paper (official documents)
     3. n-m. article, piece (in a newspaper)
     4. n-m. (plural) paperwork
gris
     1. adj. grey, gray
     2. adj. (colloquial) drunk, tipsy
     3. n-m. gray
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