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Š
on
     1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
           On ne peut pas pĂȘcher ici - You can’t fish here
     2. pron. (personal, informal) we
           On s’est amusĂ©s. - We had fun.
apprenait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of apprendre
     apprendre
          1. v. to learn
                GrĂące Ă  vous, j'en apprends tous les jours. - Thanks to you, I learn every day.
          2. v. to teach
                Aujourd'hui je vais vous apprendre quelques mots hawaĂŻens. - Today I am going to teach you some Hawaiian words.
Ă 
     1. Notes. In Canada, Ă  and a are not homophones, Ă  a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
           aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
           Je vais Ă  Paris. - I am going to Paris.
     3. prep. to (until)
           Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă  21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
           Tournez Ă  gauche ! - Turn to the left!
           Ne tournez pas encore Ă  droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
           Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
           L'Ă©cole est Ă  gauche. - The school is on the left.
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
           Ă  dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
           Je pars Ă  cinq heures prĂ©cises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
           Ă  la maison - at home
           Ă  l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel
           au comptoir du bar - at the bar
           au bois - in the woods
           J'habite Ă  un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
           La maison qui a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©truite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'Ă  trois kilomĂštres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.Ă  trois kilomĂštres d
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
           au voleur ! - stop thief!
           Ă  l'assassin ! - murderer!
           au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
           Ă  moi ! - help!
           Ă  l'aide ! - help!
           au secours ! - help!
           au feu ! - fire!
           aux armes ! - to arms!
           Ă  l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
           Ă  l'abordage ! - on board!
           au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
           au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
     8. prep. from (origin)
           Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
           Je l'ai eu Ă  la bibliothĂšque. - I got it from the library.
           VoilĂ  la femme Ă  laquelle j'ai achetĂ© mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
           C'est un ami Ă  moi. - This is a friend of mine.
           Cette voiture est Ă  John. - This is John's car.
           le chien Ă  Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
           Ă  plus tard - see you later
           Ă  bientĂŽt - see you soon
           Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
           moulin Ă  poivre - pepper mill
           sac Ă  dos - backpack
           boite Ă  musique - music box
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
           l'Ă©quipe Ă  battre - the team to beat
           Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă  faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
           LĂ  oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă  faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
           Il reste deux tĂąches Ă  finir. - There are two things left to finish.
           Il y a de la biĂšre Ă  boire. - There's some beer to drink.
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
           un animal Ă  quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
           une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman
           un homme Ă  longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
           une chemise Ă  manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
           une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
     15. prep. by
           peu Ă  peu - bit by bit
           petit Ă  petit - little by little
           minute Ă  minute - minute by minute
           jour Ă  jour - day by day
           un Ă  un - one by one
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
           six Ă  sept personnes - six or seven people
           de vingt Ă  trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
           tous les cinq Ă  six ans - every five or six years
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
           mettre le feu Ă  - to set fire to
           clouer le bec Ă  - to shut (someone) up
           donner la chasse Ă  - to give chase to
     18. prep. with
mesurer
     1. v. to measure
           Il mesure 1,81 mĂštres - He measures 1.81 metres
     2. v. to measure
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă  l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
vent
     1. n-m. atmospheric wind
     2. n-m. (euphemistic) a flatulence
     3. n-m. empty words, hot air
           Toutes ces promesses, c'est du vent. - Those are empty promises.
aux
     1. contraction. Contraction of Ă  + les ('to the' or 'of the')
     Ă 
          1. Notes. In Canada, Ă  and a are not homophones, Ă  a, a ɑː.
          2. prep. to (destination)
                aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
                Je vais Ă  Paris. - I am going to Paris.
          3. prep. to (until)
                Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă  21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
          4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
                Tournez Ă  gauche ! - Turn to the left!
                Ne tournez pas encore Ă  droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
                Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
                L'Ă©cole est Ă  gauche. - The school is on the left.
          5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
                Ă  dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
                Je pars Ă  cinq heures prĂ©cises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
          6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
                Ă  la maison - at home
                Ă  l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel
                au comptoir du bar - at the bar
                au bois - in the woods
                J'habite Ă  un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
                La maison qui a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©truite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'Ă  trois kilomĂštres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.Ă  trois kilomĂštres d
          7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
                au voleur ! - stop thief!
                Ă  l'assassin ! - murderer!
                au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
                Ă  moi ! - help!
                Ă  l'aide ! - help!
                au secours ! - help!
                au feu ! - fire!
                aux armes ! - to arms!
                Ă  l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
                Ă  l'abordage ! - on board!
                au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
                au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
          8. prep. from (origin)
                Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
                Je l'ai eu Ă  la bibliothĂšque. - I got it from the library.
                VoilĂ  la femme Ă  laquelle j'ai achetĂ© mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
          9. prep. of (belonging to)
                C'est un ami Ă  moi. - This is a friend of mine.
                Cette voiture est Ă  John. - This is John's car.
                le chien Ă  Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
          10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
                Ă  plus tard - see you later
                Ă  bientĂŽt - see you soon
                Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
          11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
          12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
                moulin Ă  poivre - pepper mill
                sac Ă  dos - backpack
                boite Ă  musique - music box
          13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
                l'Ă©quipe Ă  battre - the team to beat
                Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă  faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
                LĂ  oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă  faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
                Il reste deux tĂąches Ă  finir. - There are two things left to finish.
                Il y a de la biĂšre Ă  boire. - There's some beer to drink.
          14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
                un animal Ă  quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
                une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman
                un homme Ă  longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
                une chemise Ă  manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
                une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
          15. prep. by
                peu Ă  peu - bit by bit
                petit Ă  petit - little by little
                minute Ă  minute - minute by minute
                jour Ă  jour - day by day
                un Ă  un - one by one
          16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
                six Ă  sept personnes - six or seven people
                de vingt Ă  trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
                tous les cinq Ă  six ans - every five or six years
          17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
                mettre le feu Ă  - to set fire to
                clouer le bec Ă  - to shut (someone) up
                donner la chasse Ă  - to give chase to
          18. prep. with
     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
diverses
     1. adj. feminine plural of divers
     divers
          1. adj. various; varying
altitudes
     1. n. plural of altitude
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
           J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
           Il est allĂ© en France. - He went to France.
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
           aller en bus - go by bus
           partir en voiture - leave by car
     4. prep. as
           Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
           habillĂ© en pĂšre NoĂ«l - dressed as Father Christmas
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
           fort en histoire - good at history
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
           une chaise en hĂȘtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
           une fourchette en mĂ©tal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
           en 1993 - in 1993
           en janvier - in January
           en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
           C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
           une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
           en dĂ©tresse - in distress
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
           en Ă©quipe - on a team
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
           Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
           Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
           Y a-t-il beaucoup de piĂšces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
           Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
           Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
           Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de lĂ  or d’ici.
           Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
observant
     1. Participle. present participle of observer
     observer
          1. v. to observe, watch
          2. v. to note, notice
          3. v. to keep, maintain
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)
ballon
     1. n-m. (inflatable) ball
     2. n-m.          beachball
     3. n-m. balloon
     4. n-m. (chemistry) round-bottom flask
au
     1. contraction. contraction of Ă  le
           Il Ă©tudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory.
     Ă 
          1. Notes. In Canada, Ă  and a are not homophones, Ă  a, a ɑː.
          2. prep. to (destination)
                aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
                Je vais Ă  Paris. - I am going to Paris.
          3. prep. to (until)
                Le spectacle sera de 18h Ă  21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
          4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
                Tournez Ă  gauche ! - Turn to the left!
                Ne tournez pas encore Ă  droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
                Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
                L'Ă©cole est Ă  gauche. - The school is on the left.
          5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
                Ă  dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
                Je pars Ă  cinq heures prĂ©cises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
          6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
                Ă  la maison - at home
                Ă  l'hĂŽtel - at the hotel
                au comptoir du bar - at the bar
                au bois - in the woods
                J'habite Ă  un demi-kilomĂštre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
                La maison qui a Ă©tĂ© dĂ©truite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'Ă  trois kilomĂštres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.Ă  trois kilomĂštres d
          7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
                au voleur ! - stop thief!
                Ă  l'assassin ! - murderer!
                au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
                Ă  moi ! - help!
                Ă  l'aide ! - help!
                au secours ! - help!
                au feu ! - fire!
                aux armes ! - to arms!
                Ă  l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
                Ă  l'abordage ! - on board!
                au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
                au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
          8. prep. from (origin)
                Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
                Je l'ai eu Ă  la bibliothĂšque. - I got it from the library.
                VoilĂ  la femme Ă  laquelle j'ai achetĂ© mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
          9. prep. of (belonging to)
                C'est un ami Ă  moi. - This is a friend of mine.
                Cette voiture est Ă  John. - This is John's car.
                le chien Ă  Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
          10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
                Ă  plus tard - see you later
                Ă  bientĂŽt - see you soon
                Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
          11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
          12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
                moulin Ă  poivre - pepper mill
                sac Ă  dos - backpack
                boite Ă  musique - music box
          13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
                l'Ă©quipe Ă  battre - the team to beat
                Il n'y a jamais grand-chose Ă  faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
                LĂ  oĂč tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent Ă  faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
                Il reste deux tĂąches Ă  finir. - There are two things left to finish.
                Il y a de la biĂšre Ă  boire. - There's some beer to drink.
          14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
                un animal Ă  quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
                une femme au visage pĂąle - a pale-faced woman
                un homme Ă  longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
                une chemise Ă  manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
                une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
          15. prep. by
                peu Ă  peu - bit by bit
                petit Ă  petit - little by little
                minute Ă  minute - minute by minute
                jour Ă  jour - day by day
                un Ă  un - one by one
          16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
                six Ă  sept personnes - six or seven people
                de vingt Ă  trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
                tous les cinq Ă  six ans - every five or six years
          17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
                mettre le feu Ă  - to set fire to
                clouer le bec Ă  - to shut (someone) up
                donner la chasse Ă  - to give chase to
          18. prep. with
     le
          1. art. the (definite article)
                Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
          2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
                L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
          3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
                Il s’est cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
          4. art. (before units) a, an
                Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă  l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
          5. pron. (direct object) him, it
                OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
                Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
          6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
                Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
moyen
     1. n-m. way, method, mean of doing something
     2. n-m. medium
     3. adj. middle
     4. adj. average
     5. adj. (Canada, informal, euphemistic) Big; impressive; serious
     6. adj. (linguistics) middle
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
           Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
           Ć’uvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
           Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
           le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
           Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
           ĂŠtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
           Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
           C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
           Le train va de Paris Ă  Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
           5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
           Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une boĂźte de nuit - A nightclub
           Un chien de garde - A guarddog
           Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
           Un stade de football - A football stadium
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
           De 9:00 Ă  11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures Ă  midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq Ă  huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
           J’ai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me.
           Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
           Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
           Boire trois tasses par jour rĂ©duirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
           Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
           Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
           Elle n’a pas de mĂšre. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
au moyen de
     1. prep. by means of (by using the thing specified)
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)
théodolite
     1. n-m. theodolite
on
     1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
           On ne peut pas pĂȘcher ici - You can’t fish here
     2. pron. (personal, informal) we
           On s’est amusĂ©s. - We had fun.
calculait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of calculer
     calculer
          1. v. to calculate (all meanings)
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
tables
     1. n. plural of table
     2. v. second-person singular present of tabler
     tabler
          1. v. (indtr, sur) to base one's scheming on something
     table
          1. n-f. table (item of furniture)
                Pourquoi as-tu laissĂ© ces livres sur la table ? - Why did you leave these books on the table?
          2. n-f. flat surface atop various objects
          3. n-f. flat part of a cut or carved object
          4. n-f. (music) table of a stringed instrument
          5. n-f. matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns
          6. n-f. systematic list of content
          7. v. first-person singular present of tabler
          8. v. third-person singular present of tabler
          9. v. second-person singular imperative of tabler
qui
     1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
           Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
           Je ne sais pas qui vous ĂȘtes. - 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 Ă  qui j’ai parlĂ©. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
           Si lugubre que fĂ»t l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycĂ©e. - 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.
permettaient
     1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of permettre
     permettre
          1. v. (indtr, que) to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access)
                permettre quelque chose Ă  quelqu'un - to grant something to someone
                permettre Ă  quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to permit someone to do something
                Me permettrez-vous de le faire ? (Will you allow me to do that?)
                Les Durand permettent tout Ă  leurs enfants.
                Il ne permet pas Ă  son fils de sortir aprĂšs dix-huit heures.
          2. v. (indtr, de) to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.)
                permettre Ă  quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to enable someone to do something
                J'espĂšre que les derniĂšres mises Ă  jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet Ă  temps.
                La connaissance des langues mortes, en permettant l'Ă©tude des textes anciens, est utile notamment Ă  la linguistique historique ainsi qu'Ă  l'histoire et Ă  ses disciplines annexes. -
          3. v. to take the liberty of doing something
                se permettre de faire quelque chose
                Je me suis permis d'inviter un ami.
          4. v. to afford to do something
                Je ne peux pas me permettre de voyager. - I can't afford to travel.
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
interprétation
     1. n-f. interpretation
     2. n-f. (translation studies) interpretation, interpreting
rapide
     1. adj. fast, rapid
     2. adv. (informal) fast; rapidly; quickly
     3. n-m. (especially in plural) rapid (stretch of river)
     4. n-m. express (fast train)
et
     1. conj. and
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
           J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
           Il est allĂ© en France. - He went to France.
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
           aller en bus - go by bus
           partir en voiture - leave by car
     4. prep. as
           Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
           habillĂ© en pĂšre NoĂ«l - dressed as Father Christmas
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
           fort en histoire - good at history
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
           une chaise en hĂȘtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
           une fourchette en mĂ©tal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
           en 1993 - in 1993
           en janvier - in January
           en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
           C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
           une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
           en dĂ©tresse - in distress
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
           en Ă©quipe - on a team
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
           Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
           Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
           Y a-t-il beaucoup de piĂšces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
           Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
           Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
           Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de lĂ  or d’ici.
           Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
mĂȘme
     1. adv. (used before the article) even
           MĂȘme les rois doivent mourir. - Even kings must die
           On ne peut mĂȘme pas en faire une. - We cannot even make one
           J'veux mĂȘme pas savoir. - I don't even want to know.
     2. adj. (used before the noun) same
           Je l'ai achetĂ© le mĂȘme jour - I bought it the same day
     3. adj. (used after the noun) very
           Ah, la personne mĂȘme que je voulais voir! - Ah, the very person I wanted to see!
temps
     1. n-m. time (in general)
           je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that
           il faut encore du temps - I need more time
           Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence
     2. n-m. weather
           le temps n'est pas bon ici - the weather is no good here
           quel temps fait-il ? - how's the weather?
     3. n-m. (grammar) tense
           un temps composĂ© - a compound tense
           un temps simple - a simple tense
           changez le temps du verbe - change the tense of the verb
en mĂȘme temps
     1. adv. at the same time, at once, simultaneously
     2. adv. (colloquial) on the other hand, at the same time, then again
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
           Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
           Ć’uvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
           Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
           le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
           Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
           ĂŠtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
           Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
           C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
           Le train va de Paris Ă  Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
           5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
           Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une boĂźte de nuit - A nightclub
           Un chien de garde - A guarddog
           Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
           Un stade de football - A football stadium
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
           De 9:00 Ă  11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures Ă  midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq Ă  huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
           J’ai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me.
           Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
           Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
           Boire trois tasses par jour rĂ©duirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
           Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
           Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
           Elle n’a pas de mĂšre. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
autres
     1. adj. plural of autre
     autre
          1. adj. other
                Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
          2. adj. another
d'autres
     1. det. plural of un autre
tables
     1. n. plural of table
     2. v. second-person singular present of tabler
     tabler
          1. v. (indtr, sur) to base one's scheming on something
     table
          1. n-f. table (item of furniture)
                Pourquoi as-tu laissĂ© ces livres sur la table ? - Why did you leave these books on the table?
          2. n-f. flat surface atop various objects
          3. n-f. flat part of a cut or carved object
          4. n-f. (music) table of a stringed instrument
          5. n-f. matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns
          6. n-f. systematic list of content
          7. v. first-person singular present of tabler
          8. v. third-person singular present of tabler
          9. v. second-person singular imperative of tabler
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
           Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
           Ć’uvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
           Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
           le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
           Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
           ĂŠtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
           Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
           C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
           Le train va de Paris Ă  Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
           5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
           Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une boĂźte de nuit - A nightclub
           Un chien de garde - A guarddog
           Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
           Un stade de football - A football stadium
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
           De 9:00 Ă  11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures Ă  midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq Ă  huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
           J’ai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me.
           Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
           Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
           Boire trois tasses par jour rĂ©duirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
           Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
           Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
           Elle n’a pas de mĂšre. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
correction
     1. n-f. correction (all senses)
     2. n-f. propriety (quality of being proper or correct)
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           SĂ©bastien est parti pour Londres. - SĂ©bastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irrĂ©aliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă  l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
tir
     1. n-m. shot, shooting (of a weapon) (datedef, from 1660)
           tir prĂ©cis - precise shot
           tir au canon - cannon firing
           tir Ă  l'arc - archery
     2. n-m. shooting (sport)
     3. n-m. shooting range (datedef, from 1826)
     4. n-m. blasting (in mines)
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
           Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
           Ć’uvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
           Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
           le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
           Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
           ĂŠtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
           Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
           C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
           Le train va de Paris Ă  Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
           5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
           Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une boĂźte de nuit - A nightclub
           Un chien de garde - A guarddog
           Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
           Un stade de football - A football stadium
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
           De 9:00 Ă  11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures Ă  midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq Ă  huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
           J’ai arrĂȘtĂ© de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embĂȘter. - He keeps annoying me.
           Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
           Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
           Boire trois tasses par jour rĂ©duirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
           Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
           Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
           Elle n’a pas de mĂšre. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problĂšmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassĂ© la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomĂštres Ă  l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           OĂč est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
de le
     1. art. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of du, "of the", some
art
     1. n-m. art (something pleasing to the mind)
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