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il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. OĂč est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
vint
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of venir
     venir
          1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker)
                Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France.
des
     1. art. plural of un
     2. art. plural of une
     3. art. plural of du
     4. art. plural of de la
     5. art. plural of de l'
     6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
     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
     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
     de l'
          1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
                Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
vieux
     1. adj. old
     2. n-m. old person
     3. n-m. (slang) parents (when in the plural), father
           mes vieux - my mom and dad
     4. n-m. old chap
           â€“ Je ne veux pas t'empĂȘcher de travailler, vieux. Je vois que tu es trĂšs occupĂ©.
marais
     1. n-m. swamp, marsh
habiter
     1. v. to live in, to occupy (to have as a home.)
           L’homme habitait un appartement crasseux et sombre. - The man lived in a dirty, dark flat.
           Elle a habitĂ© cinq mois rue Vaubecourt, puis elle a dĂ©mĂ©nagĂ©. - She lived in Vaubecourt street for five months, then she moved.
           Il habite une ville oĂč tous sont trĂšs gentils. - He lives in a town where everyone is very kind.
     2. v. to live (in)
           OĂč habitez-vous ? - Where do you live?
           J'habite Ă  Paris. - I live in Paris.
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
manise
comme
     1. conj. as
           Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist.
     2. conj. like
           J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must.
     3. conj. how
           Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight!
     4. conj. because, as, since
           Comme j'Ă©tais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me.
     5. part. (colloquial Canada) like
brigadier
     1. n-m. brigadier (military)
     2. n-m. crossing guard
avec
     1. prep. (accompaniment) with
           Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him.
           Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me?
           Ils m'ont dit qu'ils Ă©taient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you.
     2. prep. (manner, instrument) with
           Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure.
     3. adv. (informal) too, also
           Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too.
sa
     1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's
           Emma est allĂ©e chez sa sƓur. - Emma went to her sister's house.
           Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identitĂ©. - Pierre has lost his identity card.
           Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white.
fille
     1. n-f. girl
           Toutes les filles n'aiment pas jouer avec des poupĂ©es. - Not all girls like playing with dolls.
     2. n-f. daughter
           Je vous prĂ©sente mes fils, GĂ©rard-Marcel et Pierre-Vincent, et mes filles, Marie-LĂ©onore et Jacqueline-HĂ©lĂšne. - May I introduce you to my sons, GĂ©rard-Marcel and Pierre-Vincent, and my daughte
     3. n-f. (slang) prostitute, wench
           Il buvait et courait les filles avant qu'il ne contracte la cirrhose et la blennorragie. - He drank and consorted with hookers before contracting cirrhosis and gonorrhea.
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
belle
     1. adj. feminine singular of beau
     2. n-f. beautiful woman, belle, beauty
     3. n-f. (Louisiana French) girlfriend
     beau
          1. adj. handsome, fine, attractive
          2. adj. nice
          3. adj. fair (weather)
                Il fait beau. - It is nice out.
          4. n-m. (Louisiana French) boyfriend
          5. adv. in vain
                J'ai beau trimer - No matter how hard I try / Try as I might
bachelle
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
dix
     1. num. ten
sept
     1. num. seven
ans
     1. n. plural of an
     an
          1. n-m. year
tout
     1. adv. all
     2. det. all
     3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
           le tout
     4. pron. everything
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
plus
     1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
           Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frĂšre. - Your neighbour is uglier than my brother.
           Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. - Yours is much bigger than mine.
           Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. - She is more beautiful than her cousin.
           Elles sont toutes plus entĂȘtĂ©es les unes que les autres. - They are each more stubborn than the last.
     2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
           Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. - She does it more quickly than he does.
           plus vite ! - faster!
     3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
           Je travaille plus en ce moment. - I am working more at the moment.
           Je veux faire plus. - I want to do more.
     4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
           Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate.
           Plus de la moitiĂ© reste. - More than half is left.
     5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
           Une heure de plus et il serait mort. - One more hour and he would be dead.
           Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaĂźt. - One more kilo, please.
     6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
           la plus grande - the biggest
           le plus difficile - the most difficult
     7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
           Tu n'existes plus. - You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more.
           Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work.
     8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
           Plus je vois, plus je veux. - The more I see, the more I want.
     9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
           Plus j'Ă©coute, moins je comprends. - The more I listen, the less I understand.
     10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
     11. v. singular past historic of plaire
     12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
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