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assemblage
     1. n-m. assemblage, gathering, assembly (process of assembling; result of this action)
     2. n-m. (carpentry) jointing (act of making a joint)
     3. n-m. (carpentry) joint
     4. n-m. (computing) a phase in compilation where an assembly language is translated into a binary file
     5. n-m. (viticulture) cuvée (wine produced from a mixture of several grape varieties)
     6. n-m. (archaeology) assemblage (group of different artifacts found in association with one another)
     7. n-m. (bioinformatics) sequence assembly (aligning and merging of DNA fragments to reconstruct a sequence)
     8. n-m. (bioinformatics) genome assembly (process of reassembling DNA sequences)
     9. n-m. (cartography) juxtaposition of several maps or cuttings to create a larger map
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)
           Œuvres 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.
           Êtes-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 à 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 boîte 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 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq à 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 arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embêter. - 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 réduirait 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 mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
plusieurs
     1. adj. several, many, a lot
choses
     1. n. plural of chose; things.
     chose
          1. n-f. thing
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)
           Œuvres 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.
           Êtes-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 à 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 boîte 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 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq à 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 arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embêter. - 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 réduirait 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 mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
même
     1. adv. (used before the article) even
           Même les rois doivent mourir. - Even kings must die
           On ne peut même pas en faire une. - We cannot even make one
           J'veux même pas savoir. - I don't even want to know.
     2. adj. (used before the noun) same
           Je l'ai acheté le même jour - I bought it the same day
     3. adj. (used after the noun) very
           Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir! - Ah, the very person I wanted to see!
de même
     1. adv. likewise
nature
     1. n-f. nature
     2. n-f. (grammar) lexical category
     3. adj. plain, unseasoned
           Une brioche nature ou sucrée ? - A plain or sweet brioche?
           File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait. - Give me a plain yogurt, please.
     4. adj. condomless, bareback, raw dog, natural (see Thesaurus:condomless)
           Une fellation nature. - A natural blowjob.
liées
     1. Participle. feminine plural of lié
     lier
          1. v. to link
          2. v. to associate
          3. v. (cooking) to thicken
                lier une sauce - to thicken a sauce
ensemble
     1. adv. together
     2. n-m. (A coming together of elements forming a whole, a unified or interrelated group); ensemble, set, grouping, aggregate, collection, body
           La jurisprudence désigne l'ensemble des décisions de justice relatives à une question juridique donnée.
           La langue d'oïl est considérée, selon la vision traditionnelle de la linguistique romane, comme une seule et même langue, qui correspond principalement à un ensemble de dialectes d'oïl répartis
     3. n-m. an outfit (a set of articles of clothing)
     4. n-m. (mathematics) a set
     5. n-m. (music) an ensemble
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