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bol
     1. n-m. bowl
           bol de porcelaine - porcelain bowl
           bol de lait - bowl of milk
     2. n-m. (colloquial) luck
           Il a toujours du bol. - He's always lucky.
     3. n-m. bolus
jaune
     1. adj. yellow
           Le citron est un fruit jaune. (Lemon is a yellow fruit.)
     2. n-m. yellow
     3. n-m. yolk (of egg)
     4. n-m. strikebreaker
argile
     1. n-f. clay
jaune
     1. adj. yellow
           Le citron est un fruit jaune. (Lemon is a yellow fruit.)
     2. n-m. yellow
     3. n-m. yolk (of egg)
     4. n-m. strikebreaker
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.
par
     1. prep. through
           par la fenêtre - through the window
           aller par le parc - go through the park
     2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
           voyager par train - travel by train
           par surprise - by surprise
           le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates.
     3. prep. over (used to express direction)
           Viens par ici ! - Come over here!
     4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
           voir par devant - see from the back
           le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap
     5. prep. around, round (inside of)
           par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema
     6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
           par terre - on the ground
     7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
           par un beau jour - on a nice day
           par un soir - in one evening
     8. prep. in
           marcher par deux - walk in twos
     9. prep. per, a, an
           trois fois par semaine - three times a week
     10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something)
           par pure colère - out of pure anger
           par tristesse - out of sadness
     11. prep. for
     12. n-m. (golf) par
calcination
     1. n-f. calcination
fournit
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of fournir
     2. v. third-person singular past historic of fournir
     fournir
          1. v. to supply, to provide, to furnish
                La boulangerie fournit mon restaurant en pain. - The bakery supplies my restaurant with bread.
                Les systèmes d'interprétation simultanée permettent de fournir à de nombreuses personnes un discours dans leur langue alors même que l'orateur le prononce dans une autre langue.
          2. v. to put in
                Fournir de l'effort. - Put in some effort.
          3. v. (card games) to follow suit
          4. v. (slang) to poke, to shaft, to hump; to have sex
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 cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           Où 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
ocre
     1. n-m. ochre
     2. adj. ochre
     ocrer
          1. v. to ochre (cover with ochre)
rouge
     1. adj. red (of a red color)
           Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red.
     2. adj. red (left-wing, socialist)
           L'armée rouge. - Red Army.
     3. n-m. red
utilisée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of utilisé
     utiliser
          1. v. to use, to utilize
                Si tu veux l'utiliser, demande d'abord - If you want to use it, ask first
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 allé 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.
           habillé en père Noël - 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 hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
           une fourchette en métal - 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 détresse - in distress
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
           en équipe - 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 pièces ? 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 là or d’ici.
           Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
peinture
     1. n-f. painting
           La peinture de genre.
     2. n-f. painting, canvas
           Il y a de belles peintures dans ce palais.
     3. n-f. vivid description
           Cet auteur excelle dans la peinture des caractères, des passions, des mœurs, des faiblesses du cœur humain.
     4. n-f. paint
           la peinture en est toute fraîche.
           Qu'est-ce qui sent comme la peinture verte, coule comme la peinture violette et se fond sur une camionnette blanche ?
     5. v. first-person singular present of peinturer
     6. v. third-person singular present of peinturer
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of peinturer
     peinturer
          1. v. (Canada) to paint
          2. v. (France) to paint like a child, in a way lacking grace and dexterity
                Cet enfant s'amuse à peinturer.
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