| elles |
| 1. pron. they (female) | |
| 2. pron. them (female) | |
| 3. n. plural of elle | |
| sont |
| 1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être | |
| Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they? | |
| 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 | |
| toujours |
| 1. adv. always | |
| Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late. | |
| Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always | |
| 2. adv. still | |
| 3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated. | |
| Je suis toujours là. - I'm still here. | |
| Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. - She still hasn't come back. | |
| sur |
| 1. prep. on, upon | |
| 2. prep. on top of | |
| 3. prep. from on top of | |
| 4. prep. above | |
| 5. prep. out of | |
| sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
| 6. prep. in the case of | |
| 7. prep. about, concerning | |
| 8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
| sur Paris - in Paris | |
| 9. adj. sour | |
| la |
| 1. art. the (definite article) | |
| 2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
| Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
| Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
| 3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
| corde |
| 1. n-f. rope (general) | |
| 2. n-f. (geometry) chord | |
| 3. n-f. (music) chord (of a string instrument) | |
| 4. n-f. chord (vocal chord) | |
| 5. n-f. line (washing line, for hanging clothes to dry) | |
| 6. v. first-person singular present of corder | |
| 7. v. third-person singular present of corder | |
| 8. v. second-person singular imperative of corder | |
| corder |
| 1. v. to rope up, rope | |
| raide |
| 1. adj. stiff, straight | |
| 2. adj. steep, abrupt | |
| une pente raide - a steep slope | |
| 3. adj. stubborn | |
| 4. adj. (of alcohol) rough | |
| 5. adj. (slang) broke | |
| 6. adj. (slang) pissed, hammered; high, stoned | |
