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grâce
     1. n-f. grace, charm
     2. n-f. favour
     3. n-f. mercy
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
           aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
           Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
     3. prep. to (until)
           Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
           Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
           Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
           Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
           L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
           à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
           Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
           à la maison - at home
           à l'hôtel - at the hotel
           au comptoir du bar - at the bar
           au bois - in the woods
           J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
           La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
           au voleur ! - stop thief!
           à l'assassin ! - murderer!
           au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
           à moi ! - help!
           à l'aide ! - help!
           au secours ! - help!
           au feu ! - fire!
           aux armes ! - to arms!
           à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
           à 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 à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
           Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
           C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
           Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
           le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
           à plus tard - see you later
           à bientôt - 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 à poivre - pepper mill
           sac à dos - backpack
           boite à musique - music box
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
           l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
           Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
           Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
           Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
           Il y a de la bière à 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 à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
           une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
           un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
           une chemise à 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 à peu - bit by bit
           petit à petit - little by little
           minute à minute - minute by minute
           jour à jour - day by day
           un à un - one by one
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
           six à sept personnes - six or seven people
           de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
           tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
           mettre le feu à - to set fire to
           clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
           donner la chasse à - to give chase to
     18. prep. with
grâce à
     1. prep. thanks to
cette
     1. det. feminine singular of ce
mesure
     1. n-f. measure
     2. n-f. measurement
     3. v. first-person singular present of mesurer
     4. v. third-person singular present of mesurer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of mesurer
     mesurer
          1. v. to measure
                Il mesure 1,81 mètres - He measures 1.81 metres
          2. v. to measure
protectrice
     1. n-f. female equivalent of protecteur
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
petits
     1. n. plural of petit
     2. adj. masculine plural of petit
     petit
          1. adj. small
                un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine
          2. adj. little
                un petit garçon - a little boy
          3. adj. petty
                Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses. - Some people are really petty about the smallest things.
          4. n-m. small one (anything that is small)
          5. n-m. little one (anything that is little)
          6. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals)
          7. n-m. the young (of a species)
                Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau".
cultivateurs
     1. n. plural of cultivateur
     cultivateur
          1. n-m. cultivator
Belges
     1. n. plural of Belge
     2. adj. plural of belge
     belge
          1. adj. Belgian
          2. adj. from Belgium
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
assurés
     1. Participle. masculine plural of assuré
     assurer
          1. v. to assure, to ensure, to make sure
          2. v. to do; to take care of; to carry out; to be in charge of
                Des bénévoles assurent le nettoyage des lieux. - Volunteers take care of the cleaning of the premises.
          3. v. to insure, to give insurance to
          4. v. (climbing) to belay
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
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
           Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think.
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
           Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
           Je ne sais pas. - I don't know
           Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us.
           J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work.
payer
     1. v. to pay (for)
           payer une amende - pay a fine
           payer un service - pay for a service
     2. v. to pay (someone)
           payer la caissière - pay the cashier
           Il m'a payé 3 euros. - He paid me 3 euros.
     3. v. to buy (something)
           Nous payons les courses. - We're buying the groceries.
     4. v. pay for (suffer the consequences of something)
           Tu vas payer pour ce que tu as fait à ma sœur. - You're going to pay for what you did to my sister.
     5. v. to pay off (to be fruitful)
           Mes efforts ont payé. - My efforts paid off.
leurs
     1. det. (possessive) plural of leur: their (used before a plural noun)
           Elles ont oublié leurs livres. - They forgot their books.
     2. pron. (possessive) plural of leur: theirs (referring to a plural noun)
           Ce sont vos papiers ou les leurs ? - Are those your papers or theirs?
           Je préfère nos voisins aux leurs. - I prefer our neighbors over theirs.
           J'ai besoin de vos papiers, pas des leurs. - I need your papers, not theirs.
engrais
     1. n-m. fertilizer
quatre
     1. num. four
fois
     1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)
           J'y vais deux fois par mois. - I go there twice a month.
           Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années. - I talked to him for the first time a few years ago.
     2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by
     3. n. plural of foi
     foi
          1. n-f. faith
          2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake
ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
           C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
           est-ce que...? - is it that...?
           ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
           C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
           C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
           C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
           Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
           Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
           ce semble - it seems
           ce peuvent être... - these may be...
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
           Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
           Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
           Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
                   Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
                   Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
           Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
           Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
           Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
           Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
           Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
           Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
           Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
           Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
           C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
           Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
ce que
     1. pron. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object)
           C'est ce que font les gens bien. - This is what good people do.
           Cela n'est pas ce que je voulais. - That isn't what I wanted.
           Il avait bien conscience de ce qu'il avait fait. - He knew perfectly well what he had done.
           Ce que dit le roi est vrai, parce que le roi le dit. - What the king says is true, because the king says it.
           A est à B ce que C est à D - A is to B as C is to D
     2. pron. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions)
           Savez-vous ce qu’il dit ? - Do you know what he says?
           Savez-vous ce que vous faites ? - Do you know what you're doing?
ils
     1. pron. they (male or mixed group)
     2. pron. (Quebec, informal) they (female)
valent
     1. v. third-person plural present of valoir
     valoir
          1. v. to be worth
                Selon leur mère, une femme vaut deux hommes. - According to their mother, a woman is worth two men.
          2. v. to earn, to win, to bring (something of value, ironic usage notwithstanding)
                Qu'est-ce qui nous vaut la visite indési—euh, inopinée ?
          3. v. to be equal to
                Une année-lumière vaut donc approximativement 63 241 soixante-trois-mille-deux-cent-quarante-et-une unités astronomiques. - One light year is equal to approximately 63,241 astronomical units.
          4. v. to be the same, to have no difference between
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