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grand
     1. adj. big, great, grand
     2. adj. tall
           Il est grand comment ? - How tall is he ?
     3. adj. grown up, big
           Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. - When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.
           Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. - He did it all on his own like a big boy.
     4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
           Alexandre le Grand - Alexander the Great
     5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier
           un grand tricheur - a big fat cheater
     6. adj. extensive, large
     7. n-m. grown-up
plat
     1. adj. flat
     2. n-m. a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle
     3. n-m. dish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant)
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
lequel
     1. pron. (relative, following a preposition) which, that, whom
           Elle préfère l'homme avec lequel tu sortais. - She prefers the man with whom you were going out.
           Il se remet à travailler sur le projet pour lequel il avait déjà passé tellement de temps. - He's starting to work on the project on which he had already spent so much time.
     2. pron. (interrogative) which one
           Passe-moi le ballon. ― Lequel ? Il y en a trois. - Pass me the ball. — Which one? There are three of them.
on
     1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
           On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here
     2. pron. (personal, informal) we
           On s’est amusés. - We had fun.
sert
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of servir
           Il me sert maintenant! - He serves me now!
     servir
          1. v. to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
                Je suis allée en France avec ma mère l'année dernière et le serveur nous a servi des escargots! - I went to France last year with my mother and the waiter served us escargots!
                On vous a servie, madame? - Have you been helped, madam?
          2. v. to be used for
          3. v. (indtr, à) to be useful for someone, to be of use, come in handy
          4. v. (sports) to serve (start a point with service)
          5. v. (sports) to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
          6. v. to help oneself, to serve oneself
          7. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to use, make use of
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
thé
     1. n-m. tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant)
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
café
     1. n-m. coffee (drink)
     2. n-m. coffee colour
     3. n-m. public house
     4. n-m. cafe, coffee shop
     5. adj. of the colour of coffee
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
chocolat
     1. adj. chocolate; chocolate-coloured
     2. adj. deceived; tricked
     3. n-m. chocolate
     4. n-m. hot chocolate
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
rafraîchissements
     1. n. plural of rafraîchissement
     rafraîchissement
          1. n-m. refreshment (the action of refreshing; a means of restoring strength, energy or vigour)
          2. n-m. refreshing, cooling
          3. n-m. (in plural) refreshments
etc
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary