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| tournait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of tourner | |
| tourner |
| 1. v. to turn (left, right etc.) | |
| 2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients) | |
| 3. v. to tour, to go on tour | |
| 4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film | |
| 5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.) | |
| Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer. | |
| 6. v. to lathe | |
| 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 | |
| OĂą 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 | |
| dos |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) back (of a person) | |
| 2. n-m. (in the plural) backs (of persons) | |
| 3. n-m. (swimming) backstroke | |
| 4. n-m. spine (of a book) | |
| tourner le dos |
| 1. v. (indtr, Ă , .figuratively) to turn one's back on, to turn away from | |
| mais |
| 1. conj. but, although | |
| 2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah | |
| Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What the heck are you doing? | |
| 3. n. plural of mai | |
| voyait |
| 1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of voir | |
| voir |
| 1. v. to see (visually) | |
| Je vois ma mère là -bas. - I see my mother over there. | |
| On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here. | |
| 2. v. to see (to understand) | |
| Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong? | |
| 3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see) | |
| 4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative) | |
| Viens voir ici. - Come here please. | |
| la |
| 1. art. the (definite article) | |
| 2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
| OĂą 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' | |
| scène |
| 1. n-f. scene, stage | |
| dans |
| 1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state) | |
| vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty | |
| ĂŞtre dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry | |
| avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth | |
| dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic | |
| Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris. | |
| Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water. | |
| mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket | |
| Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes) | |
| Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York. | |
| 3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time) | |
| Je serai prĂŞt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour. | |
| Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days. | |
| 4. prep. (with respect to time) during | |
| dans un temps donné - during a given time | |
| dans ma jeunesse - in my youth | |
| 5. prep. out of, from | |
| boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup | |
| Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge. | |
| 6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of | |
| le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre | |
| 7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les) | |
| dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos | |
| dans les dix euros - about ten euros | |
| 8. n. plural of dan | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| glace |
| 1. n-f. ice | |
| 2. n-f. ice cream | |
| 3. n-f. glass | |
| 4. n-f. mirror | |
| 5. v. singular present of glacer | |
| 6. v. second-person singular imperative of glacer | |
| glacer |
| 1. v. to freeze; to turn to ice | |
| 2. v. (figuratively, transitive) to freeze | |
| 3. v. to ice (cover with icing) | |
| 4. v. to turn to ice (become ice) | |
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