heureusement |
1. adv. luckily, fortunately | |
2. adv. happily | |
3. interj. (informal) and a good job too! and a good thing too! well that's lucky! I'm glad to hear it! it's just as well! thank goodness! | |
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 | |
moteur |
1. n-m. motor, engine (datedef, from 1744) | |
moteur Diesel - Diesel motor | |
2. n-m. (computing) engine | |
moteur de recherche - search engine | |
3. n-m. (philosophy) mover; one who causes a movement datedef, from 1377 | |
Selon Aristote, Dieu est le moteur non mû. - According to Aristotle, God is the unmoved mover. | |
4. n-m. (figuratively) driving force | |
5. adj. motive, driving (datedef, from 1558) | |
démarra |
1. v. third-person singular past historic of démarrer | |
démarrer |
1. v. to start, to get started, to start up (especially a vehicle) | |
Démarre la voiture ! (transitive) - Get the car started! | |
Fais démarrer la voiture ! (causative) - Get the car started! | |
2. v. to start up, to turn on (a computer) | |
Démarrez l'ordinateur. (transitive) - Turn on the computer. | |
Faites démarrer l'ordinateur. (causative) - Turn on the computer. | |
3. v. to start, to get started, to start up | |
La voiture démarre. - The car starts. | |
4. v. to drive off, to pull away | |
5. v. to start up, to turn on, to begin to operate | |
6. v. to untie | |
sans |
1. prep. without | |
Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you. | |
Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone. | |
se |
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
2. pron. (to) himself | |
3. pron. (to) herself | |
4. pron. (to) oneself | |
5. pron. (to) itself | |
6. pron. (to) themselves | |
7. pron. (to) each other | |
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
faire |
1. v. to do | |
faire la vaisselle - to do the washing-up. | |
Qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What are you doing? | |
Fais pas ça. - Don't do that. | |
2. v. to make | |
faire une erreur - to make a mistake. | |
faire un voyage - to take a trip | |
3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal) | |
"Je t'aime," fit-il. - "I love you," he said. | |
Le chat fait "miaou". - The cat goes "meow". | |
4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something) | |
Tu me fais rire. - You make me laugh. | |
La chanson me fait pleurer. - The song makes me cry. | |
5. v. to act like (something) | |
Fais pas ton innocent avec moi. - Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act. | |
6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations) | |
Il fait chaud/froid/noir/beau dehors. - It is hot/cold/dark/nice outside. | |
Ça fait dix ans que nous nous connaissons. - We have known each other for ten years. | |
Ça fait bizarre. - That seems/looks bizarre; that gives a bizarre effect/appearance/result. | |
Ça fait très monsieur, ta cravate. - Your tie makes you look like a real gentleman. | |
7. v. to do, to make (oneself) | |
Elle se fait les ongles. - She is doing her nails. | |
8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action) | |
se faire piquer - to be stung | |
Je me suis fait avoir. - I got screwed. | |
Est-ce que tu t'es fait couper les cheveux ? - Did you get your hair cut? | |
9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature | |
10. v. to become used to, to get used to | |
Je ne m'y suis toujours pas fait. - I still haven't got used to it. | |
11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with) | |
12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified) | |
L'enfant a fait dans son pantalon. - The child soiled his trousers. | |
Ils viennent d'entendre les nouvelles et ils font dans leur culotte. - They've just heard the news and they're shitting themselves. | |
13. v. to become, to get | |
prier |
1. v. to pray | |
2. v. to beg, to beseech, to pray to | |
Vous devez prier Dieu. You must pray to God. | |
se faire prier |
1. v. to need persuading, to need coaxing | |
ne pas se faire prier - not need to be asked twice | |
sans se faire prier - willingly, readily | |