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il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     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
parti
     1. adj. (heraldry) divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale; said of an escutcheon
     2. adj. (colloquial) drunk
     3. n-m. (politics) party
     4. n-m. parti
     5. n-m. course of action
     6. Participle. past participle of partir
     partir
          1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide
                Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone.
          2. v. to go away, leave, depart
          3. v. to originate
                Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart.
          4. v. to die
                Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death
          5. v. to emanate
                Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle.
          6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start
                partir une affaire - to start a business
dès
     1. prep. since, from
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
feu
     1. n-m. fire
           As-tu remarqué que tes cheveux sont en feu ? - Have you noticed that your hair is on fire?
     2. n-m. (cigarette) lighter
     3. n-m. traffic light
     4. adj. deceased, the late
           Elle était la sœur de feu Jean Dupont - She was the sister of the late Jean Dupont
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.
attendre
     1. v. to wait for, to await
           Je l'attends. - I'm waiting for her/him.
           J’attends mon cousin à la gare. - I'm waiting for my cousin at the station.
     2. v. to expect
           On attendait mieux de toi. - We expected better from you.
     3. v. to expect
           Je m'attendais à pire. - I expected worse.
           Il s'attend à ce que tu viennes ce soir. - He expects you to come tonight.
           Pourquoi est-ce que je me suis attendu à ce que vous ayez la gentillesse de me laisser tranquille ? - Why did I expect you to be nice enough to leave me in peace?
     4. v. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of entendre, to hear
           Quand t'étais petit, t'attendais le français à la Messe ou a l'église? - When you were little, would you hear French at Mass or at church?
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