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la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où 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'
fête
     1. n-f. winter holidays (always in plural)
           Tu fais quoi pour les fêtes (de fin d'année)? - the end-of-year holidays
     2. n-f. party
           Je fais une fête chez moi ce soir! - I'm doing a party
     3. n-f. (Christianity) name day
           Le 18 mai, c'est la fête des Éric. - May 18 is the name day of people named Eric.
     4. n-f. (Canada, Louisiana) birthday
           Bonne fête! - Happy birthday!
     5. v. first-person singular present of fêter
     6. v. third-person singular present of fêter
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of fêter
     fêter
          1. v. to celebrate (an event)
                Il va fêter son quarantième anniversaire demain. - He is going to celebrate his 40th anniversary tomorrow.
          2. v. to celebrate (somebody)
était
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect 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
surtout
     1. adv. above all
     2. adv. especially
     3. n-m. surtout (overcoat)
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
           être 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 prêt 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
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
jardin
     1. n-m. garden
malgré
     1. prep. despite, in spite of
     2. prep. (with a pronoun) against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où 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'
saison
     1. n-f. season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn)
     2. n-f. season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens)
           La saison de ski - The skiing season
           La saison des fraises - Strawberry season
     3. n-f. (sports) season (the time of the year when teams compete)
avancée
     1. adj. feminine singular of avancé
     2. n-f. (often in the plural) advance, progress
     avancé
          1. adj. advanced (well developed)
          2. adj. advanced (difficult; complicated)
          3. Participle. past participle of avancer
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