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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'
petite
     1. adj. feminine singular of petit
     petit
          1. adj. small
                un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine
          2. adj. little
                un petit garçon - a little boy
          3. adj. petty
                Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses. - Some people are really petty about the smallest things.
          4. n-m. small one (anything that is small)
          5. n-m. little one (anything that is little)
          6. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals)
          7. n-m. the young (of a species)
                Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau".
Rose
     1. Proper noun. given name, female, eq=Rose
     2. n-f. rose (flower)
     3. n-f. rose window
     4. n-f. (heraldry) rose
     5. n-m. pink
     6. adj. pink
     7. adj. (humorous) pink, left-wing
     8. adj. (colloquial) erotic, blue
     9. adj. (in phrases) rosy, rose-tinted
rouge
     1. adj. red (of a red color)
           Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red.
     2. adj. red (left-wing, socialist)
           L'armée rouge. - Red Army.
     3. n-m. red
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
           J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
           Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
           aller en bus - go by bus
           partir en voiture - leave by car
     4. prep. as
           Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
           habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
           fort en histoire - good at history
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
           une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
           une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
           en 1993 - in 1993
           en janvier - in January
           en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
           C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
           une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
           en détresse - in distress
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
           en équipe - on a team
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
           Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
           Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
           Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
           Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
           Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
           Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
           Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
tombant
     1. adj. falling
     2. Participle. present participle of tomber
     tomber
          1. v. to fall
                Un tamis placé à l'intérieur du dispositif empêchera les choses de tomber dans le tube. - A screen placed inside the device will keep things from falling into the tube.
          2. v. to come down
                Laisse la pluie tomber sur nous et recouvre le pays de cette eau qui donne la vie. - Let the rains come down upon us and cover the land with life-giving water.
          3. v. (indtr, sur) to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call)
                J'ai téléphoné à Robert mais je suis tombé sur Marie. - I phoned Robert but I got Marie.
          4. v. (in idioms) to become, to get
                tomber amoureux - to fall in love
                tomber malade - to fall ill, to get sick
                tomber enceinte - to fall pregnant, to get pregnant
Me
     1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.)
     2. pron. (direct object) me
           Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me?
     3. pron. (indirect object) to me
           Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me.
fournit
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of fournir
     2. v. third-person singular past historic of fournir
     fournir
          1. v. to supply, to provide, to furnish
                La boulangerie fournit mon restaurant en pain. - The bakery supplies my restaurant with bread.
                Les systèmes d'interprétation simultanée permettent de fournir à de nombreuses personnes un discours dans leur langue alors même que l'orateur le prononce dans une autre langue.
          2. v. to put in
                Fournir de l'effort. - Put in some effort.
          3. v. (card games) to follow suit
          4. v. (slang) to poke, to shaft, to hump; to have sex
ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
           C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
           est-ce que...? - is it that...?
           ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
           C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
           C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
           C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
           Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
           Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
           ce semble - it seems
           ce peuvent être... - these may be...
moyen
     1. n-m. way, method, mean of doing something
     2. n-m. medium
     3. adj. middle
     4. adj. average
     5. adj. (Canada, informal, euphemistic) Big; impressive; serious
     6. adj. (linguistics) middle
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