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le
     1. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     4. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     5. 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.
     6. 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
jazz
     1. n-m. (music) jazz (music style)
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
           Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think.
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
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
           Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
           Je ne sais pas. - I don't know
           Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us.
           J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work.
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
seul
     1. adj. lonely
     2. adj. alone
     3. adj. only
     4. adj. single
genre
     1. n-m. kind
           Le genre humain. - The human race
     2. n-m. style
           Le genre dramatique. - The dramatic genre
     3. n-m. (grammar) gender (of nouns)
           Les mots français sont du genre masculin ou du genre féminin. - French words are either masculine or feminine.
     4. n-m. (grammar) voice (of verbs)
     5. n-m. gender (identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc)
           Mon genre est non-binaire. - My gender is non-binary.
     6. n-m. (biology) genus
           Toute espèce vivante ou ayant vécu est rattachée à un genre, selon la nomenclature binominale introduite par Carl von Linné. - Any living or extinct species has a genus, according to the binomi
     7. n-m. look, type
           Il essaie de se donner un genre. - He tries to give himself a look.
     8. part. (colloquial) like
           Je suis genre rarement énervé. - I'm like rarely annoyed.
musical
     1. adj. musical
     1. adv. where (interrogative)
           Où est la gare? - Where is the station?
           Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going?
           Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live?
     2. adv. where (relative pronoun)
     3. adv. at that time; when
           Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father.
     4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where
           Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
balais
     1. n. plural of balai
     balai
          1. n-m. broom
          2. n-m. broomstick flown by witches
          3. n-m. (colloquial) the last bus or train (at night)
          4. n-m. tail (of a bird of prey)
          5. n-m. brush (electrical contact)
          6. n-m. blade (of windscreen wiper)
          7. n-m. (slang) year (used in referring to someone’s age)
                Elle a quarante balais - She’s forty
peuvent
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of pouvoir
     pouvoir
          1. v. can, to be able to
                Je peux venir ce soir. - I can come this evening.
          2. v. may
                désastre qui peut nous frapper - disaster which may strike us
          3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be
                Il se peut que je sois malade. - (literally) It could be that I'm ill / (more naturally) I may be ill. / I could be ill.
          4. n-m. (or un) power
                prendre le pouvoir - to take power, to seize power
          5. n-m. authority
          6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney
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
utilisés
     1. Participle. masculine plural of utilisé
     utiliser
          1. v. to use, to utilize
                Si tu veux l'utiliser, demande d'abord - If you want to use it, ask first
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