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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
deux
1. num. two
couples
1. n. plural of couple
coupler
1. v. to couple
couple
1. n-m. two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship
Jean et Amélie forment un joli couple. - Jean and Amélie make a cute couple.
2. n-m. (physics) a force couple; a pure moment
3. n-m. (mathematics) an ordered pair
4. n-f. (animal husbandry) an accessory used to tightly attach two animals next to each other by the neck
5. n-f. (regional) a pair of something
6. n-f. (Canada) a couple of something, not to be mistaken as a few
riaient
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of rire
rire
1. v. to laugh (de at, about)
2. n-m. laugh
bavardaient
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of bavarder
bavarder
1. v. to chat
2. v. to have a lengthy talk about something
cueillaient
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of cueillir
cueillir
1. v. to gather, pick
2. v. to grab, snatch, nab
des
1. art. plural of un
2. art. plural of une
3. art. plural of du
4. art. plural of de la
5. art. plural of de l'
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
de
1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub
Un chien de garde - A guarddog
Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
Un stade de football - A football stadium
6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me.
Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
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
de l'
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
fleurs
1. n. plural of fleur
fleur
1. n-f. (botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants")
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. - I went to pick a flower in the fields.
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. - He offered me magnificent flowers.
2. n-f. (metonymy) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. - Orchids are sought-after flowers.
3. n-f. (figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another
Il m’a fait une fleur. - He gave me a kind favor.
4. n-f. (figuratively) the best of something
Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française. - Here's the cream of the crop of French youth.
Mourir à la fleur de l’âge. - to die in the prime of life
5. n-f. (metaphor) the virginity of a woman
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. - refinements of sulfur, zinc, arsenic, antimony
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.
cajolaient
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of cajoler
cajoler
1. v. to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms
2. v. (dated) to flatter, to cajole
et
1. conj. and
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.
mignotaient
mignoter
luttaient
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of lutter
lutter
1. v. to struggle, to fight
lutter contre la discrimination - to fight/struggle against discrimination
2. v. (sports) to wrestle
et
1. conj. and
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.
roulaient
1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of rouler
rouler
1. v. to roll
2. v. to revolve
3. v. (colloquial) to go (of events, to proceed)
Ça roule bien chez mon ami. - It's going well at my friend's house.
4. v. (of a vehicle) to work, to function
5. v. to drive (a vehicle)
On a roulé à 80 km à l'heure. - We were driving 80 km an hour.
Il roule en Rolls - He drives a Rolls.
Elle roule dans un véhicule neuf. - She drives a new vehicle.
6. v. (colloquial) to dupe, to trick
se faire rouler - to be tricked, to be duped
sur
1. prep. on, upon
2. prep. on top of
3. prep. from on top of
4. prep. above
5. prep. out of
sept sur dix - seven out of ten
6. prep. in the case of
7. prep. about, concerning
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
sur Paris - in Paris
9. adj. sour
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
herbe
1. n-f. grass (the plant)
2. n-f. (colloquial) weed; marijuana; ganja; cannabis
et
1. conj. and
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
jeunes
1. adj. plural of jeune
2. n. plural of jeune
jeune
1. adj. young
2. n. youth, a young person
filles
1. n. plural of fille
fille
1. n-f. girl
Toutes les filles n'aiment pas jouer avec des poupées. - Not all girls like playing with dolls.
2. n-f. daughter
Je vous présente mes fils, Gérard-Marcel et Pierre-Vincent, et mes filles, Marie-Léonore et Jacqueline-Hélène. - May I introduce you to my sons, Gérard-Marcel and Pierre-Vincent, and my daughte
3. n-f. (slang) prostitute, wench
Il buvait et courait les filles avant qu'il ne contracte la cirrhose et la blennorragie. - He drank and consorted with hookers before contracting cirrhosis and gonorrhea.
jeunes filles
1. n. plural of jeune fille
fumèrent
1. v. third-person plural past historic of fumer
fumer
1. v. to smoke
2. v. to emit smoke
3. v. to steam
des
1. art. plural of un
2. art. plural of une
3. art. plural of du
4. art. plural of de la
5. art. plural of de l'
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
de
1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub
Un chien de garde - A guarddog
Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
Un stade de football - A football stadium
6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me.
Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
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
de l'
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
cigarettes
1. n. plural of cigarette
cigarette
1. n-f. cigarette
(mero, filtre, papier, tabac)

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