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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
ours
     1. n-m. bear (animal)
     2. n-m. (gay slang) bear (hairy gay man)
     3. n-m. masthead (list of a newspaper's main staff)
     4. n-m. (cinematography) rough cut
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
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.
soutenir
     1. v. to support
     2. v. to keep up
     3. v. (used with que) to maintain (that)
     4. v. to argue
et
     1. conj. and
marcher
     1. v. to walk
           Il marche au milieu de la rue. - He is walking in the middle of the street
     2. v. to travel; to move; to march
     3. v. (figurative) to work, to function
           Comment ça marche ? - How does it work?
           Cet appareil ne marche plus. - This device isn't working anymore.
     4. v. to step
           Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. - To step on the foot of someone
     5. v. to cooperate
           Je ne marche plus. - I am no longer in.
     6. v. to believe
           Il marche. - He believes my joke.
           Il m'a fait marcher. - He took me for a ride.
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
leurs
     1. det. (possessive) plural of leur: their (used before a plural noun)
           Elles ont oublié leurs livres. - They forgot their books.
     2. pron. (possessive) plural of leur: theirs (referring to a plural noun)
           Ce sont vos papiers ou les leurs ? - Are those your papers or theirs?
           Je préfère nos voisins aux leurs. - I prefer our neighbors over theirs.
           J'ai besoin de vos papiers, pas des leurs. - I need your papers, not theirs.
pattes
     1. n. plural of patte
     patter
     patte
          1. n-f. paw (of animal)
          2. n-f. leg (of animal)
          3. n-f. (anatomy) leg (of human)
arrière
     1. n-m. back; rear
           Elle s'est assise à l'arrière du car. - She sat down at the back of the coach.
     2. n-m. (sports) fullback
     3. n-m. (basketball) shooting guard
     4. adv. far, far away
     5. adv. late
     6. adv. rear, behind, hinter-
     7. adv. great- (relatives)
     8. adj. back (near the rear)
     arriérer
          1. v. to tarry (be late)
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