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pense
     1. v. first-person singular present of penser
     2. v. third-person singular present of penser
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of penser
     penser
          1. v. to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something
                Penser tout haut. - Think aloud, speak one's mind freely.
          2. v. to estimate, imagine, believe
                Vous n'en êtes pas où vous pensez. - You are not where you think you are.
                Il y a, je pense, dix kilomètres de chez vous chez moi. - It is ten kilometres, I estimate, from your place to my place.
                J'irai vous voir demain, je pense. - I will see you tomorrow, I suppose.
                La chose n'est pas si facile qu'on le pense. - The thing is not as simple as one might believe.
                Je ne pensais pas que vous vous méprendriez sur le sens de mes paroles. - I didn't imagine you would be mistaken on the sense of my words.
          3. v. (originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe
                Je pensais qu'il était de vos amis. - I thought he was a friend.
                Je veux être d'accord avec toi, mais je ne pense pas que nous ayons besoin de son aide. - I want to agree with you, but I don't think we need his help.
                Je pense comme vous. - I agree with your view.
                Il ne dit rien qu'il ne pense. - He doesn't say anything he doesn't believe.
                Dites librement ce que vous pensez. - Cavalierly state your opinion.
                J'espère qu'il ne pense pas ce qu'il dit. - I hope he doesn't believe what he is saying.
                Faites-moi connaître votre façon de penser. - Tell me how you think about it.
                Pensez-vous ? - Do you really believe that? (1935, punning at the dialogue partner's missing belief in his own statement)
          4. v. to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts
          5. v. to conceive a project
          6. v. (with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind
                Penser d'aucun.
          7. v. (with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly
                Pensez à moi. - Think of me.
                Il ne pense qu'à celle qu'il aime. - He only thinks but of his beloved.
          8. v. (with infinitive) to believe being or doing something
                Il pense être plus habile que les autres. - He believes being smarter than others.
                Il ne pensait pas être observé. - He didn't think he was being observed.
                J'ai pensé mourir. - I thought I was going to die.
          9. v. (with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone
                C'est un homme qui pense toujours mal des autres. - It's a man who always thinks badly of others.
                Je ne pense de cette affaire ni bien ni mal. - I don't think neither well nor badly of this affair.
                Que pensez-vous de cet homme ? - What do you think about this man?
          10. v. (with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something
                Penser de faire qqc.
          11. v. to reflect on something
                Soi penser qqc.
          12. v. (with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something
                Le mal vient sans qu'on y pense. - Evil comes without one thinking of it.
                Faire ou dire une chose sans penser à mal. - Do or say something without meaning to harm.
                À quoi pensez-vous ? - What are you thinking?
          13. v. (with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
                Je pensais aller vous voir. - I fancied paying you a visit.
                Que pensez-vous faire ? - What do you intend to do?
          14. v. to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623)
                C'est un homme qui ne dit jamais ce qu'il pense. - That's a man who never says what he thinks.
                Il pense beaucoup de choses qu'il ne dit pas. - He thinks a lot of things he doesn't say.
          15. v. (with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
                À quoi pensez-vous de vous conduire ainsi ? - What are you aiming at by behaving like this?
                Je suis trop de vos amis pour avoir pensé à vous nuire. - I am too much your friend to think of harming you.
                Je pensais à aller vous voir hier. - I considered to visit you yesterday.
          16. v. (with mal, obsolete) to intend to do something bad
                Penser mal.
          17. v. (with à + object) to take care of
                Il nous a reçus admirablement, il a pensé à tout. - He has welcomed us admirably, he has thought of everything.
          18. v. (with bien, in politics, religion, moral) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
                Bien penser.
          19. v. (with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property
                Penser finement, noblement, singulièrement, hardiment. - To think finely, nobly, in a singular way, boldly.
                Penser avec justesse. - To think with accuracy.
                Penser juste. - To think in the right way.
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
           aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
           Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
     3. prep. to (until)
           Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
           Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
           Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
           Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
           L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
           à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
           Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
           à la maison - at home
           à l'hôtel - at the hotel
           au comptoir du bar - at the bar
           au bois - in the woods
           J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
           La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
           au voleur ! - stop thief!
           à l'assassin ! - murderer!
           au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
           à moi ! - help!
           à l'aide ! - help!
           au secours ! - help!
           au feu ! - fire!
           aux armes ! - to arms!
           à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
           à l'abordage ! - on board!
           au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
           au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
     8. prep. from (origin)
           Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
           Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
           Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
           C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
           Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
           le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
           à plus tard - see you later
           à bientôt - see you soon
           Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
           moulin à poivre - pepper mill
           sac à dos - backpack
           boite à musique - music box
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
           l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
           Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
           Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
           Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
           Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
           un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
           une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
           un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
           une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
           une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
     15. prep. by
           peu à peu - bit by bit
           petit à petit - little by little
           minute à minute - minute by minute
           jour à jour - day by day
           un à un - one by one
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
           six à sept personnes - six or seven people
           de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
           tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
           mettre le feu à - to set fire to
           clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
           donner la chasse à - to give chase to
     18. prep. with
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...
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
           Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
           Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
           Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
                   Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
                   Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
           Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
           Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
           Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
           Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
           Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
           Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
           Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
           Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
           C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
           Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
ce que
     1. pron. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object)
           C'est ce que font les gens bien. - This is what good people do.
           Cela n'est pas ce que je voulais. - That isn't what I wanted.
           Il avait bien conscience de ce qu'il avait fait. - He knew perfectly well what he had done.
           Ce que dit le roi est vrai, parce que le roi le dit. - What the king says is true, because the king says it.
           A est à B ce que C est à D - A is to B as C is to D
     2. pron. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions)
           Savez-vous ce qu’il dit ? - Do you know what he says?
           Savez-vous ce que vous faites ? - Do you know what you're doing?
serait
     1. v. third-person singular conditional 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
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
village
     1. n-m. village
     2. n-m. (Louisiana French) town, city
son
     1. n-m. sound
           Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.)
     2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
           Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat.
           Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat.
           J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend.
           La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence.
     3. n-m. bran
           Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran.
église
     1. n-f. (architecture, Christianity) church
rasée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of rasé
     raser
          1. v. to shave
          2. v. to brush, lightly touch
          3. v. to raze (level to the ground)
          4. v. to bore someone
                Le digne homme n'imagine pas combien il peut raser les élèves avec des propos de ce genre ; chez lui si sincères qu'ils découragent l'ironie. - The dignified man cannot imagine how much he can
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