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pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
couvrir
     1. v. to cover up, to cover (put a cover over)
     2. v. to cover (feature, discuss, mention)
sa
     1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's
           Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house.
           Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card.
           Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white.
retraite
     1. adj. feminine singular of retrait
     2. n-f. retirement
           J'attends ma retraite avec impatience. - I can't wait for my retirement/I can't wait to be retired.
     3. n-f. pension (money)
           Ne touchez pas à ma retraite. - Don't touch my pension.
     4. n-f. (military) retreat
     retraiter
          1. v. to reprocess
          2. v. to recycle
          3. v. (sport) to retire (from a game)
                Il a retraité au vestiaire pendant la troisième période.
                He retired to the locker room during the third period.
     retrait
          1. n-m. retreat
          2. n-m. withdrawal
          3. n-m. (baseball) out
          4. n-m. (cricket) dismissal
          5. n-m. (sex) coitus interruptus
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
laissa
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of laisser
     laisser
          1. v. to leave, to leave behind
                Laissez le pistolet sur la table - Leave the gun on the table
          2. v. to forget, to leave alone
          3. v. to leave with, to give
          4. v. to let, to allow
          5. v. to allow oneself, to let oneself
devant
     1. prep. confronted with, faced with
     2. prep. in front of, before
     3. prep. outside
     4. n-m. front
     5. Participle. present participle of devoir
     devoir
          1. n-m. duty
                manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs - to fail in one's duty, duties
                Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi. - It is my duty to protect the king.
          2. n-m. exercise, assignment (set for homework)
          3. v. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
                Les auteurs d'un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l'éditeur et du public visé. - The authors of a dictionary have
          4. v.          (present) must
          5. v.          (conditional) should
          6. v. must, to do or have with certainty
          7. v. to owe (money, obligation and etc)
          8. v. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive)
          9. v. to have a duty to
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
ennemi
     1. adj. enemy
           feu ennemi - enemy fire
     2. n-m. enemy
           Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien. - The better is the enemy of the good.
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)
rideau
     1. n-m. curtain (woven fabric to cover, e.g., windows)
     2. n-m. blind (cover for windows)
     3. n-m. (figuratively) curtain, veil (something keeping another in secret)
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
troupes
     1. n. plural of troupe
     troupe
          1. n-f. troop
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary