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pourquoi
     1. adv. why
           Pourquoi as-tu fait cela ? - Why did you do that?
           Pourquoi n'a-t-il pas fini son travail ? - Why hasn't he finished his work?
           Je ne sais pas pourquoi il est parti. - I don't know why he left.
diable
     1. n-m. (religion, mythology) devil
     2. n-m. (colloquial) rogue, (old) devil
     3. n-m. hand truck
     4. Proper noun. the Devil
     5. interj. (dated) dash it!, deuce!
poses
     1. v. second-person singular present of poser
     poser
          1. v. to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody)
          2. v. to ask (a question)
                J'ai quelques questions à lui poser. - I have a few questions to ask him.
                Puis-je vous poser une question ? - Can I ask you a question?
          3. v. to land (a plane)
          4. v. to lay, place
          5. v. to install, fit
          6. v. to relax, settle
tu
     1. pron. you (singular); thou
     2. Participle. past participle of taire
     3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker)
           C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible?
     taire
          1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence
                Faites taire vos enfants ! - Shut your children up!
          2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
                Tais-toi! - Be quiet!/Shut up!
          3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
                Je l'ai entendu de quelqu'un dont je préfère taire le nom. - I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself.
toutes
     1. adv. feminine plural of tout
     2. det. feminine plural of tout
           Mes sœurs sont toutes mariées
             My sisters are all married
     tout
          1. adv. all
          2. det. all
          3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
                le tout
          4. pron. everything
ces
     1. det. plural of ce: these, those
questions
     1. n. plural of question
     question
          1. n-f. (historical, chiefly with the definite article) question (interrogation by torture)
          2. n-f. question (sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response)
                Je voudrais vous poser une question. - I would like to ask you a question.
          3. n-f. issue, matter, topic, problem
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