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qui
     1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
           Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
           Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
     2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
           La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
           Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
           J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
           Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
           Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
           Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
     3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
           Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative 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
mort
     1. Participle. past participle of mourir
     2. adj. dead
           Le roi est mort. - The king is dead.
     3. n-m. dead person
     4. n-f. death
     mourir
          1. v. to die; to be dying
          2. v. (figuratively, with "de") to be dying (of)
                Je meurs de faim - I'm dying of hunger
          3. v. to be dying
depuis
     1. prep. since
           On habite ici depuis l'an 2000. - We've lived here since the year 2000.
     2. prep. since, ever since
           Depuis son arrivée à la tête du Barça, l'entraîneur catalan a tout gagné. - Ever since he took the helm of Barça, the Catalan coach has won everything.
     3. prep. (regarding time) for ~
           Je vis ici depuis trois ans. - I've lived here for three years.
     4. prep. (regarding time) for the last ~, over the past ~
           Le Marché Monétaire et Ses Crises depuis Cinquante Ans - The Money Market and Its Crises over the Last Fifty Years
     5. prep. from
           Le train part depuis Stockholm. - The train leaves from Stockholm.
     6. adv. (informal) ever since, since then
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)
certain
     1. adj. certain, for certain, indubitably
     2. adj. certain (of indefinite, unknown or simply unmentioned identity, quality or quantity) (prepositive to the noun it modifies, and usually preceded by an indefinite article)
           un certain nombre de - a certain number of
           une certaine femme - a certain woman
     3. adj. certain (sure, positive) (postpositive to the modified noun)
           une victoire certaine - a sure victory
           Il est certain qu'il viendra. - It is certain that he will arrive.
     4. adj. certain (fixed, determined)
     5. adj. certain (specified, particular)
     6. n-m. certain; certainty
     7. det. certain: a determined but unspecified amount of ; some
           Certaines personnes vont aller. - Some people are going.
temps
     1. n-m. time (in general)
           je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that
           il faut encore du temps - I need more time
           Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence
     2. n-m. weather
           le temps n'est pas bon ici - the weather is no good here
           quel temps fait-il ? - how's the weather?
     3. n-m. (grammar) tense
           un temps composé - a compound tense
           un temps simple - a simple tense
           changez le temps du verbe - change the tense of the verb
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