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réclamer
     1. v. to protest
     2. v. to object
     3. v. to claim, reclaim
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
chose
     1. n-f. thing
concrète
     1. adj. feminine singular of concret
     2. v. first-person singular present of concréter
     3. v. third-person singular present of concréter
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of concréter
     concréter
          1. v. to thicken or solidify
     concret
          1. adj. concrete, real, existing
          2. adj. specific
ou
     1. conj. or
     2. conj. either...or
           Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
abstraite
     1. adj. feminine singular of abstrait
     abstrait
          1. adj. abstract
          2. v. third-person singular present indicative of abstraire
          3. Participle. past participle of abstraire
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.
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
on
     1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
           On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here
     2. pron. (personal, informal) we
           On s’est amusés. - We had fun.
considère
     1. v. first-person singular present of considérer
     2. v. third-person singular present of considérer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of considérer
     considérer
          1. v. to consider (to look at)
          2. v. (reciprocal reflexive) to consider (to look at) each other
          3. v. to consider (to think about)
          4. v. to consider, to think of + comme (object) = as
          5. v. (reciprocal reflexive) to consider each other, to think of each other + comme (object) = as
nous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) we.
     3. pron.          (object pronoun) us, to us.
     4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we)
     5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy
appartenir
     1. v. to belong + à (object) = to
     2. v. to concern (+preo, à)
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