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une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
craie
     1. n-f. chalk
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.
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
           Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
casse
     1. v. first-person singular present of casser
     2. v. third-person singular present of casser
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of casser
     4. n-m. burglary, break-in
     5. n-f. breakage (act of breaking)
     6. n-f. breaker's yard, wreck yard
     7. n-f. (typography, informatics) case
           sensible à la casse - case-sensitive
     casser
          1. v. to break
          2. v. to break up (with somebody)
se casser
     1. v. (informal, idiomatic) to get lost, go away, leave
           Je me casse. - I'm leaving.
           Casse-toi ! - Get lost!
sur
     1. prep. on, upon
     2. prep. on top of
     3. prep. from on top of
     4. prep. above
     5. prep. out of
           sept sur dix - seven out of ten
     6. prep. in the case of
     7. prep. about, concerning
     8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
           sur Paris - in Paris
     9. adj. sour
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)
tableau
     1. n-m. painting
     2. n-m. picture (a captured image)
     3. n-m. writing board
     4. n-m. table (arrangement of rows and columns)
     5. n-m. chart
     6. n-m. (theatre) tableau
Noir
     1. n-m. black (person)
     2. adj. black in colour
           Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.
     3. adj. dark
           Il fait encore noir dehors. - It is still dark outside.
     4. adj. drunk; inebriated
           Il est noir. - He is drunk.
     5. adj. black, of black ethnicity
           Il est noir. - He is black.
     6. n-m. a black person
     7. n-m. a person whose hair is dark
     8. n-m. dark; darkness
           Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.
tableau noir
     1. n-m. blackboard (blackish board suitable to be written on with chalk)
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