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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)
poignée
     1. n-f. handful (amount held in hand)
     2. n-f. handful (a small number)
     3. n-f. handshake
     4. n-f. grip (part of an object someone grips)
     5. n-f. handle (of a door, drawer, suitcase, sword, etc.)
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
grêlons
     1. n. plural of grêlon
     grêler
          1. v. (impersonal, weather) to hail
     grêlon
          1. n-m. a hailstone
lui
     1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
           J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him.
           C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that.
           Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it.
     2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
           Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her.
     3. Participle. past participle of luire
flagella
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of flageller
     flageller
          1. v. to beat severely, with a scourge or a whip
          2. v. to whip oneself as mortification
          3. v. to abuse verbally, give a tongue-lashing
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
face
     1. n-f. (anatomy) face
     2. n-f. surface, side
     3. n-f. (geometry) face
     4. n-f. head (of a coin)
et
     1. conj. and
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.
resta
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of rester
     rester
          1. v. to stay
                On est restés à l'hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.
          2. v. to remain, be left over
                Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.
          3. v. to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)
                Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l'ai rencontrée.
          4. v. (rare) to rest
          5. v. (Louisiana French, Canada) to live
                Moi, je reste au Québec.
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)
moment
     1. n-m. moment (point in time)
     2. n-m. moment (short period of time)
     3. n-m. a while
           Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while
     4. n-m. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
           aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
           Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
     3. prep. to (until)
           Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
           Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
           Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
           Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
           L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
           à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
           Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
           à la maison - at home
           à l'hôtel - at the hotel
           au comptoir du bar - at the bar
           au bois - in the woods
           J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
           La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
           au voleur ! - stop thief!
           à l'assassin ! - murderer!
           au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
           à moi ! - help!
           à l'aide ! - help!
           au secours ! - help!
           au feu ! - fire!
           aux armes ! - to arms!
           à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
           à l'abordage ! - on board!
           au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
           au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
     8. prep. from (origin)
           Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
           Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
           Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
           C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
           Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
           le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
           à plus tard - see you later
           à bientôt - see you soon
           Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
           moulin à poivre - pepper mill
           sac à dos - backpack
           boite à musique - music box
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
           l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
           Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
           Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
           Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
           Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
           un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
           une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
           un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
           une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
           une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
     15. prep. by
           peu à peu - bit by bit
           petit à petit - little by little
           minute à minute - minute by minute
           jour à jour - day by day
           un à un - one by one
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
           six à sept personnes - six or seven people
           de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
           tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
           mettre le feu à - to set fire to
           clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
           donner la chasse à - to give chase to
     18. prep. with
bout
     1. n-m. end, extremity, tip (of a physical object)
     2. n-m. bit, piece, scrap
     3. n-m. (nautical) rope
     4. n-m. (curling) end
     5. v. third-person singular present indicative of bouillir
     bouillir
          1. v. to boil (becoming boiling; reach boiling point)
          2. v. to boil (cause to boil)
          3. v. (figuratively) to seethe
à bout
     1. adj. (informal) at the end of one's tether
           être à bout - to be at the end of one's tether
           Ma patience est à bout. - I've about had it (with you).
           Nous les poussons à bout. - We are pushing them to the limit.
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
à bout de
     1. prep. out of, short of
           à bout de forces - at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end
           à bout de nerfs - worn out, exhausted
           à bout de souffle - breathless, out of breath.
souffle
     1. n-m. blow (act of expelling air from the mouth)
     2. n-m. blow (movement of wind)
     3. v. first-person singular present of souffler
     4. v. third-person singular present of souffler
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of souffler
     souffler
          1. v. to blow
          2. v. to blow out
                Souffler des bougies. - Blow out candles.
          3. v. to whisper
          4. v. (figuratively) to relax
à bout de souffle
     1. adj. breathless, out of breath
     2. adj. (figuratively) on one's last legs
           être à bout de souffle - to run out of steam, to have run out of puff
et
     1. conj. and
presque
     1. adv. almost
sans
     1. prep. without
           Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you.
           Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone.
connaissance
     1. n-f. knowledge
           avoir une bonne connaissance des animaux - to have a good knowledge of animals
     2. n-f. acquaintance
           une connaissance - an acquaintance
           faire la connaissance de quelqu'un - to become acquainted with someone, to get to know someone
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