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voulez
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of vouloir
           Voulez-vous un sandwich?
             Do you want a sandwich?
     vouloir
          1. v. to want, wish, desire
                Je veux voir le soleil. - I want to see the sun.
                Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n'en étaient pas conscients. - Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it.
          2. v. to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem
          3. n-m. will
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
                   Vous allez - You (all) go.
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
                   Je vous adore. - I love you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
           Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you.
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
           Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you.
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)
verre
     1. n-m. (usually) glass (substance)
           verre de couleur - colored glass
     2. n-m.          symbol of fragility
                   Ça casse comme le verre. - That breaks like glass.
     3. n-m.          symbol of transparency
                   Une maison de verre. - A house of glass.
     4. n-m. Object of this substance
     5. n-m.          (optics) lens, glass
                   un verre de lunettes - a glasses lens, an eyeglass lens
                   un verre grossissant - a magnifying glass, a magnifying lens
     6. n-m.          glass (drinking vessel)
                   un verre en cristal - a crystal glass
     7. n-m.          the content of such a vessel
                   On va boire un verre! - Let's go have a drink!
     8. v. singular present of verrer
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of verrer
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
liqueur
     1. n-f. alcoholic liqueur
     2. n-f. (literary) drinkable liquid
     3. n-f. (Canada) fizzy drink, pop
     4. n-f. (obsolete) liquid
     5. n-f. (Louisiana French) liquor
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