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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)
Botte
     1. Proper noun. Italy
     2. n-f. boot (footwear)
     3. n-f. something resembling a boot
           la botte italienne - the Italian boot
           une botte à bière - a boot-shaped beer glass
     4. n-f. (figuratively) oppression
           Les Juifs ont grandement souffert sous la botte du régime nazi. - The Jews suffered greatly under the oppression of the Nazi regime.
     5. n-f. (polytechnic jargon) the top of the class in polytechnic school
     6. v. first-person singular present of botter
     7. v. third-person singular present of botter
     8. v. second-person singular imperative of botter
     9. n-f. bunch, bundle (of flowers, vegetables)
     10. n-f. bundle, sheaf (of grain)
     11. n-f. bale (bundle of compressed wool or hay)
     12. n-f. (by extension) fodder or feed for small livestock
     13. n-f. a bundle of skeins
     14. n-f. bunch (large amount of something)
     15. n-f. (informal) sex, proposed to a woman by a man
           Je lui ai proposé la botte. En vain ! - I offered to have sex with her. No luck!
     16. n-f. bale (measurement of hay weighing 30-50 kg)
     17. n-f. (fencing) thrust
     18. n-f. (nautical) ton, register ton (unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet)
     19. n-f. large barrel, cask
     20. n-f. (historical) (a former unit of measure:) about 230 kilograms; about 500 pounds
     21. n-f. (historical) (a former unit of measure, varying with time and place:) about 190 to 520 litres; about 50 to 140 US gallons
     botter
          1. v. to kick
          2. v. (slang) to please, to like
                Ça te botterait d'aller au ciné? - Would you like to go the cinema?
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
vendanges
     1. n. plural of vendange
     vendanger
          1. v. to vintage
     vendange
          1. n-f. vintage (yield of grapes for wine-making)
          2. n-f. (by extension) grapes harvested for wine-making
          3. n-f. (chiefly plural) grape harvesting season
          4. v. first-person singular present of vendanger
          5. v. third-person singular present of vendanger
          6. v. second-person singular imperative of vendanger
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