the |
1. art. Le, la, les. | |
potato |
1. n. Pomme de terre, patate. | |
was |
1. v. Première personne du prétérit de be (« être »). | |
I was present. | |
J'étais présent. | |
2. v. Troisième personne du prétérit de be (« être »). | |
He was present. | |
Il était présent. | |
be |
1. v. Être. | |
I am happy. | |
Je suis content. | |
To be, or not to be, that is the question. | |
Être, ou ne pas être, c'est là la question. | |
2. v. (Auxiliaire) Être. Auxiliaire pour former le passif avec un participe passé. | |
It is well known. | |
C'est bien connu. | |
3. v. (Auxiliaire) Être en train de. Auxiliaire pour former le progressif avec un participe présent. | |
I am eating. | |
Je suis en train de manger. | |
4. v. (Auxiliaire) (Soutenu) Aller. Auxiliaire pour former le futur proche avec un infinitif. | |
The president is to speak on TV tonight. | |
Le président va parler à la télé ce soir. | |
an |
1. art. Forme alternative de a utilisée avant une voyelle. Un, une. | |
important |
1. adj. Important. | |
food |
1. n. Nourriture. | |
What kind of food do you offer for sale? (type or quantity of food) | |
2. n. Aliment. | |
Man cannot live on food alone. (adage populaire) (category of food) | |
3. n. Alimentation. | |
Let's go to the food section of the store. (general category) | |
4. n. Comestible (food product). | |
What food items do you offer for sale? (individual food items) | |
source |
1. n. Source d'eau, fontaine. | |
To control the source-region of the Nile. | |
Yet kissing the pretie infant, shee lightened out smiles from those cheekes, that were furrowed with continual sources of teares. (R. Greene) | |
2. n. Source, origine. | |
This intellectual perversion is the source of a systematic immorality. (H. E. Manning) | |
Something or somebody had superseded him as a source of interest. (Dickens, Dombey) | |
He traced his source Through the most Gothic gentlemen of Spain. (Byron, Don Juan) | |
It is largely used in lamps as a source of light. (W. A. Miller) | |
3. n. Source, référence. | |
Deputy White House press secretary Gerald Warren issued the following statement : ‘The White House is not prepared to react to a story based on sources. (Atlanta Journal, 1973) | |
What is the source of your information? | |
4. n. (Archi) Support. | |
In the works of the said chapel for sources to the images under the tabernacles... The columns placed under the aforesaid sources. (J. T. Smith). | |
5. n. (Vieilli)Hausse, hausse sur l'aile, d'un faucon ou un autre oiseau ; hausse du soleil ; agression ou attaque. | |
But the Goshauke taken at the source by the Falcon, soone fell down at the Kings foot. (J. Selden). | |
Il gallantlie receavinge bothe theire Sourse et theie comme resolutelie vigueur quittinge. (J. Lane). | |
6. n. Informatique Source. | |
The original programs, which are centrally produced, are commonly called ‘source codes'; only a few local governments own and control the source codes that are used in their jurisdictions. (1988 New Yorker) | |
Do you still have the source available, or only the binary? | |
7. v. (Commerce) Procurer. | |
for |
1. prep. Pour. | |
It's for you. | |
C'est pour toi. | |
2. prep. Pendant, depuis. (usage) Utilisé avec l'accompli tout comme la préposition since. | |
I've been studying English for two years. | |
J'apprends l'anglais depuis deux ans. | |
3. prep. Comme. | |
D for Daniel. | |
D comme Daniel. | |
4. prep. Contre, en échange de. | |
I'll give you this book for that one. | |
Je te donnerai ce livre contre celui-là. | |
In exchange for that. | |
En échange de cela. | |
5. prep. Introduit le sujet d'un infinitif avec to. | |
All I want is for you to be happy. | |
Tout ce que je veux, c'est que tu sois heureux. | |
6. conj. Car. | |
I'm late for I've missed my train. | |
Je suis en retard car j'ai manqué mon train. | |
the |
1. art. Le, la, les. | |
Spanish |
1. n. Espagnol. | |
2. n. (Au pluriel) Espagnol. | |
The Spanish are a people who come from Spain. | |
3. adj. Espagnol. | |
army |
1. n. (Militaire) Armée, groupe organisé de soldat. | |
2. n. Armée, multitude. | |