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| à la pointe |
| 1. adj. at the cutting edge, at the forefront |
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| French > French |
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| à la pointe |
| 1. v. Devant, en première ligne. |
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| À la pointe de l'attaque. |
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| 2. v. Au plus haut niveau dans le domaine. |
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| À la pointe de la technologie. |
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| Analysis |
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| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
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| 2. prep. to (destination) |
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| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way |
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| Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. |
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| 3. prep. to (until) |
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| la |
| 1. art. the (definite article) |
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| 2. pron. her, it (direct object) |
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| Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. |
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| Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. |
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| 3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' |
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| pointe |
| 1. n-f. point |
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| 2. v. singular present of pointer |
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| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of pointer |
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| pointer |
| 1. v. to point to/at |
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| 2. v. (by extension) to indicate, to show, to point out |
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| 3. v. (arriving) to clock in (US), clock on (UK), to punch in (US); (leaving) to clock out (US), clock off (UK), to punch out (US) (to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card) |
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| 4. v. (informal, takes a reflexive pronoun) to show up, turn up |
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| On doit se pointer à quelle heure? - What time do we have to show up? |
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