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c'est la vie |
1. Phrase. that's life, such is life, c'est la vie |
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French > French |
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c'est la vie |
1. loc. La vie est ainsi et on ne peut pas la changer. |
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2. loc. L'essentiel, le but même de l'existence, de la vie. |
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Analysis |
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c'est |
1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word) |
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Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money. |
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2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus) |
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3. contraction. this is |
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ce |
1. det. this, that |
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2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) |
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C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! |
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est-ce que...? - is it that...? |
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ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of |
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est |
1. adj. east |
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2. n-m. east |
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3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être |
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être |
1. v. to be |
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Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. |
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2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) |
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Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. |
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3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) |
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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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vie |
1. n-f. life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death |
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2. n-f. life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death |
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3. n-f. biography, life |
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4. n-f. life, lifeforms |
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L’apparition de la vie sur Terre - The appearance of life on Earth |
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