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| en ce moment |
| 1. adv. at the moment; right now |
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| French > French |
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| en ce moment |
| 1. v. Présentement, à l'heure qu'il est. |
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| Revenez me voir demain, je suis trop occupé en ce moment pour vous recevoir. |
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| Analysis |
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| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) |
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| J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. |
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| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) |
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| Il est allé en France. - He went to France. |
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| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) |
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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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| moment |
| 1. n-m. moment (point in time) |
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| 2. n-m. moment (short period of time) |
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| 3. n-m. a while |
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| Ça fait un moment que je l'attends - I've been waiting for him for a while |
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| 4. n-m. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum |
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