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Après trois longues heures d'attente, le voleur s'est finalement rendu.

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après
     1. prep. after, later than in time.
     2. prep. after, coming for, trying to get (someone).
     3. adv. afterwards
     4. adv. (Louisiana French) (Indicates the continuous aspect)
trois
     1. num. three
longues
     1. adj. feminine plural of long
     long
          1. adj. long
          2. n-m. length
heures
     1. n. plural of heure
     heure
          1. n-f. hour, time
          2. n-f. o'clock
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
attente
     1. n-f. wait (the time that one is waiting or the state of waiting)
     2. n-f. expectation (act or state of expecting)
     3. n-f. shoulder strap insignia (military) http://circulaire.legifrance.gouv.fr/pdf/2014/10/cir_38770.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20190717154226/http://unor-reserves.fr/ressources%20pdf,%20xls,%20doc/Inst
     attenter
          1. v. (+ à) to assault
le
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     4. art. (before units) a, an
     5. pron. (direct object) him, it
     6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
voleur
     1. n-m. robber, thief
     2. n-m. flier (one who flies)
     3. adj. thieving, thievish
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
s'est
     1. contraction. se + est (third-person singular indicative present form of être)
finalement
     1. adv. finally; last; lastly
     2. adv. finally; eventually; after all
rendu
     1. n-m. an instance of rendering
     2. n-m. change (money given back)
     3. n-m. (available) stock
     4. Participle. past participle of rendre
     rendre
          1. v. to give back; to return, to restore
          2. v. to render
          3. v. to give
          4. v. to make
          5. v. to pay (a visit)
          6. v. to make one's way (to a place), to get oneself (into a place) (with dans)
          7. v. (indtr, chez, .reflexive) to call on (someone)
          8. v. to surrender, to give in, to give oneself up to




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