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Donne un coup d'œil à ce livre

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donne
     1. v. first-person singular present of donner
     2. v. third-person singular present of donner
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of donner
     4. n-f. (card games) distribution of cards; dealing of cards; metonym the cards that one is given
     5. n-f. (figurative) predicament; situation which one is dealt
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
coup
     1. n-m. blow, hit, strike
     2. n-m.          sound of the action
     3. n-m.          physical consequences of the action (marks)
     4. n-m. (by extension) fast and instantaneous action
     5. n-m. (firearm) load, shot
     6. n-m. bit (small quantity)
     7. n-m. planned action
     8. n-m. (slang) lay
un coup
     1. adv. (colloquial) (used to soften an order)
     2. adv. (colloquial) once, one time.
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
œil
     1. n-m. (anatomy) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
     2. n-m. (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character
     3. n-m. (plural œils) eye (of a needle)
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
     3. prep. to (until)
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
     8. prep. from (origin)
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
     15. prep. by
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
     18. prep. with
ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
livre
     1. n-m. book
     2. n-f. pound (unit of weight)
     3. n-f.          (Europe, informal) metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g
     4. n-f.          (North America) imperial pound ≈ 454 g
     5. n-f.          (historical) various values between 300 and 600 g
     6. n-f. pound (unit of currency)
     7. n-f. (Louisiana) grade (level)
     8. v. first-person singular present of livrer
     9. v. third-person singular present of livrer
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of livrer
     livrer
          1. v. to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
          2. v. to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
          3. v. to betray
          4. v. to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
          5. v. abandon oneself, give oneself over + à (object) = to
          6. v. to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry) + à (object) = to




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