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Sentence

Il se remet à travailler sur le projet pour lequel il avait déjà passé tellement de temps.

Translation

He's starting to work on the project on which he had already spent so much time.



Analysis


il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
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.)
remet
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of remettre
     remettre
          1. v. to put back, replace
          2. v. to put (clothing etc.) back on
          3. v. to restart (machine etc.)
          4. v. (followed by the preposition à) to hand over, tender, hand in, deliver (to someone)
          5. v. (followed by the preposition à) to put off, postpone (until)
          6. v. to remember
          7. v. to add (more)
          8. v. to forgive, remit
          9. v. (euphemistic) to throw up
          10. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, followed by the preposition de) to get over, to recover (from something)
          11. v. (in the passive voice, followed by the preposition de) to be out of the woods
          12. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, followed by the preposition à) to take up again, start (to do something) again
          13. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to get back
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
travailler
     1. v. to work
     2. v. to study
     3. v. to struggle
sur
     1. prep. on, upon
     2. prep. on top of
     3. prep. from on top of
     4. prep. above
     5. prep. out of
     6. prep. in the case of
     7. prep. about, concerning
     8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
     9. adj. sour
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
projet
     1. n-m. project
     2. n-m. plan
     3. n-m. (Louisiana French, legal) draft constitution
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
     2. prep. for (in support of)
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
lequel
     1. pron. (relative, following a preposition) which, that, whom
     2. pron. (interrogative) which one
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
avait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
          4. v. to have (a condition)
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
          6. v. to have (to trick)
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
déjà
     1. adv. already
     2. adv. before
     3. adv. again (following a question)
     4. adv. for a start
passé
     1. n-m. past tense
     2. n-m. past (opposite of future)
     3. adj. past
     4. adj. (used with certain temporal nouns) last
     5. Participle. past participle of passer
     passer
          1. v. to go past
          2. v. to cross (a border)
          3. v. (legal) to pass
          4. v. to spend (time)
          5. v. to publish (a newspaper)
          6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
          7. v. to pass (an exam or test)
          8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test)
          9. v. (public transportation) to run
          10. v. to exceed (a limit)
          11. v. to percolate
          12. v. to hand down, to pass on
          13. v. to be allowed
          14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities)
          15. v. to show (a movie)
          16. v. to go up (a grade)
          17. v. to shift (change gear)
          18. v.          to go down
          19. v.          to go up
          20. v. to stop by, to pop in
          21. v. to pass away, to die
          22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
          23. v. (TV) to show (be on television)
          24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
          25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
          26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
          27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
          28. v. to wipe, rub
          29. v. to skip a go
          30. v. to put (make something undergo something)
          31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
          32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass
          33. v. to go by
          34. v. to do without
          35. v. to don
          36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
tellement
     1. adv. so; so much; very
     2. adv. so much (singular); so many (gloss, plural)
     3. adv. so much (gives a reason for the preceding statement)
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
temps
     1. n-m. time (in general)
     2. n-m. weather
     3. n-m. (grammar) tense




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