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Ils partageaient la succession en deux

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ils
     1. pron. they (male or mixed group)
     2. pron. (Quebec, informal) they (female)
partageaient
     1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of partager
     partager
          1. v. to share
          2. v. to divide up
          3. v. to divide
          4. v. to share out
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
succession
     1. n-f. succession
     2. n-f. series
     3. n-f. inheritance, as in the passing of possessions from a deceased person to his or her inheritors
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
     4. prep. as
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
deux
     1. num. two




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