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Je roulais à une vitesse normale, mais j'ai pogné une bosse et je ne m'y attendais pas.

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je
     1. pron. I
roulais
     1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of rouler
     2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of rouler
     rouler
          1. v. to roll
          2. v. to revolve
          3. v. (colloquial) to go (of events, to proceed)
          4. v. (of a vehicle) to work, to function
          5. v. to drive (a vehicle)
          6. v. (colloquial) to dupe, to trick
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
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
vitesse
     1. n-f. speed
     2. n-f. (automotive) gear
normale
     1. adj. feminine singular of normal
     2. n-f. (geometry) Line perpendicular to a curve
     normal
          1. adj. normal (according to norms, usual)
          2. adj. (relational) normal (relating to a school to teach teachers how to teach)
          3. adj. okay, alright
mais
     1. conj. but, although
     2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
     3. n. plural of mai
je
     1. pron. I
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
pogné
     1. Participle. past participle of pogner
     pogner
          1. v. (Quebec, Louisiana French, transitive) to catch
          2. v. (Quebec, Louisiana French, transitive) to grab, to grasp
          3. v. (Quebec, Louisiana French, slang) to seize
          4. v. (Quebec figuratively, impersonal verb) to be arrested or frozen (by a notion or emotion)
          5. v. (Quebec, slang) to surprise, to run into, to find out (someone in the act of wrongdoing, someone in hiding)
          6. v. (Quebec, transitive) to collide, to hit
          7. v. (Quebec, slang) to receive
          8. v. (Quebec, slang) to understand, (figuratively) to get (a joke)
          9. v. (Quebec, informal, intransitive) to catch on or become popular, to succeed
          10. v. (Quebec, slang) to seduce, to have success in interpersonal relationships
          11. v. (Quebec, informal, reflexive) to take or acquire something (for oneself)
          12. v. (Quebec, informal) to become stuck or jammed (of one object in another, used reflexively)
          13. v. (Quebec, slang) to argue, to quarrel (with someone), to butt heads (used either reflexively or with subject)
          14. v. (Quebec, slang) to make out, or to make love or have sex (used reflexively)
          15. v. (Louisiana French, slang) to fool
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
bosse
     1. n-f. bump (small elevated level)
     2. n-f. hump (of e.g. a camel or zebu)
     3. n-f. dent (in e.g. a car panel)
     4. n-f. (freestyle skiing) mogul
     5. v. first-person singular present of bosser
     6. v. third-person singular present of bosser
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of bosser
     bosser
          1. v. (France, slang) to work (to do a task)
          2. v. to emboss
          3. v. to dent; to cause a dent
          4. v. (nautical) to raise an anchor over the davit(s)
et
     1. conj. and
je
     1. pron. I
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
me
     1. pron. (direct object) me
     2. pron. (indirect object) to me
y
     1. pron. there (at a place)
     2. pron. there, thither (to there)
     3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.
     4. pron.          With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure.
     5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
     6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il
     7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils
     8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles
attendais
     1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of attendre
     2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of attendre
     attendre
          1. v. to wait for, to await
          2. v. to expect
          3. v. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of entendre, to hear
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.




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