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Je vais au lit afin de dormir

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je
     1. pron. I
vais
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of aller
     2. v. first-person singular present indicative of vader
     aller
          1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to
          2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à)
          3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense)
          4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
          5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.)
          6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone)
          7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à)
          8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away
au
     1. contraction. contraction of à le
     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
     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
lit
     1. n-m. bed
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of lire
     lire
          1. v. to read
          2. v. to be read
          3. n-f. lira (unit of currency)
aller au lit
     1. v. to go to bed
au lit
     1. adv. (sexuality, figuratively) in bed
     2. interj. to bed! off to bed! sleepy time!
afin
     1. conj. to
     2. conj. so that
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
afin de
     1. conj. fr-conjunction
     2. conj. in order to
dormir
     1. v. to sleep




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