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La vie n'est pas juste.

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la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
vie
     1. n-f. life, the state of organisms (organic beings) prior to death
     2. n-f. life, period in which one is alive, between birth and death
     3. n-f. biography, life
     4. n-f. life, lifeforms
     5. n-f. cost of living
     6. n-f. attn, frWikt has even more senses than this
     7. n-f. (Switzerland, Jura) way, path (road, railway, etc)
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
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
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.
juste
     1. adj. fair, just
     2. adj. reasonable, appropriate, grounded
     3. adj. correct
     4. adv. exactly, precisely
     5. adv. upright, not crooked or bent
     6. adv. just, only




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