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Le cinéma est en face de la boulangerie.

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Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
cinéma
     1. n-m. cinema (the art of making films and movies)
     2. n-m. (cinematography) cinema (the film and movie industry)
     3. n-m. cinema (film or movies as a group)
     4. n-m. cinema (movie theatre)
     5. n-m. (informal) playacting, drama, fuss
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
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.
face
     1. n-f. (anatomy) face
     2. n-f. surface, side
     3. n-f. (geometry) face
     4. n-f. head (of a coin)
en face
     1. prep. (indtr, de) opposite, in front of
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
en face de
     1. prep. opposite, across
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
de la
     1. art. of the
     2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
boulangerie
     1. n-f. bread shop; bakery, baker's




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