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Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien.

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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
tien
le tien
     1. pron. yours; the one belonging to you (singular)
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
beaucoup
     1. adv. much, very much, a lot
plus
     1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
     2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
     3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
     4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
     5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
     6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
     7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
     8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
     9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
     10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
     11. v. singular past historic of plaire
     12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
grand
     1. adj. big, great, grand
     2. adj. tall
     3. adj. grown up, big
     4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
     5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier
     6. adj. extensive, large
     7. n-m. grown-up
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
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
mien
le mien
     1. pron. mine




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