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Mettez un peu de beurre et d'huile et faites revenir sur le gaz.

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mettez
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of mettre
     2. v. second-person plural imperative of mettre
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
peu
     1. adv. little; not very much/many
     2. n-m. few
     3. n-m. little
un peu
     1. adv. a little, a bit
     2. adv. Used to soften an order.
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
beurre
     1. n-m. butter
     2. v. first-person singular present of beurrer
     3. v. third-person singular present of beurrer
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of beurrer
     beurrer
          1. v. to butter, to rub with butter
          2. v. (Canada, Quebec) to get dirty, to soil smth (or oneself, with se)
          3. v. (Canada, Quebec, transitive) to exaggerate, to try too hard
et
     1. conj. and
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
huile
     1. n-f. oil (liquid fat)
     2. n-f. big gun, big cheese
     3. v. first-person singular present of huiler
     4. v. third-person singular present of huiler
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of huiler
     huiler
          1. v. to oil, oil up (cover or coat with oil)
et
     1. conj. and
faites
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of faire
     2. v. second-person plural imperative of faire
     3. Participle. feminine plural of fait
     faire
          1. v. to do
          2. v. to make
          3. v. to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)
          4. v. to make (cause someone or something to do something)
          5. v. to act like (something)
          6. v. (impersonal) to be (of the weather or various situations)
          7. v. to do, to make (oneself)
          8. v. to be, to get (used for a passive action)
          9. v. to ripen (of fruit), to mature
          10. v. to become used to, to get used to
          11. v. (slang) to do (to have sex with)
          12. v. (informal, intransitive) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified)
          13. v. to become, to get
revenir
     1. v. to come back, to return
     2. v. (indtr, sur) to recant
     3. v. (cooking, preceded by faire) to brown
sur
     1. prep. on, upon
     2. prep. on top of
     3. prep. from on top of
     4. prep. above
     5. prep. out of
     6. prep. in the case of
     7. prep. about, concerning
     8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
     9. adj. sour
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
gaz
     1. n-m. gas
     2. n-m. (physics) gas
     3. n-m. flatulence




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