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Ne me touche pas !

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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
me
     1. pron. (direct object) me
     2. pron. (indirect object) to me
touche
     1. n-f. touch
     2. n-f. key (on keyboard), button
     3. n-f. fingerboard
     4. n-f. (sports) touch
     5. v. first-person singular present of toucher
     6. v. third-person singular present of toucher
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of toucher
     toucher
          1. n-m. the act of touching (see below)
          2. n-m. a way of touching
          3. n-m. the sense of touch, tactility
          4. v. to touch (physically)
          5. v. to affect
          6. v. To try, to try out
          7. v. Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful
          8. v. to receive, to get
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.




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