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Quand j'ai fait la connaissance d'Henri, ç'a été le coup de foudre !

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quand
     1. conj. when
     2. adv. when
je
     1. pron. I
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
fait
     1. n-m. fact
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of faire
     3. Participle. past participle of faire
     4. adj. done
     5. adj. cut out
     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
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
connaissance
     1. n-f. knowledge
     2. n-f. acquaintance
faire la connaissance
     1. v. (indtr, de) to get to know
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
Henri
     1. Proper noun. given name, male, eq=Henry
ç'a
     1. contraction. contraction of ce + a : it has, that has
été
     1. n-m. summer
     2. Participle. past participle of être
     3. Participle. Louisiana French past participle of aller
     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
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
coup
     1. n-m. blow, hit, strike
     2. n-m.          sound of the action
     3. n-m.          physical consequences of the action (marks)
     4. n-m. (by extension) fast and instantaneous action
     5. n-m. (firearm) load, shot
     6. n-m. bit (small quantity)
     7. n-m. planned action
     8. n-m. (slang) lay
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
foudre
     1. n-f. lightning
     2. n-m. (heraldry) thunderbolt
     3. n-m. foeder (large barrel used for aging beer or wine)
coup de foudre
     1. n-m. lightning strike, thunderbolt
     2. n-m. bolt from the blue; love at first sight




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