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S'il se conduit sagement, tant mieux pour lui.

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s'il
     1. contraction. contraction of si + il
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
conduit
     1. n-m. conduit (connecting pipe/channel)
     2. n-m. a conductus
     3. Participle. past participle of conduire
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of conduire
     conduire
          1. v. to drive (a vehicle)
          2. v. to lead, to conduct
          3. v. to behave, to conduct oneself
sagement
     1. adv. wisely, sagely
tant
     1. adv. so much
     2. adv. so many
     3. adv. (in coordination with que) both ... and
mieux
     1. adv. comparative of bien; better
     2. adv. (with definite article, le mieux) superlative of bien; best
     3. adv. (Saint-Étienne) more, -er.
     4. n-m. the best of one's ability, one's best
tant mieux
     1. interj. It's a good thing; fortunately; (used to express that a chance happening is favorable)
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
     2. prep. for (in support of)
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
lui
     1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
     2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
     3. Participle. past participle of luire




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