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bibliothéconomie
1. n-f. library science, librarianship
salle
1. n-f. hall
2. n-f. room (in a house)
3. n-f. front of house (public area of a restaurant, theatre, etc.)
où
1. adv. where (interrogative)
Où est la gare? - Where is the station?
Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going?
Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live?
2. adv. where (relative pronoun)
3. adv. at that time; when
Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father.
4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where
Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
sont
1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être
Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they?
être
1. v. to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
4. n-m. being, creature
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
conservés
1. Participle. masculine plural of conservé
conserver
1. v. to keep (in a particular place)
Conserver la glace dans un congélateur. - Keep the ice cream in a freezer.
2. v. , passage=Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu'on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage., t=Struck by this contradiction, he decided to keep track of t
3. v. to retain, conserve, preserve
des
1. art. plural of un
2. art. plural of une
3. art. plural of du
4. art. plural of de la
5. art. plural of de l'
6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
de
1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub
Un chien de garde - A guarddog
Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
Un stade de football - A football stadium
6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me.
Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
les
1. art. plural of le: the
2. art. plural of la: the
3. pron. plural of le: them
4. pron. plural of la: them
de l'
1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
livres
1. n. plural of livre
2. v. second-person singular present of livrer
livrer
1. v. to deliver (a package, merchandise etc.)
2. v. to hand over, deliver (someone to an enemy, police, etc.)
3. v. to betray
4. v. to give away (a secret etc.); to confide, reveal, drop (a hint)
5. v. abandon oneself, give oneself over + à (object) = to
6. v. to practise (a sport); be engaged in (a job, research); set up (an enquiry) + à (object) = to
livre
1. n-m. book
2. n-f. pound (unit of weight)
3. n-f. (Europe, informal) metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g
4. n-f. (North America) imperial pound ≈ 454 g
5. n-f. (historical) various values between 300 and 600 g
6. n-f. pound (unit of currency)
7. n-f. (Louisiana) grade (level)
8. v. first-person singular present of livrer
9. v. third-person singular present of livrer
10. v. second-person singular imperative of livrer
revues
1. n. plural of revue
revue
1. n-f. magazine, journal
2. n-f. troop inspection (military)
3. n-f. revue
4. n-f. revision
dictionnaires
1. n. plural of dictionnaire
dictionnaire
1. n-m. dictionary: a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations
2. n-m. (computing) dictionary, an associative array
etc

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