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billard
1. n-m. billiards
2. n-m. pool table
3. n-m. (slang) operating table
action
1. n-f. action, act, deed
une bonne action - a good deed
2. n-f. campaign
une action promotionnelle - a promotional campaign
3. n-f. stock, share
une action de capitalisation - a capitalisation share
4. n-f. (Switzerland) a special offer
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
atteindre
1. v. to attain
2. v. to reach
3. v. to accomplish
4. v. to achieve
la
1. art. the (definite article)
2. pron. her, it (direct object)
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
bille
1. n-f. marble (spherical ball)
2. n-f. (snooker, billiards) ball
3. n-f. ball bearing
4. n-f. (slang) dimwit
5. n-f. tree trunk (qual, chopped down, ready for sawing)
6. n-f. railway sleeper
7. n-f. rolling pin
8. v. first-person singular present of biller
9. v. third-person singular present of biller
10. v. second-person singular imperative of biller
biller
1. v. to turn a piece of wood placed on a support
2. v. to flatten dough with a rolling pin
3. v. to place balls of solder on a component in preparation for welding to a printed circuit board
sur
1. prep. on, upon
2. prep. on top of
3. prep. from on top of
4. prep. above
5. prep. out of
sept sur dix - seven out of ten
6. prep. in the case of
7. prep. about, concerning
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
sur Paris - in Paris
9. adj. sour
laquelle
1. pron. feminine singular of lequel
on
1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here
2. pron. (personal, informal) we
On s’est amusés. - We had fun.
joue
1. n-f. cheek
2. v. first-person singular present of jouer
3. v. third-person singular present of jouer
4. v. second-person singular imperative of jouer
jouer
1. v. to play (engage in games or play) (+preo, à)
jouer selon les règles - to play by the rules
Est-ce que tu voudrais jouer à un jeu avec moi ? - Would you like to play a game with me?
2. v. to play (produce music from a musical instrument) (+preo, de)
Il n'y a pas de doute que tous nos élèves jouent du piano avec compétence, mais Delphine est la seule qui comprenne d'intuition l'essence sous-jacente de ce qu'on joue. Il y en a toujours dans
3. v. to play (a role)

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