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courant
     1. Participle. present participle of courir
     2. n-m. current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
           courant électrique - electric current
     3. adj. current, present
     4. adj. (language skills) fluent
     5. adj. common
par
     1. prep. through
           par la fenêtre - through the window
           aller par le parc - go through the park
     2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
           voyager par train - travel by train
           par surprise - by surprise
           le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates.
     3. prep. over (used to express direction)
           Viens par ici ! - Come over here!
     4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
           voir par devant - see from the back
           le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap
     5. prep. around, round (inside of)
           par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema
     6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
           par terre - on the ground
     7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
           par un beau jour - on a nice day
           par un soir - in one evening
     8. prep. in
           marcher par deux - walk in twos
     9. prep. per, a, an
           trois fois par semaine - three times a week
     10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something)
           par pure colère - out of pure anger
           par tristesse - out of sadness
     11. prep. for
     12. n-m. (golf) par
ellipse
     1. n-f. (geometry) ellipse
     2. n-f. (grammar, figure of speech) ellipsis
bombe
     1. n-f. bomb (a device filled with explosives)
     2. n-f. aerosol (either the substance or the container)
     3. n-f. (colloquial) a hottie, a bombshell
     4. n-f. globular glass vessel; demijohn, carboy
     5. n-f. bombe glacée, a frozen dessert consisting of two or more kinds of ice cream, often with a light, frothy center made of eggs and sugar, frozen in a melon-shaped mold
     6. n-f. ellipsis of bombe météorologique or bombe météo or bombe cyclonique
     bomber
          1. v. to bulge
          2. v. (figurative) to cower, to bend
          3. v. (colloquial) to move, walk quickly
          4. v. (colloquial) to spray paint (especially of taggers or graffiti artists)
          5. n-m. bomber jacket
aérosol
     1. n-m. aerosol
contenant
     1. Participle. present participle of contenir
     2. adj. containing
     3. n-m. container
     contenir
          1. v. to contain (To have in)
          2. v. to contain, to hold back (control, e.g. a disease, tears), to keep in check (control something that might hurt you, e.g. emotions)
          3. v. to hold, to take, to seat (To have a capacity of)
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
produit
     1. Participle. past participle of produire
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of produire
     3. n-m. product
     4. n-m. (cinematography) production
     produire
          1. v. to produce, to yield
          2. v. to happen, take place (of an event)
          3. v. to perform (of a singer, etc.)
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
           J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him.
           C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that.
           Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it.
     2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
           Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her.
     3. Participle. past participle of luire
même
     1. adv. (used before the article) even
           Même les rois doivent mourir. - Even kings must die
           On ne peut même pas en faire une. - We cannot even make one
           J'veux même pas savoir. - I don't even want to know.
     2. adj. (used before the noun) same
           Je l'ai acheté le même jour - I bought it the same day
     3. adj. (used after the noun) very
           Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir! - Ah, the very person I wanted to see!
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