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désuet
     1. adj. obsolete, out of use, no longer in use
     2. adj. out of fashion, out of style, old-fashioned, passé
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
neuvième
     1. adj. (ordinal) ninth
     2. n-m. (fractional) ninth
elle
     1. pron. she
           Je crois qu'elle est partie. - I think she left.
     2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
           Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans. - That's my car. It is five years old.
     3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers
           C’est à elle. - It's hers.
     sera
          1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être
     serait
          1. v. third-person singular conditional of être
     soit
          1. conj. or, meaning, that is to say
          2. conj. either ... or
                Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog.
                Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing
          3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of être
          4. v. (math) let be
                Soit f une fonction linéaire. - Let f be a linear function.
          5. interj. OK; granted; so be it
neuvième
     1. adj. (ordinal) ninth
     2. n-m. (fractional) ninth
ou
     1. conj. or
     2. conj. either...or
           Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
           J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
           Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
           aller en bus - go by bus
           partir en voiture - leave by car
     4. prep. as
           Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
           habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
           fort en histoire - good at history
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
           une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
           une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
           en 1993 - in 1993
           en janvier - in January
           en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
           C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
           une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
           en détresse - in distress
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
           en équipe - on a team
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
           Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
           Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
           Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
           Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
           Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
           Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
           Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
neuvième
     1. adj. (ordinal) ninth
     2. n-m. (fractional) ninth
avec
     1. prep. (accompaniment) with
           Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him.
           Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me?
           Ils m'ont dit qu'ils étaient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you.
     2. prep. (manner, instrument) with
           Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure.
     3. adv. (informal) too, also
           Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too.
huit
     1. num. eight
autres
     1. adj. plural of autre
     autre
          1. adj. other
                Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
          2. adj. another
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