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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
sorte
     1. n-f. sort, kind, type
     2. n-f. way, manner
     3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of sortir
     4. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of sortir
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
Terre
     1. Proper noun. the Earth (planet)
     2. n-f. earth; soil
     3. n-f. land, property (delimited area)
     4. v. first-person singular present of terrer
     5. v. third-person singular present of terrer
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer
préparée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of préparé
     préparer
          1. v. to prepare
          2. v. to prepare for
et
     1. conj. and
appliquée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of appliqué
     appliquer
          1. v. to apply, to put something on something else
          2. v. to apply, to employ, to make use of
          3. v. to apply to, to be applicable to
          4. v.          (mathematics) to map to
          5. v. to apply one's effort to something, to try hard, to dedicate oneself
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
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
visage
     1. n-m. face (of a human)
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
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
défunt
     1. adj. (formal) (of a person) late, deceased
     2. adj. (formal) (of a place, era etc.) which is dead and gone, bygone
     3. adj. (literary) defunct
     4. n-m. (formal) deceased
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
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).
prendre
     1. v. to take
           prends ma main - take my hand
     2. v. to eat; to drink
           elle prend un café - she is drinking a coffee
     3. v. to get; to buy
           Je vais prendre le plat du jour. - I'll get the dish of the day.
     4. v. to rob; to deprive
           prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un
     5. v. to make
           prendre une décision - to make a decision
           prendre des mesures draconiennes - to take draconian measures
     6. v. to catch, to work, to start
           le feu ne prend pas - the fire won't start
           la sauce ne prend pas - the sauce isn't thickening
           ma mayonnaise ne prend pas - my mayonnaise isn't setting
           ça ne prend pas avec moi - that won't wash with me
     7. v. to get (something) caught (in), to jam
           je me suis pris la main dans la porte - I caught my hand in the door
           je me suis pris la porte dans la figure
     8. v. indtr, à
           Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ? - What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you?
           Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ? - What was he thinking? What got into him?
           bien lui en prit
           mal lui en prit
     9. v. to start having a negative feeling towards someone
           prendre en aversion
           prendre en grippe
           prendre en dégoût
     10. v. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain
           prendre de la vitesse - to gain speed
           prendre du galon - to gain a promotion
           prendre de l'avance - to gain ground
           prendre du retard - to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind
           prendre de la hauteur - to gain some perspective
           prendre du recul - to take a step back
           prendre de la bouteille - to gain experience
           en prendre de la graine - to take away a lesson
           prendre du poids - to gain weight
           prendre de la masse - to build muscle
           prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre - to get a paunch
           prendre du bouchon
           prendre de l'élan - to gain momentum
           prendre de l'âge
           prendre de la valeur - to gain value
           prendre de l'importance
     11. v. (colloquial ; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time)
           Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour.
     12. v. (colloquial ; impersonal ; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of)
           Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes. - To finish in two hours, it'll take three people.
     13. v. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions)
           il prend quelque chose à quelqu'un - something comes over someone
           Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison.
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
moule
     1. n-m. (arts, manufacturing) mould (UK), mold (US)
     2. n-m. (typography) matrix
     3. n-m. (cooking) (cake) tin (UK), pan (US)
     4. n-f. (zoology) mussel
     5. n-f. (colloquial) idiot, prat, twit
     6. n-f. (vulgar, slang) cunt
     7. v. first-person singular present of mouler
     8. v. third-person singular present of mouler
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of mouler
     10. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of moudre
     11. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of moudre
     moudre
          1. v. to grind
     mouler
          1. v. to mould
          2. v. to fit tightly (clothes)
          3. v. (Louisiana French) to grind, mill
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