| finance |
| 1. n-f. finance | |
| investisseur |
| 1. n-m. investor | |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| croit |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative of croire | |
| croire |
| 1. v. to believe (someone) | |
| Il jure qu'il dit la vérité. Je ne le crois pas. - He swears that he's telling the truth. I do not believe him. | |
| Je crois que c'est vrai. - I believe that it is true. | |
| 2. v. to believe, to accept as true (+preo, à, something) | |
| Croire à quelque chose - To believe in something. | |
| Les français croient à l'amour. - The French believe in love. | |
| Croyez-vous à l'existence de Dieu? - Do you believe (in) the existence of God? | |
| Nous croyons à la venue du messie. - We believe in the coming of the Messiah. | |
| 3. v. to believe, to have faith + en (object) = in | |
| croire en quelqu'un, en quelque chose - I have faith in someone, ...in something. | |
| Oui, je crois en Dieu. - Yes, I believe in God. | |
| Je crois en toi. - I have faith in you. | |
| Il ne croit qu'en soi. - He only believes in himself. | |
| 4. v. to think of oneself as, to consider oneself as | |
| Il se croit parfait. - He thinks he's perfect. | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner | |
| Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
| Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
| Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
| Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
| Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
| Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
| Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
| Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
| Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
| C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
| Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
| 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 | |
| marché |
| 1. n-m. market | |
| 2. n-m. deal, contract | |
| 3. Participle. past participle of marcher | |
| marcher |
| 1. v. to walk | |
| Il marche au milieu de la rue. - He is walking in the middle of the street | |
| 2. v. to travel; to move; to march | |
| 3. v. (figurative) to work, to function | |
| Comment ça marche ? - How does it work? | |
| Cet appareil ne marche plus. - This device isn't working anymore. | |
| 4. v. to step | |
| Marcher sur le pied de quelqu’un. - To step on the foot of someone | |
| 5. v. to cooperate | |
| Je ne marche plus. - I am no longer in. | |
| 6. v. to believe | |
| Il marche. - He believes my joke. | |
| Il m'a fait marcher. - He took me for a ride. | |
| va |
| 1. v. third-person singular present indicative active of aller | |
| 2. v. second-person singular imperative of aller | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative active of vader | |
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative of vader | |
| aller |
| 1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to | |
| Je vais au magasin. - I'm going to the store. | |
| On y va. - Let's go. | |
| 2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à) | |
| aller à l'école - to attend school | |
| 3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense) | |
| Il allait visiter sa famille. - He was going to visit his family. | |
| Je vais aller au magasin. - I will go to the store. | |
| 4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling) | |
| J'espère que tu vas bien. - I hope you are well. | |
| Tout ira bien - All will be well. | |
| 5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.) | |
| 6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone) | |
| Cette robe te va bien ! - That dress suits you well! | |
| 7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à) | |
| aller au four - to be ovenproof | |
| aller au micro-ondes - to be microwave safe | |
| aller au lave-vaisselle - to be dishwasher proof | |
| 8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away | |
| aller et retour - round trip | |
| baisser |
| 1. v. to lower | |
| 2. v. to turn down (as a volume/setting) | |
| 3. v. to go down, fall | |
| 4. v. to fail | |
| 5. v. to lower oneself; to bend over | |
