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imprimerie
     1. n-f. printing
           L'invention de l'imprimerie est une des plus importantes de tous les temps. - The invention of printing is one of the most important of all time.
     2. n-f. printing office, print shop, printing house
vieilli
     1. Participle. past participle of vieillir
     2. adj. old-fashioned; dated
Ôter
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
encre
     1. n-f. ink
     2. v. first-person singular present of encrer
     3. v. third-person singular present of encrer
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of encrer
     encrer
          1. v. to ink (to apply ink to)
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.
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
           Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
trouve
     1. v. first-person singular present of trouver
     2. v. third-person singular present of trouver
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of trouver
     trouver
          1. v. to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one
                Quand est-ce qu'elle a trouvé les clés ? - When did she find the keys?
          2. v. to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)
                Je vous trouve si jolie. - I find you so pretty.
          3. v. to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)
          4. v. to be found, to be situated, to be
                La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma. - The bakery is found opposite the cinema.
          5. v. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that)
                Il se trouve que je passe près de chez vous. - I happen to be heading past your place.
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
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
outils
     1. n. plural of outil
     outil
          1. n-m. tool (something designed to aid in a task)
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