| 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 | |
| Épreuve |
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| imprimée |
| 1. Participle. feminine singular of imprimé | |
| imprimer |
| 1. v. to print, to print out | |
| 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) | |
| seul |
| 1. adj. lonely | |
| 2. adj. alone | |
| 3. adj. only | |
| 4. adj. single | |
| côté |
| 1. n-m. side | |
| 2. n-m. way, direction | |
| Elle est parti de ce côté ! - She went that way! | |
| 3. prep. (colloquial) as for, in terms of | |
| 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 | |
| la |
| 1. art. the (definite article) | |
| 2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
| Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
| Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
| 3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
| de la |
| 1. art. of the | |
| 2. art. some; the feminine partitive article | |
| Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam? | |
| J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie. | |
| feuille |
| 1. n-f. leaf (of a plant or tree) | |
| 2. n-f. sheet (of paper, etc) | |
| 3. n-f. (informal) ear | |
| permettant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of permettre | |
| 2. Participle. allowing, enabling, ensuring, so that, through which to, make it possible, as a means to, which could | |
| permettre |
| 1. v. (indtr, que) to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access) | |
| permettre quelque chose à quelqu'un - to grant something to someone | |
| permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to permit someone to do something | |
| Me permettrez-vous de le faire ? (Will you allow me to do that?) | |
| Les Durand permettent tout à leurs enfants. | |
| Il ne permet pas à son fils de sortir après dix-huit heures. | |
| 2. v. (indtr, de) to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.) | |
| permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose - to enable someone to do something | |
| J'espère que les dernières mises à jour vont nous permettre d'achever le projet à temps. | |
| La connaissance des langues mortes, en permettant l'étude des textes anciens, est utile notamment à la linguistique historique ainsi qu'à l'histoire et à ses disciplines annexes. - | |
| 3. v. to take the liberty of doing something | |
| se permettre de faire quelque chose | |
| Je me suis permis d'inviter un ami. | |
| 4. v. to afford to do something | |
| Je ne peux pas me permettre de voyager. - I can't afford to travel. | |
| 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 | |
| corrections |
| 1. n. plural of correction | |
| correction |
| 1. n-f. correction (all senses) | |
| 2. n-f. propriety (quality of being proper or correct) | |
| avant |
| 1. adv. beforehand; earlier | |
| Je l'avais fait avant. - I had done it beforehand. | |
| 2. prep. before (in time) | |
| Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. - She arrived one day before me. | |
| Il faut se laver avant de manger. - You must wash before eating. | |
| Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. - Shut up before I kill you. | |
| 3. prep. before (in space), in front of, ahead of | |
| 4. n-m. front | |
| l'avant d'une voiture - The front of a car. | |
| 5. n-m. (sports) forward | |
| mise |
| 1. Participle. feminine singular of mis | |
| 2. n-f. placement; (act of) putting | |
| 3. n-f. bet; wager, ante | |
| 4. n-f. appearance; dress | |
| 5. v. first-person singular present of miser | |
| 6. v. third-person singular present of miser | |
| 7. v. second-person singular imperative of miser | |
| miser |
| 1. v. (gambling) to bet (place a bet) | |
| ne |
| 1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes) | |
| 2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below) | |
| 3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so- | |
| 4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative | |
| Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think. | |
| page |
| 1. n-f. page (of a book, etc.) | |
| 2. n-f. page, web page | |
| 3. n-m. page, page boy | |
