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manger
     1. v. to eat
           J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper. - I ate some meat for dinner.
     2. v. to eat
           C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien. - It's strange that I don't eat anything.
           Manger au restaurant. - To eat in a restaurant.
     3. n-m. food, foodstuff
           Cette boulangérie a du manger délicat. - This bakery has elegant food
légèrement
     1. adv. lightly
entre
     1. prep. between
     2. prep. among
     3. v. first-person singular present of entrer
     4. v. third-person singular present of entrer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer
     entrer
          1. v. to enter
                Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room.
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
déjeuner
     1. v. (formal) to lunch, to eat lunch, to have lunch
     2. v. (outside of France) to have breakfast
     3. n-m. (France) lunch, luncheon
     4. n-m. (outside of France, occasionally in France) breakfast
et
     1. conj. and
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
dîner
     1. v. to dine
     2. n-m. dinner, evening meal
     3. n-m. (Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Congo, Louisiana French) lunch, midday meal
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.
son
     1. n-m. sound
           Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.)
     2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
           Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat.
           Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat.
           J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend.
           La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence.
     3. n-m. bran
           Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran.
goûter
     1. v. to taste, to try (to sample something orally)
           Je goûterai ta tarte demain car j’ai goûté un fameux tiramisu tout à l'heure. - I will taste your pie tomorrow, since I have just tasted a famous tiramisu.
     2. v. (Belgium, Quebec) to taste like
           Cette tarte goûte la cannelle. - This pie tastes like cinnamon.
     3. v. (figurative) to approve, to appreciate
           Le public goûte peu ces sortes d’ouvrages.
           Après tant de troubles le pays goûtait un calme profond.
     4. n-m. nuncheon
     5. n-m. (France) meal similar to breakfast taken around 4 P.M
           (synonyms, quatre-heures)
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