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mécanique
     1. adj. mechanical
     2. adj. mechanic
     3. n-f. mechanics (the science)
     4. n-f. mechanics (the area of study)
Écrou
entraîné
     1. Participle. past participle of entraîner
     entraîner
          1. v. to coach, to train
          2. v. to carry, pull, drive
                Cette enquête nous entraînera trop loin. - This inquiry will carry us too far.
          3. v. to drag (along)
                Il m'entraînait au ciné. - He dragged me along to the movies.
          4. v. to bring about, lead to, involve
                La panne entraînait un remplacement. - The breakdown led to replacement.
          5. v. to exercise, to train
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).
translation
     1. n-f. (mathematics, physics) translation
     2. n-f. (computing) thunking
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
           Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.
           Je ne sais pas. - I don't know
           Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us.
           J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work.
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
vis
     1. n-f. screw (metal fastener)
     2. v. first-person singular present indicative of vivre
     3. v. second-person singular present indicative of vivre
     4. v. second-person singular present imperative of vivre
     5. v. first-person singular past historic of voir
     6. v. second-person singular past historic of voir
     vivre
          1. v. to live
                vivre comme un roi - live like a king
          2. v. to experience
     voir
          1. v. to see (visually)
                Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there.
                On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here.
          2. v. to see (to understand)
                Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong?
          3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see)
          4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative)
                Viens voir ici. - Come here please.
sans
     1. prep. without
           Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you.
           Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone.
fin
     1. n-f. end, close, finish
     2. n-f. end, end goal, objective, purpose
     3. adj. thin, fine
     4. adj. (Quebec) kind, nice
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