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natation
     1. n-f. swimming, natation
style
     1. n-m. style (manner of doing something)
     2. n-m. (botany) style (of a flower)
     3. n-m. fashion, trend, style
     4. n-m. (colloquial) style (personal comportment)
     5. n-m. flair
     6. n-m. (art) style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined
     7. n-m. gnomon, style (needle of a sundial)
     8. n-m. (dated, historical) stylus, style (implement for writing on tablets)
     9. n-m. complement of jargon particular to a field; style (manner of writing specific to a field or discipline)
     10. n-m. sort, type; category of things
     styler
          1. v. to style; to dress
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
nage
     1. n-f. swimming
     2. v. first-person singular present of nager
     3. v. third-person singular present of nager
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of nager
     nager
          1. v. to swim
ventrale
     1. adj. feminine singular of ventral
     ventral
          1. adj. ventral
     1. adv. where (interrogative)
           Où est la gare? - Where is the station?
           Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going?
           Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live?
     2. adv. where (relative pronoun)
     3. adv. at that time; when
           Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father.
     4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where
           Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
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
bras
     1. n-m. arm
et
     1. conj. and
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
jambes
     1. n. plural of jambe
     jambe
          1. n-f. leg
                Il marche sur ses deux jambes. - He walks with his two legs.
                par-dessus la jambe - off-handedly
agissent
     1. v. third-person plural present of agir
     2. v. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of agir
     agir
          1. v. to act
                Il faut agir pour lutter contre la pauvreté. - We must act in order to fight poverty.
          2. v. to act, to do (something)
                Il n’agit pas comme il devrait. - He’s not doing as he should.
          3. v. to act, behave
                Vous agissez en enfants. - You’re acting like children.
                Il agit comme un fou. - He’s acting like a madman.
          4. v. to act on
          5. v. (legal, followed by contre) prosecute, sue
          6. v. (impersonal, reflexive, followed by de) to be, be all about, be a question of
                Dans le livre il s’agit d’une femme perdue. - The book is about a lost woman.
                Il s’agit de vous en tirer honorablement. - It’s all about you getting out of there honorably.
                Dans la vie; il s’agit de faire son devoir. - Life is all about doing your duty.
                Il s’agissait de choisir entre les ducs. - It was about choosing between the two dukes.
symétriquement
     1. adv. symmetrically
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary