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régionalisme
     1. n-m. regionalism
quartier
     1. n-m. quarter, district (part of town), neighbourhood
           Gros-Caillou est l'un des quartiers les plus riches de Paris. - Gros-Caillou is one of the richest neighborhoods in Paris.
           un quartier ouvrier - a working-class district
           le quartier chinois - Chinatown
     2. n-m. piece, chunk; segment (of fruit), quarter (gl, of beef)
     3. n-m. (astronomy) quarter
           le premier quartier de lune - the first quarter moon
           le dernier quartier de lune - the last quarter moon
     4. n-m. (dated) quarter, mercy
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
certains
     1. adj. plural of certain
     2. pron. plural of certain: some, some people
     certain
          1. adj. certain, for certain, indubitably
          2. adj. certain (of indefinite, unknown or simply unmentioned identity, quality or quantity) (prepositive to the noun it modifies, and usually preceded by an indefinite article)
                un certain nombre de - a certain number of
                une certaine femme - a certain woman
          3. adj. certain (sure, positive) (postpositive to the modified noun)
                une victoire certaine - a sure victory
                Il est certain qu'il viendra. - It is certain that he will arrive.
          4. adj. certain (fixed, determined)
          5. adj. certain (specified, particular)
          6. n-m. certain; certainty
          7. det. certain: a determined but unspecified amount of ; some
                Certaines personnes vont aller. - Some people are going.
fruits
     1. n. plural of fruit
     fruit
          1. n-m. fruit
noix
     1. n-f. walnut
     2. n-f. nut
     3. n-f. knob, pat (of butter)
     4. n-f. cushion (round fillet of meat)
           noix de bœuf - eye of round
           noix de veau - cushion of veal (UK); veal scallop (US)
oranges
     1. n. plural of orange
     2. adj. (nonstandard) plural of orange
     orange
          1. n-f. orange (fruit)
                Il pressa l’orange afin d’en extraire du jus. - He squeezed the orange to extract juice from it.
          2. n-m. orange (color)
          3. adj. orange
                Les premiers TGV atlantiques étaient orange. - The first Atlantic TGV trains were orange.
etc
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