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technique
     1. adj. technical
     2. n-f. technique, technology
façon
     1. n-f. way; manner; fashion
           Je n'aime pas la façon dont tu me parles. - I don't like the way you speak to me.
dont
     1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose
           Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke?
           Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain.
           Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
           J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
           La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
           Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of
           Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
           Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
     2. pron. (sometimes) by which
           Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck.
     3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
           Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls.
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)
tissu
     1. n-m. fabric
     2. n-m. (anatomy) tissue
tombe
     1. n-f. tomb, grave
     2. v. first-person singular present of tomber
     3. v. third-person singular present of tomber
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of tomber
     tomber
          1. v. to fall
                Un tamis placé à l'intérieur du dispositif empêchera les choses de tomber dans le tube. - A screen placed inside the device will keep things from falling into the tube.
          2. v. to come down
                Laisse la pluie tomber sur nous et recouvre le pays de cette eau qui donne la vie. - Let the rains come down upon us and cover the land with life-giving water.
          3. v. (indtr, sur) to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call)
                J'ai téléphoné à Robert mais je suis tombé sur Marie. - I phoned Robert but I got Marie.
          4. v. (in idioms) to become, to get
                tomber amoureux - to fall in love
                tomber malade - to fall ill, to get sick
                tomber enceinte - to fall pregnant, to get pregnant
ou
     1. conj. or
     2. conj. either...or
           Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
glisse
     1. n-f. (informal) skiing
     2. n-f. (skiing) glide
     3. v. first-person singular present of glisser
     4. v. third-person singular present of glisser
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of glisser
     glisser
          1. v. to slip, to slide, to skid
                se glisser dans ses vêtements - to slip into one's clothes
                Des erreurs peuvent s'être glissées. - Some mistakes could have slipped in.
          2. v. to glide
          3. v. (music) to slide
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