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typographie
     1. n-f. typography
     2. v. first-person singular present of typographier
     3. v. third-person singular present of typographier
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of typographier
caractères
     1. n. plural of caractère
     caractère
          1. n-m. character, demeanour, personality
          2. n-m. character (written symbol)
mis
     1. v. first-person singular past historic of mettre
     2. v. second-person singular past historic of mettre
     3. Participle. past participle of mettre
     4. Participle. masculine plural of mi
     mettre
          1. v. to put; to place
          2. v. to put on
          3. v. to set (to lay a table)
          4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something
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).
place
     1. n-f. place, square, plaza, piazza
     2. n-f. place, space, room
     3. n-f. place, seat
     4. v. first-person singular present of placer
     5. v. third-person singular present of placer
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of placer
     placer
          1. v. to place (to put in a specific location)
          2. v. to seat (to put an object into a place where it will rest)
          3. v. to place (to earn a given spot in a competition)
en place
     1. adj. in place
           le pouvoir en place - the government in power; the ruling party; the powers that be
mettre en place
     1. v. to put in place, to set up; to put into effect
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
imprimer
     1. v. to print, to print out
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
page
     1. n-f. page (of a book, etc.)
     2. n-f. page, web page
     3. n-m. page, page boy
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