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absolument
1. adv. absolutely; totally; completely
Être
saisi
1. Participle. past participle of saisir
saisir
1. v. to take hold of; to grab
2. v. to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture
3. v. to grasp mentally; understand
4. v. (computing) to capture (screen or data)
5. v. (computing) to type (something) into a computer; to input
6. v. (accounting) to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
7. v. (law) to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court
être
1. v. to be
Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
4. n-m. being, creature
5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
frappé
1. adj. beaten, hit
2. Participle. past participle of frapper
3. n-m. (music) downbeat
4. n-m. (Switzerland) milkshake
5. n-m. Short for café frappé, iced coffee
frapper
1. v. to hit, to strike, to bash
Il m'a frappé le bras. - He hit me on the arm.
2. v. to knock (e.g. on a door)
3. v. to bang (to get attention)
4. v. (music) to beat time (as a conductor)
5. v. (music) to strike (a chord)
6. v. to strike down
frappé par Dieu - struck down by God
7. v. to hit (to be affected by a punishment)
8. v. (figuratively) to strike
frapper l'imagination - to strike the imagination.
9. v. (bartending) to shake
subitement
1. adv. suddenly
touché
1. Participle. past participle of toucher
toucher
1. n-m. the act of touching (see below)
2. n-m. a way of touching
3. n-m. the sense of touch, tactility
4. v. to touch (physically)
Ne me touche pas! - Don't touch me!
5. v. to affect
La maladie touche actuellement 2 millions de personnes. - The disease currently affects 2 million people.
6. v. To try, to try out
Je n'ai jamais touché au tabac. - I've never tried tobacco.
7. v. Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful
Ce mec est un ancien critique d'art. Je peux te dire qu'il touche en peinture! - This guy is a former art critic. Believe me, he knows a thing or two about painting!
8. v. to receive, to get
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
Plaisir
1. Proper noun. Plaisir
2. n-m. pleasure
avec bien de plaisir - with much pleasure
avec grand plaisir - with great pleasure
priver quelqu'un du plaisir de faire quelque chose - to deprive someone of the pleasure of doing something
avoir eu le plaisir de faire quelque chose - to have had the pleasure of doing something
pénétré
1. Participle. past participle of pénétrer
pénétrer
1. v. to enter, to get in (to)
Comment a-t-il pu pénétrer le site? - How did he get into the site?
2. v. to penetrate
3. v. to see through somebody's lies or secret plans
Cet homme a beau feindre, il n’est pas difficile à pénétrer. - That man may well pretend, but it's easy to see through his lies.
4. v. to penetrate (to enter sexually; to engage in penetrative sex)
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
douleur
1. n-f. pain
2. n-f. distress

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