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figuré
1. adj. figurative
2. Participle. past participle of figurer
et
1. conj. and
familier
1. adj. familiar (known to one)
2. adj. (linguistics) familiar, informal, colloquial (lexicon)
sortir
1. v. to exit, go out, come out
Je suis sorti de l'école. - I came out of school.
2. v. to take out, bring out
Je sortais les poubelles tous les mardis et les jeudis soirs. - I used to take out the trash every Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
3. n-m. end, closing
Au sortir du printemps - At the closing of spring
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
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
accusation
1. n-f. accusation
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
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
affaire
1. n-f. business; matter; affair
affaire importante - important business
C'est une affaire d'honneur. - It is a matter of honor.
C'est l'affaire d'une minute. - It's a matter of a minute.
C'est mon affaire, pas la vôtre. - It's my business, not yours.
2. n-f. deal, transaction, bargain
conclure une affaire - to close a deal
3. n-f. business, enterprise
monter une affaire - to set up a business
Ils ont repris l'affaire familiale. - They took over the family business.
4. n-f. affair, scandal
l'affaire Dreyfus - the Dreyfus affair
Affaire Fillon - Fillon affair
5. n-f. (law) case, trial
L'affaire O.J. Simpson fut une des plus médiatisées. - The O. J. Simpson case was one of the most publicized.
6. n-f. (informal) things; stuff
7. n-f. (informal, chiefly in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned)
8. n-f. (informal, Quebec) thingamajig
9. n-f. (informal, Louisiana French) thing
Blanc
1. n-m. white person
2. Proper noun. , from the common noun/adjective blanc
3. adj. white color
Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
4. adj. blank, unused
5. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression
6. n-m. white (color)
7. n-m. silence while in a dialog
8. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form
Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page.
9. n-m. (informal) white wine
Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.
10. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion
11. n-m. albumen, egg white
12. n-m. white meat
13. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
comme
1. conj. as
Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist.
2. conj. like
J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must.
3. conj. how
Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight!
4. conj. because, as, since
Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me.
5. part. (colloquial Canada) like
neige
1. n-f. snow, crystalline frozen precipitation
Travailler sous la neige. - To work in the snow.
2. n-f. (informal) cocaine, crack
3. n-f. snow, pattern of dots seen on an untuned television set
neiger
1. v. (impersonal) to snow
Il neigeait. - It was snowing.
blanc comme neige
1. adj. (simile, figuratively) Beyond moral reproach; squeaky clean; clean as a whistle; pure as the driven snow
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either...or
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
simplement
1. adv. simply

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