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« les
hommes
     1. n. plural of homme
     homme
          1. n-m. man (adult male human)
                C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us.
          2. n-m. man, Man (species)
          3. n-m. man (virile male)
          4. n-m. man (employee)
aux
     1. contraction. Contraction of à + les ('to the' or 'of the')
     à
          1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
          2. prep. to (destination)
                aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
                Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
          3. prep. to (until)
                Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
          4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
                Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
                Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
                Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
                L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
          5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
                à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
                Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
          6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
                à la maison - at home
                à l'hôtel - at the hotel
                au comptoir du bar - at the bar
                au bois - in the woods
                J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
                La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
          7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
                au voleur ! - stop thief!
                à l'assassin ! - murderer!
                au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
                à moi ! - help!
                à l'aide ! - help!
                au secours ! - help!
                au feu ! - fire!
                aux armes ! - to arms!
                à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
                à l'abordage ! - on board!
                au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
                au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
          8. prep. from (origin)
                Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
                Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
                Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
          9. prep. of (belonging to)
                C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
                Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
                le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
          10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
                à plus tard - see you later
                à bientôt - see you soon
                Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
          11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
          12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
                moulin à poivre - pepper mill
                sac à dos - backpack
                boite à musique - music box
          13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
                l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
                Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
                Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
                Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
                Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
          14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
                un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
                une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
                un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
                une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
                une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
          15. prep. by
                peu à peu - bit by bit
                petit à petit - little by little
                minute à minute - minute by minute
                jour à jour - day by day
                un à un - one by one
          16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
                six à sept personnes - six or seven people
                de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
                tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
          17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
                mettre le feu à - to set fire to
                clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
                donner la chasse à - to give chase to
          18. prep. with
     les
          1. art. plural of le: the
          2. art. plural of la: the
          3. pron. plural of le: them
          4. pron. plural of la: them
chameaux
     1. n. plural of chameau
     chameau
          1. n-m. (male) camel
sont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être
           Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they?
     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
arrivés
     1. Participle. masculine plural of arrivé
     arriver
          1. v. to arrive (often followed by a location)
                On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures. - We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock.
                Ils sont arrivés avant moi. - They got there before me.
                Je n'arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film. - I won't arrive in time to see the start of the film.arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film., I won't arrive in time to see the
          2. v. (impersonal) to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the
                Ça ne m'arrive jamais. - That never happens to me.arrive jamais., t=That never happens to me.
                Il arrive souvent qu'il soit en retard. - It often happens that he is late.
          3. v. (informal) to cope, to manage
                J' sais pas quoi faire... J'arrive plus. - I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore.arrive plus., t=I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore.
          4. v. to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully)
                Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte. - I finally managed to repair that door.
          5. v. to obtain a level of success or fame
ici
     1. adv. here
voilà
     1. v. there (it) is
     2. v. here (it) is
           Voilà le fromage. - Here's the cheese.
           Voilà ce qu'on va faire ensuite. - Here's what we are going to do next.
     3. v. that is
           Voilà ce que je lui ai demandé, et voici sa réponse : « ... » - That's what I asked her and this is her answer: "...".
dix
     1. num. ten
mois
     1. n-m. month (datedef, from c. 1100)
     2. n-m. (euphemism, archaic) period, menstruation datedef, 1535—early 20th c.
et
     1. conj. and
ils
     1. pron. they (male or mixed group)
     2. pron. (Quebec, informal) they (female)
vont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of aller
     2. v. third-person plural present indicative of vader
     aller
          1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to
                Je vais au magasin. - I'm going to the store.
                On y va. - Let's go.
          2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à)
                aller à l'école - to attend school
          3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense)
                Il allait visiter sa famille. - He was going to visit his family.
                Je vais aller au magasin. - I will go to the store.
          4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
                J'espère que tu vas bien. - I hope you are well.
                Tout ira bien - All will be well.
          5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.)
          6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone)
                Cette robe te va bien ! - That dress suits you well!
          7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à)
                aller au four - to be ovenproof
                aller au micro-ondes - to be microwave safe
                aller au lave-vaisselle - to be dishwasher proof
          8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away
                aller et retour - round trip
rester
     1. v. to stay
           On est restés à l'hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.
     2. v. to remain, be left over
           Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.
     3. v. to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)
           Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l'ai rencontrée.
     4. v. (rare) to rest
     5. v. (Louisiana French, Canada) to live
           Moi, je reste au Québec.
ici
     1. adv. here
pendant
     1. adj. hanging
     2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings
     3. n-m. match, counterpart
     4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of
     5. Participle. present participle of pendre
     pendre
          1. v. to hang
          2. v. to sag, droop
longtemps
     1. adv. for a long time; over a long period
           Ça fait longtemps que ton frère habite chez toi ? - Has your brother been living at your place for a long time?
           C'était comme ça il y a longtemps, mais plus maintenant. - It was like that for a long time, but not now.
estime
     1. v. first-person singular present of estimer
     2. v. third-person singular present of estimer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of estimer
     4. n-f. esteem
     5. n-f. estimation
     estimer
          1. v. to estimate, to calculate roughly
          2. v. to esteem, to hold in high regard
          3. v. to give some thought to, to consider
abdulhaman
abdullah
Issa
     1. Proper noun. (given name, male, from=Arabic), widely used in Islamic North and West Africa
     2. n-m. a member of the Issa clan
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