French Sentence Analyser

(Scol) Morceau de calcaire taillé en bâtonnet et utilisé pour écrire sur un tableau noir

morceau
1. n-m. piece, slice, bit, morsel
2. n-m. (Quebec, slang) gun, piece
	un morceau de langue fumée
	et il finit par un morceau d'éloquence
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. (indefinite) some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. - I would like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? - Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. - We're looking for some milk.
10. art. (negative) a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. - She does not have a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. - He does not have a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. - I do not have any time.
	mais boule de suif
	écouta de nouveau
calcaire
1. n. limestone
2. adj. calcareous
taillé
1. v. past participle of tailler
2. adj. cropped, sharpened
3. adj. (heraldry) per bend sinister
tailler
1. v. (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut
2. v. to sharpen
3. v. (pronominal) to do one, to clear off
en
1. prep. in (used to indicate space)
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
2. prep. by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus - go by bus
partir en voiture - leave by car
3. prep. as
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
4. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire - good at history
5. 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
6. 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
7. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
8. 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.
9. prep. in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
10. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse - in distress
en bonne humeur - in a good mood
11. prep. in (as part of something)
en équipe - on a team
12. pron. (ngd, Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
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.
13. pron. (ngd, Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned.)
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she does.
	en haut
	il en offrit;
bâtonnet
1. n. (small) stick
bâtonnets de poissons - Fish finger
2. n. batonnet
et
1. conj. and
	et chacun
	et la révolution;
utilisé
1. adj. used, in use
2. v. past participle of utiliser
utiliser
1. v. to use, to utilize
pour
1. prep. for (when followed by a noun or pronoun)
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
2. prep. to (when followed by a verb at the infinitive)
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
	humide pour le baiser
	pour racheter leur vie
écrire
1. v. to write
sur
1. prep. on, upon
2. prep. on top of
3. prep. from on top of
4. prep. above
5. prep. out of
sept sur dix - seven out of ten
6. prep. in the case of
7. prep. about, concerning
8. adj. sour
	et portant sur le côté
	les pieds sur la cheminée
un
1. art. an, a
2. num. one
3. n-m. one
4. pron. one
	pendant un mois
	mieux qu'un chef
tableau
1. n-m. painting
2. n-m. picture (a captured image)
3. n-m. writing board
4. n-m. table (arrangement of rows and columns)
5. n-m. chart
Noir
1. n-m. black (person)
2. adj. black in colour.
Ce chat est noir. - This cat is black.
3. adj. drunk; inebriated.
Il est noir. - He is drunk.
4. adj. black, of black ethnicity
Il est noir. - He is black.
5. n-m. a black person
6. n-m. a person whose hair is dark
7. n-m. dark; darkness
Je suis seul dans le noir. - I'm alone in the dark.
tableau noir
1. n-m. blackboard (blackish board suitable to be written on with chalk)

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