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aucun
     1. det. (with ne) no, none, not any
           Il n'a aucun désir de construire des temples. - He has no desire to build temples.
     2. pron. (with ne) none, no-one
           Aucun d'entre eux n'a été capable de répondre. - No one among them could give an answer.
           Aucun de ses amis ne sait où il est. - None of his friends knows where he is.
bon
     1. adj. good
           (parasyn, bien)
     2. adj. right, correct, appropriate
           (parasyn, exact)
           le bon usage - the correct usage
           être dans la bonne direction - to be going the right way, to be heading the right way
           Choisissez la bonne réponse. - Choose the correct response.
     3. adj. (slang) sexy, hot, smoking hot
           Cette meuf est fin bonne ! - That chick is fine as hell!
     4. n-m. voucher, ticket, coupon
     5. interj. well; OK
vent
     1. n-m. atmospheric wind
     2. n-m. (euphemistic) a flatulence
     3. n-m. empty words, hot air
           Toutes ces promesses, c'est du vent. - Those are empty promises.
bon vent
     1. interj. Godspeed! safe journey! farewell! goodbye!
     2. interj. good riddance!
mais
     1. conj. but, although
     2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
           Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What the heck are you doing?
     3. n. plural of mai
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
désir
     1. n-m. desire
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
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
                   Vous allez - You (all) go.
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
                   Je vous adore. - I love you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
           Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you.
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
           Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you.
voir
     1. v. to see (visually)
           Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there.
           On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here.
     2. v. to see (to understand)
           Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong?
     3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see)
     4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative)
           Viens voir ici. - Come here please.
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