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avez
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
                J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
                J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
                Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
          4. v. to have (a condition)
                J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
                J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
                J'ai froid. - I have cold.
                J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
                J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
                J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
                J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
                J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
                Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
          6. v. to have (to trick)
                Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
                avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
                J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
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.
jamais
     1. adv. (ne ... jamais) never
           Je ne l’ai jamais vue. - I’ve never seen her.
     2. adv. ever
           Es-tu jamais allé en France ? - Have you ever been to France?
entendu
     1. Participle. past participle of entendre
     2. adj. understood
     3. adj. heard
     4. adj. accepted, decided following a discussion
     entendre
          1. v. to hear
          2. v. to be able to hear
          3. v. (literary) to listen to
          4. v. (formal) to mean
                Qu'entendez-vous par là ? - What do you mean by that?entendez-vous par là ?, What do you mean by that?
                Qu'entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? - What does he mean by "saddened by the tranquility"?entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ?, What does he mean by "saddened by
          5. v. to agree with each other
          6. v. to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
                Je m'entends bien avec elle. - I get along well with her.entends bien avec elle., I get along well with her.
                Si seulement mes enfants s’entendaient ! - If only my kids got along!
          7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something
                s'y entendre en (...) - to be good at ...
          8. v. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend
                comme je l’entends - as I wish
                J'entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes. - I fully intend to solve this issue once and for all.entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes., I fully in
          9. v. (dated) to demand
          10. v. (dated) to know
parler
     1. v. to speak, talk
           Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. - He began to speak at the age of four.
           Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. - They spoke several hours before going to sleep.
     2. v. to be able to communicate in a language; to speak
           Elle parle couramment français. - She speaks French fluently
     3. v. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name
           Armes parlantes.
     4. v. takes a reflexive pronoun
           se parler à soi-même - to talk to oneself
     5. n-m. parlance
     6. n-m. vernacular, dialect
entendre parler
     1. v. (indtr, que) to hear (of)
           Est-ce que tu as entendu parler de l'homme qui est arrivé ? - Have you heard about the person who just arrived?
           Vous n'en entendrez plus jamais parler. - You will never hear about it again.
           Vous avez dû entendre parler que ... - You had to have heard that ..., You had to have heard that ...
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
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)
Trésor
     1. n-m. Treasury (government department)
     2. n-m. treasure (valuables)
           Le pirate a enterré son trésor. - The pirate buried his treasure.
     3. n-m. treasure (any single thing one values greatly)
           Ma sœur met ses trésors sous son oreiller. - My sister puts her treasures under her pillow.
     4. n-m. treasure (term of endearment)
           Bonne nuit mon trésor. - Sleep well, my treasure.
     5. n-m. treasury
important
     1. adj. important
           Il est important de se brosser les dents. - It is important to brush your teeth.
     2. adj. large, considerable, significant
           Une partie importante des votes - A significant number of the votes
           Une tempête de neige est un phénomène météorologique produit par une dépression météorologique hivernale importante. - A snowstorm is a meteorological phenomenon produced by a large winter depr
     3. Participle. present participle of importer
     importer
          1. v. to import
          2. v. (indtr, à) to matter, to be relevant, important (to someone)
                En quoi cela m'importe-t-il ?
                Que vous importe ?
                Il m'importe peu de savoir s'il a réussi.
                Ses résultats importaient peu à ses parents.
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
           Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
           Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
           Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
                   Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
                   Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
           Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
           Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
           Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
           Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
           Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
           Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
           Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
           Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
           C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
           Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
on
     1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
           On ne peut pas pêcher ici - You can’t fish here
     2. pron. (personal, informal) we
           On s’est amusés. - We had fun.
aurait
     1. v. third-person singular conditional of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
                J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
                J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
                Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
          4. v. to have (a condition)
                J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
                J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
                J'ai froid. - I have cold.
                J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
                J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
                J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
                J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
                J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
                Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
          6. v. to have (to trick)
                Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
                avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
                J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
déterré
     1. Participle. past participle of déterrer
     déterrer
          1. v. to dig up
          2. v. to exhume, disinter
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. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
           sur Paris - in Paris
     9. adj. sour
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
côte
     1. n-f. rib (bone)
     2. n-f. hill, slope
     3. n-f. coast
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