| battre |
| 1. v. to beat; to defeat | |
| 2. v. to beat up | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight | |
| 4. v. (cooking) to whisk or whip (eggs) | |
| 5. v. (agriculture) to thresh | |
| 6. v. (cards) to shuffle | |
| 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 | |
| Blancs |
| 1. n. plural of Blanc | |
| 2. adj. masculine plural of blanc | |
| 3. n. plural of blanc | |
| blanc |
| 1. adj. white color | |
| Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white. | |
| 2. adj. blank, unused | |
| 3. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression | |
| 4. n-m. white (color) | |
| 5. n-m. silence while in a dialog | |
| 6. 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. | |
| 7. n-m. (informal) white wine | |
| Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine. | |
| 8. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion | |
| 9. n-m. albumen, egg white | |
| 10. n-m. white meat | |
| 11. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
| J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
| Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
| aller en bus - go by bus | |
| partir en voiture - leave by car | |
| 4. prep. as | |
| Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
| habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
| 5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
| fort en histoire - good at history | |
| 6. 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 | |
| 7. 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 | |
| 8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
| 9. 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. | |
| 10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
| une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
| 11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
| en détresse - in distress | |
| 12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
| en équipe - on a team | |
| 13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
| Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
| 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. | |
| 14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
| Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
| 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. | |
