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bien
     1. adj. good, all right, great
     2. adj. good looking, nice
     3. adv. well
           Ça va bien ? - It goes well?
           Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well.
     4. adv. indeed; so
           Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now?
     5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of)
           Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
     6. adv. very; really
           C'est bien aimable à vous. - it's very considerate of you.
           C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but...
           Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today.
           Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly.
     7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.)
           Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me.
           bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ...
     8. n-m. good as opposed to evil
     9. n-m. a commodity, a good
     10. n-m. a possession
bien
     1. adj. good, all right, great
     2. adj. good looking, nice
     3. adv. well
           Ça va bien ? - It goes well?
           Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well.
     4. adv. indeed; so
           Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now?
     5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of)
           Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
     6. adv. very; really
           C'est bien aimable à vous. - it's very considerate of you.
           C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but...
           Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today.
           Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly.
     7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.)
           Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me.
           bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ...
     8. n-m. good as opposed to evil
     9. n-m. a commodity, a good
     10. n-m. a possession
ma
     1. det. feminine singular of mon
           Ma mère est venue me voir. - My mother came to see me.
cousine
     1. n-f. female equivalent of cousin, (cousin)
           Ma cousine et son fils sont venus me voir. - My cousin and her son came to see me.
     cousiner
          1. v. to get along; to get on well
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
y
     1. pron. there (at a place)
           Il est dans la maison. Il y est. - He is in the house. He is there.
     2. pron. there, thither (to there)
           Nous allons au Mexique. Nous y allons. - We are going to Mexico. We are going there.
     3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.
           Je pense à mon pays. J'y pense. - I think about my country. I think about it.
     4. pron.          With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure.
     5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
                   personnes y nommées - Persons named there(in)
                   procédures y afférentes - Related procedures
                   documents y relatifs - Related documents
                   eaux y affluentes - Tributary waters
     6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il
     7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils
     8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles
a
     1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A
     2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she
           C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute.
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir
           Elle a un chat. - She has a cat.
     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.
il y a
     1. v. singular present indicative of y avoir: there is, there are
           Il y a un problème. - There is a problem.
           Il y a deux personnes ici. - There are two people here.
     2. prep. ago
           Je l'ai vu il y a longtemps. - I saw it a long time ago.
           Elle est allée en France il y a deux ans. - She went to France two years ago.
           C'est il y a dix ans que je suis allé aux États-Unis. - It was ten years ago that I went to the United States.
y a
     1. v. (colloquial)contraction of il y a
           Heureusement, y a l'amour. - Fortunately, there's love. Lyric by Michelle Daniel (1968)
y avoir
     1. v. (impersonal, transitive) there be
           Il y a deux raisons. - There are two reasons.
deux
     1. num. two
façons
     1. n. plural of façon
     façon
          1. n-f. way; manner; fashion
                Je n'aime pas la façon dont tu me parles. - I don't like the way you speak to me.
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
Me
     1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.)
     2. pron. (direct object) me
           Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me?
     3. pron. (indirect object) to me
           Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me.
servir
     1. v. to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
           Je suis allée en France avec ma mère l'année dernière et le serveur nous a servi des escargots! - I went to France last year with my mother and the waiter served us escargots!
           On vous a servie, madame? - Have you been helped, madam?
     2. v. to be used for
     3. v. (indtr, à) to be useful for someone, to be of use, come in handy
     4. v. (sports) to serve (start a point with service)
     5. v. (sports) to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
     6. v. to help oneself, to serve oneself
     7. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to use, make use of
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
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).
exterminant
     1. Participle. present participle of exterminer
     exterminer
          1. v. to exterminate
Mes
     1. n. abbreviation of maîtres, Maîtres
     2. det. my (when referring to a plural noun)
           Mes clés sont dans ma poche. - My keys are in my pocket.
     mon
          1. det. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender)
                J'ai perdu mon chapeau. - I lost my hat.
                La décision a été prise pendant mon absence. - The decision was taken in my absence.
          2. det. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
ennemis
     1. n. plural of ennemi
     ennemi
          1. adj. enemy
                feu ennemi - enemy fire
          2. n-m. enemy
                Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien. - The better is the enemy of the good.
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
autre
     1. adj. other
           Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
     2. adj. another
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).
secourant
     1. Participle. present participle of secourir
     secourir
          1. v. to succor; to help out
Mes
     1. n. abbreviation of maîtres, Maîtres
     2. det. my (when referring to a plural noun)
           Mes clés sont dans ma poche. - My keys are in my pocket.
     mon
          1. det. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender)
                J'ai perdu mon chapeau. - I lost my hat.
                La décision a été prise pendant mon absence. - The decision was taken in my absence.
          2. det. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
amis
     1. n. plural of ami
     ami
          1. n-m. friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
                Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis. - We must always stand by our family and our friends.
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