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bourre
     1. n-f. any material used for stuffing
     2. n-f. tufts or masses of hair removed from the skin of short-haired animals before tanning
     3. n-f. (textile) waste from hackling or spinning of wool or silk; linters, flock
     4. n-f. down or floss on plants, especially buds; burr
     5. n-f. a wad for use in firearms or cannons
     6. n-f. (slang) a cop
     7. v. first-person singular present of bourrer
     8. v. third-person singular present of bourrer
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of bourrer
     bourrer
          1. v. to stuff with stuffing material
          2. v. to completely fill by shoving in
          3. v. to make to eat a lot
          4. v. to force-feed
          5. v. to hit someone
          6. v. to get drunk
          7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, slang) to binge
          8. v. to jam by way of excessive accumulation
          9. v. to rush
dont
     1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose
           Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke?
           Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain.
           Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
           J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
           La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
           Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of
           Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
           Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
     2. pron. (sometimes) by which
           Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck.
     3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
           Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls.
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
           Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
servent
     1. v. third-person plural present of servir
     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
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
selliers
     1. n. plural of sellier
     sellier
          1. n-m. saddler
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
rembourrer
     1. v. to pad, stuff
     2. v. to upholster
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
selle
     1. n-f. saddle (for riding)
     2. n-f. commode (chair containing a chamber pot)
     3. n-f. (metonymically, chiefly in the plural) excrement (human or animal)
     seller
          1. v. to saddle
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