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Brasier de petite envergure allumé à dessein pour éclairer, chauffer ou cuire

brasier
1. n. inferno, large fire
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. (indefinite) some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. - I would like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? - Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. - We're looking for some milk.
10. art. (negative) a, an, any
Elle n'a pas de mère. - She does not have a mother.
Il n'a pas de crayon. - He does not have a pencil.
Je n'ai pas de temps. - I do not have any time.
	alors on parla de lui
	les garçons de bureau
petite
1. adj. feminine singular of petit
	petite
	toute petite
petit
1. adj. small
un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine
2. adj. little
un petit garçon - a little boy
3. n-m. small one (anything that is small)
4. n-m. little one (anything that is little)
5. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals)
6. n-m. the young (of a species)
Le petit du lapin s'appelle le lapereau.
envergure
1. n. (of an aircraft) wingspan
2. n. (figuratively) scale; magnitude
une offensive d'envergure — a large scale offensive operation
allumé
1. adj. (of a light source) lit, on, lit up
2. adj. (of a heat source) lit, on, on fire
3. adj. (of a person) drunk
4. adj. (of a person) congested
5. v. past participle of allumer
	très allumé
	le cocher avait allumé ses lanternes
allumer
1. v. to turn on (e.g. a light)
2. v. to light, to set alight
3. v. to arouse, to turn on
à
1. Letter. A with grave accent, a letter used in French mostly to distinguish some homographs and in transliteration.
2. prep. to (destination)
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
3. prep. to (until)
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
tournez à gauche ! - turn to the left!
tournez à droite ! - turn to the right!
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
Je pars à cinq heures - I am leaving at five.
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
à la maison - at home
à l'hôtel - at the hotel
au bar - in the bar
au bois - in the woods
J'habite à trois kilomètres d'ici. - I live three kilometers from here.
7. prep. of (belonging to)
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard
8. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
Salut, à demain. - Bye, till tomorrow. / Bye, see you tomorrow.
à plus tard - see you later
9. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
Steak au poivre - Steak with pepper sauce
10. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
moulin à poivre - pepper mill
sac à dos - backpack
boite à musique - music box
11. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
Il y a de nombreuses choses à faire. - There are many things to do.
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
12. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man OR a man with a long beard
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
13. prep. by
peu à peu - bit by bit
minute à minute - minute by minute
jour à jour - day by day
14. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
six à sept personnes - six or seven people
vingt à trente ans - twenty/thirty years
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
15. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
mettre le feu à - to set fire to
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
donner la chasse à - to give chase to
16. prep. , passage=Bien que la faim et le dénûment nous tourmentassent quelquefois, et même à peu près toujours, rien ne nous causait autant de tourment que d’être témoins des cruautés inouïes que mon maître e
17. prep. , translation=Even though hunger and destitution tormented us sometimes, and even almost always, nothing caused us as much torment as being witnesses to the unheard-of cruelties that my master exercis
18. prep. , chapter=XL
	à son avis
	à tour de rôle
dessein
1. n. (literary) intention; plan; design
à dessein
1. adv. (formal) purposely, deliberately, intentionally, on purpose
pour
1. prep. for (when followed by a noun or pronoun)
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
2. prep. to (when followed by a verb at the infinitive)
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
	pour ce fait
	pour le sien
éclairer
1. v. to light up; to brighten
Le soleil éclaire la terre.
The sun lights up the Earth.
2. v. (figuratively) to shed light on; to enlighten
3. v. to scout
chauffer
1. v. to heat, to warm, to warm up
2. v. (slang) to tease, to entice sexually, to arouse
	à se chauffer au foyer commun
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either
Ou il est fou ou il est bête - Either he's mad or he's stupid
	ou, plutôt
	un jour ou l'autre
cuire
1. v. (intransitive) to cook
Le repas cuit. - The meal is cooking.
Je fais cuire le repas. - I'm cooking the meal. / I cook the meal.
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of cuirer
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of cuirer
4. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of cuirer
5. v. second-person singular imperative of cuirer
cuirer
1. v. to leather (cover with leather)

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