| c'est |
| 1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word) | |
| Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money. | |
| 2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus) | |
| 3. contraction. this is | |
| ce |
| 1. det. this, that | |
| 2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) | |
| C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! | |
| est-ce que...? - is it that...? | |
| ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of | |
| C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but... | |
| C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity... | |
| 3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that | |
| C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity. | |
| Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities. | |
| Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people. | |
| ce semble - it seems | |
| ce peuvent être... - these may be... | |
| est |
| 1. adj. east | |
| 2. n-m. east | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être | |
| être |
| 1. v. to be | |
| Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
| Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
| Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
| 4. n-m. being, creature | |
| 5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
| 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) | |
| travail |
| 1. n-m. work; labor | |
| un travail bien fait - work done well, a job well done | |
| On se met au travail. - Let's get to work. | |
| Remettez-vous au travail. - Do get to work. | |
| Il se plonge dans le travail. - He dives into work. | |
| Pour la majorité des femmes, le travail commence par des contractions utérine. - For most women, labor begins with uterine contractions. | |
| 2. n-m. job | |
| 3. n-m. workplace | |
| éprouvant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of éprouver | |
| 2. adj. punishing, demanding, testing, challenging | |
| éprouver |
| 1. v. to put to the test, test, try | |
| On éprouvera la valeur de sa théorie. - We'll put his theory to the test. | |
| 2. v. to feel, experience | |
| éprouver un sentiment d'intense satisfaction - to feel immensely satisfied | |
| 3. v. to experience, go through | |
| confie |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of confier | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of confier | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of confier | |
| confier |
| 1. v. to confide | |
| Il confie son secret à son ami. - He confides his secret to his friend. | |
| 2. v. to entrust | |
| Il lui confie cette tâche. - He entrusts that task to him/her. | |
| confier à quelqu'un le soin de faire quelque chose - to entrust somebody with the task of doing something | |
| 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) | |
| autre |
| 1. adj. other | |
| Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example. | |
| 2. adj. another | |
| un autre |
| 1. det. (adjectival use) another, a different | |
| un autre mot — une autre possibilité — d'autres langues | |
| 2. det. (takes a reflexive pronoun use) another one, a different one | |
| car |
| 1. conj. as, since, because, for | |
| J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. - I opened my umbrella because it was raining. | |
| 2. n-m. a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach | |
| Les élèves vont à l’école en car. - The pupils go to school by coach. | |
| 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. | |
| nous |
| 1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person: | |
| 2. pron. (subject pronoun) we. | |
| 3. pron. (object pronoun) us, to us. | |
| 4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we) | |
| 5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy | |
| arrive |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of arriver | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of arriver | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of arriver | |
| arriver |
| 1. v. to arrive (often followed by a location) | |
| On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures. - We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock. | |
| Ils sont arrivés avant moi. - They got there before me. | |
| Je n'arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film. - I won't arrive in time to see the start of the film.arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film., I won't arrive in time to see the | |
| 2. v. (impersonal) to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the | |
| Ça ne m'arrive jamais. - That never happens to me.arrive jamais., t=That never happens to me. | |
| Il arrive souvent qu'il soit en retard. - It often happens that he is late. | |
| 3. v. (informal) to cope, to manage | |
| J' sais pas quoi faire... J'arrive plus. - I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore.arrive plus., t=I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore. | |
| 4. v. to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully) | |
| Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte. - I finally managed to repair that door. | |
| 5. v. to obtain a level of success or fame | |
| 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 | |
| travailler |
| 1. v. to work | |
| Il ne fait que travailler. - All he does is work. | |
| 2. v. to study | |
| 3. v. to struggle | |
| avec |
| 1. prep. (accompaniment) with | |
| Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him. | |
| Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me? | |
| Ils m'ont dit qu'ils étaient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you. | |
| 2. prep. (manner, instrument) with | |
| Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure. | |
| 3. adv. (informal) too, also | |
| Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too. | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| météo |
| 1. n-f. weather (general state of weather) | |
| 2. n-f. weather forecast | |
| très |
| 1. adv. very | |
| défavorable |
| 1. adj. unfavourable, disadvantageous | |
