cela |
1. pron. that | |
2. v. third-person singular past historic of celer | |
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 | |
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 | |
tentant |
1. adj. tempting | |
2. Participle. present participle of tenter | |
tenter |
1. v. (with de for verbs) to attempt | |
L'ennemi tenta une attaque frontale. - The enemy attempted a frontal attack. | |
Le sultan tentait de se présenter comme un musulman pieux. - The sultan attempted to present himself as a pious Muslim. | |
2. v. to tempt | |
Le serpent tenta Ève. - The serpent tempted Eve. | |
3. v. to be desirable or interesting to; to be something one feels like doing | |
Ça te tente de prendre une bière? - Do you feel like having a beer? | |
J'ai tellement de devoirs à faire mais ça ne me tente pas. - I have so much homework to do, but I don't feel like it. | |