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cet
1. det. this
arbre
1. n-m. tree (plant, diagram, anything in the form of a tree)
2. n-m. axle
3. n-m. (mechanics) drive shaft
languit
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of languir
2. v. third-person singular past historic of languir
languir
1. v. to languish
2. v. to lie torpid
3. v. to flag, die down, slack off, be slack
4. v. to wither, weaken
5. v. to long, pine, or yearn (for)
ces
1. det. plural of ce: these, those
fleurs
1. n. plural of fleur
fleur
1. n-f. (botany) flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants")
Je suis allé cueillir une fleur dans les champs. - I went to pick a flower in the fields.
Il m’a offert de magnifiques fleurs. - He offered me magnificent flowers.
2. n-f. (metonymy) flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself
Les orchidées sont des fleurs recherchées. - Orchids are sought-after flowers.
3. n-f. (figuratively) a kind favor given by one person to another
Il m’a fait une fleur. - He gave me a kind favor.
4. n-f. (figuratively) the best of something
Voici la fine fleur de la jeunesse française. - Here's the cream of the crop of French youth.
Mourir à la fleur de l’âge. - to die in the prime of life
5. n-f. (metaphor) the virginity of a woman
Fleurs de soufre, de zinc, d’arsenic, d’antimoine. - refinements of sulfur, zinc, arsenic, antimony
languissent
1. v. third-person plural present of languir
2. v. third-person plural imperfect subjunctive of languir
languir
1. v. to languish
2. v. to lie torpid
3. v. to flag, die down, slack off, be slack
4. v. to wither, weaken
5. v. to long, pine, or yearn (for)
faute
1. n-f. error, mistake
une faute d'orthographe - a spelling mistake
C'est la faute à pas de chance. - It’s bad luck’s fault.
2. n-f. fault, blame
c'est de ma faute - it's my fault
c'est toujours la faute aux autres - it's always other people's fault
il rejette la faute sur son patron - he laid/put the blame on his boss
3. n-f. (legal) wrong, misdemeanor
4. n-f. (sports) foul, fault (infraction of the rules)
fauter
1. v. to make a mistake, to mess up
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
faute de
1. prep. through lack of; for want of; because of a lack of
eau
1. n-f. water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans
Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche. - He drank a cool glass of water.
L’eau de mer et l’eau de rivière n’ont pas la même teneur en sel et n’abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons. - Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor
2. n-f. In particular, rain
Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau. - If the wind persists, we will have rain.
3. n-f. (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam
L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur. - Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat.
4. n-f. Natural liquid quantities or expanses
Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca. - In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca.
5. n-f. Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal
Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau. - Vesicants make blisters full of fluid.
L’eau m'en vint à la bouche. - That made my mouth water.
Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau. - He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty.

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