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cette
     1. det. feminine singular of ce
affaire
     1. n-f. business; matter; affair
           affaire importante - important business
           C'est une affaire d'honneur. - It is a matter of honor.
           C'est l'affaire d'une minute. - It's a matter of a minute.
           C'est mon affaire, pas la vôtre. - It's my business, not yours.
     2. n-f. deal, transaction, bargain
           conclure une affaire - to close a deal
     3. n-f. business, enterprise
           monter une affaire - to set up a business
           Ils ont repris l'affaire familiale. - They took over the family business.
     4. n-f. affair, scandal
           l'affaire Dreyfus - the Dreyfus affair
           Affaire Fillon - Fillon affair
     5. n-f. (law) case, trial
           L'affaire O.J. Simpson fut une des plus médiatisées. - The O. J. Simpson case was one of the most publicized.
     6. n-f. (informal) things; stuff
     7. n-f. (informal, chiefly in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned)
     8. n-f. (informal, Quebec) thingamajig
     9. n-f. (informal, Louisiana French) thing
lui
     1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
           J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him.
           C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that.
           Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it.
     2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
           Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her.
     3. Participle. past participle of luire
sourit
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of sourire
     2. v. third-person singular past historic of sourire
     sourire
          1. n-m. smile
          2. v. to smile
beaucoup
     1. adv. much, very much, a lot
           Merci beaucoup! - Thank you very much!
           Je mange beaucoup. - I eat a lot.
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