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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
son
     1. n-m. sound
           Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.)
     2. det. (possessive) his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
           Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat.
           Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat.
           J'aime son amie. - I like his/her girlfriend.
           La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in her/his absence.
     3. n-m. bran
           Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran.
chef
     1. n-m. (now literary) head
           opiner du chef - to nod
     2. n-m. article, principal point
           les principaux chefs d’une demande - the main points of a request
     3. n-m. principal motive, charge, count of indictment
           Le procureur a tenu à refaire une lecture des chefs d’accusation. - The prosecutor insisted on reading off the counts of indictment again.
     4. n-m. (heraldry) chief; top third of a coat of arms
           d'or au chef de gueules - or, a chief gules
     5. n-m. a boss, chief, leader
           Le pape est le chef de l’Église. - The pope is the head of the church.
     6. n-m. a culinary chef, chief cook
           Créant dans des établissements de prestige de nombreuses recettes reprises ensuite par d'autres chefs, Escoffier a fait connaitre internationalement la cuisine française. - Creating in prestigi
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.
descendait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of descendre
     descendre
          1. v. to go down
          2. v. to descend
          3. v. to put down; disparage
          4. v. to kill (someone)
          5. v. to stay (in a hotel or other temporary lodging)
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
           aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
           Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
     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!
           Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
           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)
           à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
           Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
           à la maison - at home
           à l'hôtel - at the hotel
           au comptoir du bar - at the bar
           au bois - in the woods
           J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
           La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
           au voleur ! - stop thief!
           à l'assassin ! - murderer!
           au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
           à moi ! - help!
           à l'aide ! - help!
           au secours ! - help!
           au feu ! - fire!
           aux armes ! - to arms!
           à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
           à l'abordage ! - on board!
           au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
           au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
     8. prep. from (origin)
           Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
           Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
           Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
     9. 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: one normally would use de here
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
           à plus tard - see you later
           à bientôt - see you soon
           Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. 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
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
           l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
           Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
           Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
           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.
     14. 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 — 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
     15. prep. by
           peu à peu - bit by bit
           petit à petit - little by little
           minute à minute - minute by minute
           jour à jour - day by day
           un à un - one by one
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
           six à sept personnes - six or seven people
           de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
           tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
     17. 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
     18. prep. with
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
à la
     1. prep. a la, in the style or manner of (with a feminine singular adjective or a proper noun)
           à la française (in the French style)
           à la Hugo (in the style of Hugo)
cave
     1. adj. pitted
     2. adj. concave
     3. adj. cavernous
     4. n-f. a cellar or basement
     5. n-f. (specifically) a wine cellar; or, a piece of furniture that serves the purpose of a wine cellar
     6. n-f. (by extension) a wine selection
     7. n-f. caves: An estate where wine grapes are grown or (especially) where wine is produced
     8. n-f. cave à liqueurs: A chest for the storage of liquors
     9. n-m. (slang) an imbecile, a stupid person
     caver
          1. v. to dig; to mine
remontait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of remonter
     remonter
          1. v. to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb
          2. v. (of temperature, water level etc) to rise again, to go up again
          3. v. (of clothing) to go up, to ride up
          4. v. to go back, to return
                remonter le fil du temps - to go back in time
          5. v. to go back, to date back, to hearken back (à to)
          6. v. to take back up, to bring back up, to put back up
          7. v. to get back in, to get back on, to get back onboard
          8. v. to turn back up
          9. v. (of a clock) to wind up
litres
     1. n. plural of litre
     litrer
     litre
          1. n-m. litre
et
     1. conj. and
carafes
     1. n. plural of carafe
     carafe
          1. n-f. carafe
invitait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of inviter
     inviter
          1. v. to invite
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
amis
     1. n. plural of ami
     ami
          1. n-m. friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
                Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis. - We must always stand by our family and our friends.
qui
     1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
           Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
           Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
     2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
           La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
           Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
           J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
           Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
           Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
           Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
     3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
           Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
passaient
     1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of passer
     passer
          1. v. to go past
          2. v. to cross (a border)
          3. v. (legal) to pass
                passer une loi - to pass a law
          4. v. to spend (time)
                J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain.
                J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place.
          5. v. to publish (a newspaper)
          6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
                J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April.
          7. v. to pass (an exam or test)
                Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam.
          8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test)
                Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam.
          9. v. (public transportation) to run
                Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes.
          10. v. to exceed (a limit)
          11. v. to percolate
          12. v. to hand down, to pass on
          13. v. to be allowed
          14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities)
          15. v. to show (a movie)
          16. v. to go up (a grade)
          17. v. to shift (change gear)
          18. v.          to go down
          19. v.          to go up
          20. v. to stop by, to pop in
                Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us.
                Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things.
          21. v. to pass away, to die
          22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
          23. v. (TV) to show (be on television)
          24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
          25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
          26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
          27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
          28. v. to wipe, rub
                Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly.
          29. v. to skip a go
          30. v. to put (make something undergo something)
          31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
          32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass
                Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here?
          33. v. to go by
          34. v. to do without
                Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning.
          35. v. to don
                Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants.
          36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
                faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something
                se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate
même
     1. adv. (used before the article) even
           Même les rois doivent mourir. - Even kings must die
           On ne peut même pas en faire une. - We cannot even make one
           J'veux même pas savoir. - I don't even want to know.
     2. adj. (used before the noun) same
           Je l'ai acheté le même jour - I bought it the same day
     3. adj. (used after the noun) very
           Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir! - Ah, the very person I wanted to see!
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
           Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
           Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
           Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
gros
     1. adj. big, thick, fat
           Mon petit copain a des gros doigts. - My boyfriend has fat fingers.
     2. adj. coarse, rough
     3. adj. (Louisiana French) famous
     4. n-m. a person in overweight
     5. n-m. the bulk, the majority
           Le gros de la négociation c'est la baisse de prix d'achat du produit. - The bulk of the negotiation is lowering the purchasing price of the product.
zidore
et
     1. conj. and
cela
     1. pron. that
     2. v. third-person singular past historic of celer
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
           Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
terminait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of terminer
     terminer
          1. v. to end; to finish; to terminate
                Le train termine à Rouen. - The train terminates in Rouen.
          2. v. to end, to bring to an end, to finish
                Il fallait terminer le match après une explosion. - The game had to be brought to an end after an explosion.
habituellement
     1. adv. usually, habitually
par
     1. prep. through
           par la fenêtre - through the window
           aller par le parc - go through the park
     2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
           voyager par train - travel by train
           par surprise - by surprise
           le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates.
     3. prep. over (used to express direction)
           Viens par ici ! - Come over here!
     4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
           voir par devant - see from the back
           le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap
     5. prep. around, round (inside of)
           par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema
     6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
           par terre - on the ground
     7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
           par un beau jour - on a nice day
           par un soir - in one evening
     8. prep. in
           marcher par deux - walk in twos
     9. prep. per, a, an
           trois fois par semaine - three times a week
     10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something)
           par pure colère - out of pure anger
           par tristesse - out of sadness
     11. prep. for
     12. n-m. (golf) par
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
cuite
     1. Participle. feminine singular of cuit
     2. n-f. batch of ore, porcelain or the like for smelting; viewed economically, the time an occurrence of smelting takes
     3. n-f. (slang) piss-up (UK), bender (US)
           J'ai pris une cuite hier soir. - I got plastered last night.
     4. v. first-person singular present of cuiter
     5. v. third-person singular present of cuiter
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of cuiter
     cuire
          1. v. 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 of cuirer
          3. v. third-person singular present of cuirer
          4. v. second-person singular imperative of cuirer
     cuiter
          1. v. (colloquial) to get smashed, to get wasted (very drunk)
générale
     1. adj. feminine singular of général
     2. n-f. female equivalent of général
     général
          1. n-m. (military) general
          2. adj. general, usual
dans
     1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
           vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty
           être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry
           avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth
           dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic
           Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris.
           Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water.
           mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket
           Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
           Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York.
     3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time)
           Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour.
           Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days.
     4. prep. (with respect to time) during
           dans un temps donné - during a given time
           dans ma jeunesse - in my youth
     5. prep. out of, from
           boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup
           Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge.
     6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of
           le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre
     7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les)
           dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos
           dans les dix euros - about ten euros
     8. n. plural of dan
laquelle
     1. pron. feminine singular of lequel
tous
     1. pron. all
           Ils étaient tous là. - They were all there.
     2. pron. everybody
           Tous étaient là. - Everybody was there.
     3. adj. masculine plural of tout
           Je me brosse les dents tous les jours. - I brush my teeth all the days.
     tout
          1. adv. all
          2. det. all
          3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
                le tout
          4. pron. everything
roulaient
     1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of rouler
     rouler
          1. v. to roll
          2. v. to revolve
          3. v. (colloquial) to go (of events, to proceed)
                Ça roule bien chez mon ami. - It's going well at my friend's house.
          4. v. (of a vehicle) to work, to function
          5. v. to drive (a vehicle)
                On a roulé à 80 km à l'heure. - We were driving 80 km an hour.
                Il roule en Rolls - He drives a Rolls.
                Elle roule dans un véhicule neuf. - She drives a new vehicle.
          6. v. (colloquial) to dupe, to trick
                se faire rouler - to be tricked, to be duped
sous
     1. prep. below, under
     2. n. plural of sou
     3. n. (slang) money
     sou
          1. n-m. (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
          2. n-m. (by extension, chiefly in the colloquial) money; cash
                Tu peux me prêter des sous ? - Can you lend me some cash?
          3. n-m. (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)
                Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s'il te plaît. - That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please.
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
Table
     1. Proper noun. Mensa (constellation)
     2. n-f. table (item of furniture)
           Pourquoi as-tu laissé ces livres sur la table ? - Why did you leave these books on the table?
     3. n-f. flat surface atop various objects
     4. n-f. flat part of a cut or carved object
     5. n-f. (music) table of a stringed instrument
     6. n-f. matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns
     7. n-f. systematic list of content
     8. v. first-person singular present of tabler
     9. v. third-person singular present of tabler
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of tabler
     tabler
          1. v. (indtr, sur) to base one's scheming on something
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