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des
     1. art. plural of un
     2. art. plural of une
     3. art. plural of du
     4. art. plural of de la
     5. art. plural of de l'
     6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
     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
     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
     de l'
          1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
                Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
hommes
     1. n. plural of homme
     homme
          1. n-m. man (adult male human)
                C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us.
          2. n-m. man, Man (species)
          3. n-m. man (virile male)
          4. n-m. man (employee)
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.
étaient
     1. v. third-person plural imperfect 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
jadis
     1. adv. long ago, once, yesteryear, in times past, yore
moins
     1. adv. comparative of peu; less, fewer
           Faites moins de bruit. - Make less noise.
           J'ai dû attendre moins de dix minutes. - I had to wait less than ten minutes.
           De moins en moins de personnes peuvent se permettre de passer des vacances à l'étranger. - Fewer and fewer people can afford to spend holidays abroad.
     2. adv. (with numbers) minus; negative
           moins cinq - minus five
     3. adv. preceded by a definite article superlative of peu; the least
           C'est lui qui gagne le moins (d'argent) dans sa famille. - He earns the least money in his family.
           C'était la chose la moins surprenante. - It was the least surprising thing.
     4. n-m. the minus sign
     5. prep. minus
           Cinq moins deux font trois - Five minus two makes three.
empressés
     1. Participle. masculine plural of empressé
     empresser
          1. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, ~ de faire) to hasten
          2. v. to mass, to gather
autour
     1. adv. around
     2. prep. (usually with de) around, about
     3. prep. , translation=Between 1 and 2 years, the child (...) understands language better and better, he's more and more able to understand what's happening around him ...
     4. n-m. goshawk
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
elle
     1. pron. she
           Je crois qu'elle est partie. - I think she left.
     2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
           Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans. - That's my car. It is five years old.
     3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers
           C’est à elle. - It's hers.
     sera
          1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être
     serait
          1. v. third-person singular conditional of être
     soit
          1. conj. or, meaning, that is to say
          2. conj. either ... or
                Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog.
                Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing
          3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of être
          4. v. (math) let be
                Soit f une fonction linéaire. - Let f be a linear function.
          5. interj. OK; granted; so be it
vinrent
     1. v. third-person plural past historic of venir
     venir
          1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker)
                Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France.
au
     1. contraction. contraction of à le
           Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory.
     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
     le
          1. art. the (definite article)
                Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
          2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
                L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
          3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
                Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
          4. art. (before units) a, an
                Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
          5. 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.
          6. 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
balcon
     1. n-m. (architectural element) balcony
dérangeant
     1. Participle. present participle of déranger
     2. adj. unsettling
     3. adj. disruptive
     déranger
          1. v. to bother; to disrupt
                Si cela ne vous dérange pas, fermez la porte. - If you don't mind, close the door.
          2. v. to disarray/disarrange (throw into disorder)
tout
     1. adv. all
     2. det. all
     3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
           le tout
     4. pron. everything
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
monde
     1. n-m. world
           C'est la plus belle fille du monde. - She is the most beautiful girl in the world.
     2. n-m. people
           Le monde m'agace quelquefois. - People annoy me sometimes.
           La salle était noire de monde. - The room was full of people.
     3. interj. (Louisiana French) good heavens
tout le monde
     1. pron. everyone, everybody
           Tout le monde est arrivé. - Everyone has arrived.
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.
suspendre
     1. v. to suspend (hang freely)
     2. v. to suspend (temporarily cancel or expel)
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
sa
     1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's
           Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house.
           Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card.
           Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white.
main
     1. n-f. hand
     2. n-f. (soccer) handball
     3. n-f. (poker) hand
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
approcher
     1. v. to approach, to come close to, to move towards
           Pourquoi es-tu si loin? Approche. - Why are you so far away? Come closer.
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
cercle
     1. n-m. (geometry) circle
     2. n-m. group of people, circle
     3. v. first-person singular present of cercler
     4. v. third-person singular present of cercler
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of cercler
     cercler
          1. v. to ring, hoop, encircle (with)
imposant
     1. adj. imposing, impressive
     2. Participle. present participle of imposer
     imposer
          1. v. to impose
          2. v. to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)
                Le régime s'est fait très impopulaire en imposant le vin. - The regime made itself very unpopular by taxing wine.
          3. v. to triumph, to win
                Il s'est imposé vendredi devant Beat Feuz. - On Friday he triumphed over Beat Feuz.
          4. v. to establish oneself, to make a name for oneself
          5. v. to be required, to be called for
                Quelques précisions s'imposent. - Some clarifications are called for.
dont
     1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose
           Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke?
           Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain.
           Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
           J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
           La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
           Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of
           Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
           Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
     2. pron. (sometimes) by which
           Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck.
     3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
           Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls.
elle
     1. pron. she
           Je crois qu'elle est partie. - I think she left.
     2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
           Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans. - That's my car. It is five years old.
     3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers
           C’est à elle. - It's hers.
     sera
          1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être
     serait
          1. v. third-person singular conditional of être
     soit
          1. conj. or, meaning, that is to say
          2. conj. either ... or
                Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog.
                Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing
          3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of être
          4. v. (math) let be
                Soit f une fonction linéaire. - Let f be a linear function.
          5. interj. OK; granted; so be it
était
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect 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
environnée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of environné
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