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et
1. conj. and
maintenant
1. adv. now, currently
2. adv. , à cette heure
3. adv. , à présent
4. adv. , actuellement
5. adv. , aujourd'hui
6. adv. , en ce moment
7. Participle. present participle of maintenir
maintenir
1. v. to maintain
2. v. to stick to
3. v. to stay fair
4. v. to persist
5. v. to keep up
représente
1. v. first-person singular present of représenter
2. v. third-person singular present of représenter
3. v. second-person singular imperative of représenter
représenter
1. v. to represent (to be the representative of)
2. v. to represent (to show, as a replacement)
3. v. to represent; to re-present; to present again
toi
1. pron. you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun)
J'ai besoin de toi. - I need you
Et toi, ça va comment ? - And you, how are you?
Souviens-toi de ce qui est vraiment important. - Remember what is really important.
Attends, tu m'as dit qu'il y a dans cette maison plus de deux-cents livres. Est-ce qu'ils sont tous à toi ? - Wait, you told me that there are more than two hundred books in this house. Are the
Toi, t'es quelque chose de différent. - You are something different.
un
1. art. an, a
2. num. number box, fr
3. num. one
4. pron. one, someone
5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
comté
1. n-m. county
2. n-m. (Canada) riding
3. n-m. Comté cheese
ne
1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Apprendre le français est plus facile qu'on ne pense. - Learning French is easier than you (might) think.
importe
1. v. first-person singular present of importer
2. v. third-person singular present of importer
3. v. second-person singular imperative of importer
importer
1. v. to import
2. v. (indtr, à) to matter, to be relevant, important (to someone)
En quoi cela m'importe-t-il ?
Que vous importe ?
Il m'importe peu de savoir s'il a réussi.
Ses résultats importaient peu à ses parents.
lequel
1. pron. (relative, following a preposition) which, that, whom
Elle préfère l'homme avec lequel tu sortais. - She prefers the man with whom you were going out.
Il se remet à travailler sur le projet pour lequel il avait déjà passé tellement de temps. - He's starting to work on the project on which he had already spent so much time.
2. pron. (interrogative) which one
Passe-moi le ballon. ― Lequel ? Il y en a trois. - Pass me the ball. — Which one? There are three of them.
et
1. conj. and
imagine
1. v. first-person singular present of imaginer
2. v. third-person singular present of imaginer
3. v. second-person singular imperative of imaginer
imaginer
1. v. to imagine
que
1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
3. conj. when, no sooner
Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
5. conj. introduces a comparison
6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as
Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
ce
1. det. this, that
2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
est-ce que...? - is it that...?
ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
ce semble - it seems
ce peuvent être... - these may be...
comté
1. n-m. county
2. n-m. (Canada) riding
3. n-m. Comté cheese
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
divisé
1. Participle. past participle of diviser
diviser
1. v. to divide
2. v. (mathematics) to divide
en
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
aller en bus - go by bus
partir en voiture - leave by car
4. prep. as
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
fort en histoire - good at history
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
en 1993 - in 1993
en janvier - in January
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
10. prep. in (used to describe color)
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
en détresse - in distress
12. prep. in (as part of something)
en équipe - on a team
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
cinq
1. num. five
Mon père a cinq sœurs. - My father has five sisters.
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either...or
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
six
1. num. six
zones
1. n. plural of zone
2. v. second-person singular present of zoner
zoner
1. v. (colloquial intransitive) to wander around, wander about
On a retrouvé la fugueuse, elle zonait sur les quais. - We found the runaway, she was wandering on the docks.
2. v. (slang) to sleep
Pendant l'hiver, on zonait chez des potes. - During the winter, we crash at friends' places.
3. v. (slang) to go to sleep, hit the hay
Il est allé se zoner sans dire un mot. - He went to hit the hay without saying a word.
zone
1. n-f. zone
2. v. first-person singular present of zoner
3. v. third-person singular present of zoner
4. v. second-person singular imperative of zoner
différentes
1. adj. feminine plural of différent
différent
1. adj. different

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