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et
     1. conj. and
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.
voix
     1. n-f. (general, music, linguistics) voice
           Ta voix suivait ma voix. - Your voice followed my voice.
     2. n-f. (politics) vote
alors
     1. adv. then (at that time)
     2. adv. so, hence (as a consequence)
     3. interj. (acknowledgement of previous statement) so, well, well then
           Alors on reste ici ce soir. - Well then, let's stay here tonight.
prenait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of prendre
     prendre
          1. v. to take
                prends ma main - take my hand
          2. v. to eat; to drink
                elle prend un café - she is drinking a coffee
          3. v. to get; to buy
                Je vais prendre le plat du jour. - I'll get the dish of the day.
          4. v. to rob; to deprive
                prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un
          5. v. to make
                prendre une décision - to make a decision
                prendre des mesures draconiennes - to take draconian measures
          6. v. to catch, to work, to start
                le feu ne prend pas - the fire won't start
                la sauce ne prend pas - the sauce isn't thickening
                ma mayonnaise ne prend pas - my mayonnaise isn't setting
                ça ne prend pas avec moi - that won't wash with me
          7. v. to get (something) caught (in), to jam
                je me suis pris la main dans la porte - I caught my hand in the door
                je me suis pris la porte dans la figure
          8. v. indtr, à
                Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ? - What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you?
                Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ? - What was he thinking? What got into him?
                bien lui en prit
                mal lui en prit
          9. v. to start having a negative feeling towards someone
                prendre en aversion
                prendre en grippe
                prendre en dégoût
          10. v. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain
                prendre de la vitesse - to gain speed
                prendre du galon - to gain a promotion
                prendre de l'avance - to gain ground
                prendre du retard - to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind
                prendre de la hauteur - to gain some perspective
                prendre du recul - to take a step back
                prendre de la bouteille - to gain experience
                en prendre de la graine - to take away a lesson
                prendre du poids - to gain weight
                prendre de la masse - to build muscle
                prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre - to get a paunch
                prendre du bouchon
                prendre de l'élan - to gain momentum
                prendre de l'âge
                prendre de la valeur - to gain value
                prendre de l'importance
          11. v. (colloquial ; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time)
                Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour.
          12. v. (colloquial ; impersonal ; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of)
                Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes. - To finish in two hours, it'll take three people.
          13. v. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions)
                il prend quelque chose à quelqu'un - something comes over someone
                Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison.
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
intonation
     1. n-f. intonation (all senses)
dolente
     1. adj. feminine singular of dolent
     dolent
et
     1. conj. and
uniforme
     1. adj. uniform (unvarying)
     2. n-m. a uniform
enflant
     1. Participle. present participle of enfler
     enfler
          1. v. to inflate
          2. v. to fill
          3. v. to build up (an emotion)
          4. v. to swell up
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
mots
     1. n. plural of mot
     mot
          1. n-m. word
          2. n-m. note, (short) message
          3. n-m. answer to an enigma
appuyant
     1. Participle. present participle of appuyer
     appuyer
          1. v. to press, push
          2. v. to rest
          3. v. to support, to back
          4. v. to lean + sur (object) = on or (+preo, contre, means=against)
          5. v. to depend, to rely + sur (object) = on
          6. v. to put up with
indéfiniment
     1. adv. indefinitely (for an indefinite amount of time)
sur
     1. prep. on, upon
     2. prep. on top of
     3. prep. from on top of
     4. prep. above
     5. prep. out of
           sept sur dix - seven out of ten
     6. prep. in the case of
     7. prep. about, concerning
     8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
           sur Paris - in Paris
     9. adj. sour
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
syllabes
     1. n. plural of syllabe
     syllaber
          1. v. to syllabify
     syllabe
          1. n-f. syllable
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