| faut |
| 1. v. singular present indicative of falloir | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of falloir | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of faillir | |
| faillir |
| 1. v. to almost do something | |
| J'ai failli aller en Allemagne, mais j'ai annulé au dernier moment - I almost went to Germany, but cancelled at the last minute | |
| 2. v. to fail | |
| Tu as failli à ta mission. - You failed your mission. | |
| 3. v. to go bankrupt | |
| falloir |
| 1. v. (impersonal) to need, have to, to be necessary (that) | |
| Il faut que j'y aille - I need to go. | |
| Faut que j'y aille. - Got to go. | |
| Il ne faut pas que tu dises ça. - You don’t have to say that. | |
| Il a tout ce qu'il te faut. - He has everything that you need. | |
| 2. v. to take (time) | |
| 3. v. to be missing | |
| pas |
| 1. n-m. step, pace, footstep | |
| 2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass | |
| Pas de Calais - Strait of Dover | |
| 3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut) | |
| 4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc. | |
| Je ne sais pas. - I don't know | |
| Ma grande sœur n'habite pas avec nous. - My big sister doesn't live with us. | |
| J’veux pas travailler. - I don't wanna work. | |
| pousser |
| 1. v. to push | |
| 2. v. to urge on, encourage | |
| pousser quelqu'un à faire quelque chose | |
| pousser à | |
| 3. v. to grow | |
| L'arbre pousse vite. - The tree is growing quickly. | |
| 4. v. to spring up, to sprout | |
| Les Starbucks poussent comme des champignons ici. - The Starbucks are springing up like mushrooms here. | |
| 5. v. to utter (a cry) | |
| 6. v. to move aside | |
| mémé |
| 1. n-f. (hypocoristic) grandma, granny, nana | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| orties |
| 1. n. plural of ortie | |
| ortier |
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| ortie |
| 1. n-f. nettle | |
