file |
1. n-f. a line of objects placed one after the other | |
2. n-f. (Belgium) traffic jam | |
3. v. first-person singular present of filer | |
4. v. third-person singular present of filer | |
5. v. second-person singular imperative of filer | |
filer |
1. v. to spin (a web) | |
2. v. to thread through (a crowd) | |
3. v. to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances) | |
4. v. to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through | |
5. v. to pass, to hand, to give | |
Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s'il-te-plaît ? - Can you gimme the salt, please? | |
6. v. (nautical, transitive) to ease a line | |
7. v. (police) to tail, track | |
8. v. to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder | |
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 | |
personnes |
1. n. plural of personne | |
personne |
1. n-f. person | |
2. pron. (with ne) no one, nobody | |
Il n'y a personne ici. - There is nobody here. | |
Qui l'a lu? Personne. - Who has read it? No one. | |
Il n'a parlé avec personne. - He spoke to nobody. | |
Personne ne parle avec lui. - No one speaks with him. | |
3. pron. anyone | |
Il le sait mieux que personne. - He knows it better than anyone. | |
soldats |
1. n. plural of soldat | |
gardes |
1. n. plural of garde | |
2. v. second-person singular present of garder | |
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garder |
1. v. to keep; to retain; to store; to save | |
garder les yeux ouverts - to keep eyes open | |
Elle a le droit de garder secrètes la plupart de ses caractéristiques. - She has the right to keep most of her characteristics secret. | |
2. v. to guard | |
Ils gardent le bâtiment. - They guard the building. | |
3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be careful (de faire not to do) | |
il se garde de dire n'importe quoi. - He is careful not to say anything. | |
garde |
1. n. a watch, guard | |
2. n. a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps. | |
3. n. (military) sentry service performed by soldiers. | |
4. n. (military) soldiers doing the sentry service | |
5. n. any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis. | |
6. n-f. a handle (of a weapon) | |
7. n-f. a protection (act of protecting) | |
8. v. first-person singular present of garder | |
9. v. third-person singular present of garder | |
10. v. second-person singular imperative of garder | |
curieux |
1. adj. curious, inquisitive, intrigued, wondering; possessing curiosity | |
C'est un garçon curieux. - He's an inquisitive boy. | |
2. adj. curious, unusual, interesting, quaint; inducing curiosity | |
C'est un curieux garçon. - He's an unusual boy. | |
3. n-m. rubbernecker | |
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