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. | |
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 | |
poing |
1. n-m. fist | |
serré |
1. adj. tight | |
2. adj. (writing, etc) fine, cramped | |
3. adj. (coffee) strong | |
4. adj. (figuratively) strict, tight | |
5. Participle. past participle of serrer | |
serrer |
1. v. to tighten (a screw, a knot) | |
Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis. - Gently! It's no use to tighten this screw too much. | |
Ton nœud de cravate n'est pas assez serré. - Your tie's knot isn't tightened enough. | |
2. v. to shake (hands) | |
J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main. - I refused to shake his/her hand. | |
3. v. to squeeze | |
Il lui serra le bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours. - He squeezed her arm so hard that she had a mark on it for three days. | |
4. v. to squeeze | |
Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place. - They squeezed together to make room for him. | |
5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shake (hands) | |
Les jeunes hommes d'affaires se sont serré la main. - The young businessmen shook each other's hands. | |
6. v. (slang) to seduce; to flirt with | |
7. v. (slang) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone) | |