hausser |
1. v. to raise | |
Le gouvernement a haussé le prix du pétrole. - The government has raised petrol prices. | |
2. v. to shrug | |
Il me disait qu'il ne savait pas, en haussant les épaules. - He told me he didn't know, shrugging his shoulders. | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
Parole |
1. Proper noun. Word | |
2. n-f. (the power of) speech, language (gloss, the faculty of using spoken language to communicate or express thought, the usage of this faculty, and the words articulated through its use) | |
la parole et l'écriture - speech and writing | |
(co, perdre la parole / perdre l'usage de la parole, to lose one's ability to speak) | |
avoir la parole facile - to speak easily, to be well-spoken | |
Les animaux manquent la parole. - Animals lack speech | |
3. n-f. word(s) utterance, expression (an orally articulated unit of discourse) | |
4. n-f. voice, spoken word | |
5. n-f. (in the plural) lyrics, words (of a song) | |
les paroles d'une chanson - the words of a song, lyrics of a song | |
6. n-f. promise, word | |
belles paroles - empty promise(s), lit=pretty words | |
tenir parole - to keep one's word | |
donner sa parole - to give one's word | |
être fidèle à sa parole - to be true to one's word | |
manquer à sa parole - to break one's word | |
revenir sur sa parole - to go back on one's word | |
croire sur parole - to take one's word | |
Il tient parole. - He keeps his word. | |
7. n-f. floor (the right to speak, as, for example, in a legislative assembly) | |
avoir la parole - to have the floor | |
prendre la parole - to take the floor | |
donner, céder, passer, ou laisser la parole à quelqu'un - to give someone the floor | |
couper la parole à quelqu'un, ou lui ôter la parole - to cut someone off | |
Le député a la parole. - The member has the floor. | |
la |
1. art. the (definite article) | |
2. pron. her, it (direct object) | |
Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her. | |
Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner. | |
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A' | |
voix |
1. n-f. (general, music, linguistics) voice | |
Ta voix suivait ma voix. - Your voice followed my voice. | |
2. n-f. (politics) vote | |
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 | |
ton |
1. det. (possessive) your | |
Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre ? - Did you remember to bring your book? | |
Ton écriture est jolie. - Your writing is pretty. | |
J'aime beaucoup ton manteau. - I really like your coat. | |
2. n-m. tone (sound of a particular frequency) | |
3. n-m. (music) tone (interval) | |
Il y a un ton entre do et ré - Doh and ray are separated by one tone. | |
4. n-m. tone (manner of speaking) | |
Je n'aime pas le ton sur lequel tu me parles! - I don’t like your tone! (I don’t like the way you are talking to me!) | |
5. n-m. tone, shade (of colour) | |
Différents tons de rouge. - Several shades of red. | |