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il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
a
     1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A
     2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she
           C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute.
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir
           Elle a un chat. - She has a cat.
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
                J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
                J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
                Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
          4. v. to have (a condition)
                J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
                J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
                J'ai froid. - I have cold.
                J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
                J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
                J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
                J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
                J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
                Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
          6. v. to have (to trick)
                Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
                avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
                J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
toujours
     1. adv. always
           Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late.
           Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always
     2. adv. still
     3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated.
           Je suis toujours là. - I'm still here.
           Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. - She still hasn't come back.
méprisé
     1. Participle. past participle of mépriser
     mépriser
          1. v. to hate, despise, scorn, disdain
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
vanteries
ridicules
     1. adj. plural of ridicule
     ridicule
          1. adj. ridiculous (all meanings)
dont
     1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose
           Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke?
           Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain.
           Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
           J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
           La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable. - The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
           Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers. - The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of
           Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste. - These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
           Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
     2. pron. (sometimes) by which
           Le coup dont il fut frappé. - The blow by which he was struck.
     3. pron. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
           Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles. - He had ten children, nine of them girls.
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
arrive
     1. v. first-person singular present of arriver
     2. v. third-person singular present of arriver
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of arriver
     arriver
          1. v. to arrive (often followed by a location)
                On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures. - We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock.
                Ils sont arrivés avant moi. - They got there before me.
                Je n'arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film. - I won't arrive in time to see the start of the film.arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film., I won't arrive in time to see the
          2. v. (impersonal) to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the
                Ça ne m'arrive jamais. - That never happens to me.arrive jamais., t=That never happens to me.
                Il arrive souvent qu'il soit en retard. - It often happens that he is late.
          3. v. (informal) to cope, to manage
                J' sais pas quoi faire... J'arrive plus. - I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore.arrive plus., t=I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore.
          4. v. to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully)
                Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte. - I finally managed to repair that door.
          5. v. to obtain a level of success or fame
assez
     1. adv. enough
           Il est incontestable que je suis assez bouché de croire ça. - It's incontestable that I'm already dumb enough to believe that
     2. adv. quite
     3. adv. rather
ordinairement
     1. adv. ordinarily; normally
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
           Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
           Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
           Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
                   Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
                   Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
           Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
           Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
           Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
           Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
           Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
           Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
           Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
           Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
           C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
           Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
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'
noblesse
     1. n-f. nobility
étourdit
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of étourdir
     2. v. third-person singular past historic of étourdir
     étourdir
          1. v. to daze, to stun
          2. v. (informal) to tire, to wear out
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
monde
     1. n-m. world
           C'est la plus belle fille du monde. - She is the most beautiful girl in the world.
     2. n-m. people
           Le monde m'agace quelquefois. - People annoy me sometimes.
           La salle était noire de monde. - The room was full of people.
     3. interj. (Louisiana French) good heavens
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