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. | |
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 | |
mettre |
1. v. to put; to place | |
2. v. to put on | |
3. v. to set (to lay a table) | |
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something | |
tremper |
1. v. to soak, to drench, to wet | |
2. v. to dip, to dunk | |
3. v. to temper (metal), to harden | |
ces |
1. det. plural of ce: these, those | |
haricots |
1. n. plural of haricot | |
haricot |
1. n-m. (vegetable) bean, green bean | |
2. n-m. a stew of lamb and vegetables | |
ces |
1. det. plural of ce: these, those | |
pruneaux |
1. n. plural of pruneau | |
pruneau |
1. n-m. prune (dried plum) | |
pour |
1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun) | |
J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you. | |
2. prep. for (in support of) | |
Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him? | |
3. prep. for (as a consequence for) | |
Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes. | |
4. prep. for (an intended destination) | |
Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London. | |
5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive) | |
Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back. | |
6. prep. for, to (according to) | |
Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic. | |
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 | |
amollir |
1. v. to soften | |