| 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 | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| marin |
| 1. adj. maritime | |
| 2. adj. (relational) marine | |
| 3. n-m. seaman | |
| 4. n-f. navy | |
| 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. | |
| lire |
| 1. v. to read | |
| 2. v. to be read | |
| 3. n-f. lira (unit of currency) | |
| 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 | |
| vers |
| 1. prep. towards | |
| 2. prep. to | |
| Elle a traduit les paroles de sa chanson préférée du français vers l'anglais. - She translated the lyrics of her favorite song from French to English. | |
| 3. prep. around, circa (with a date or time) | |
| Pouvez-vous nous attendre jusque vers midi ? - Can you wait for us until about noon? | |
| 4. n-m. verse | |
| 5. n. plural of ver | |
| ver |
| 1. n-m. worm | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| 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 | |
| comprendre |
| 1. v. to understand, comprehend | |
| J'ai compris maintenant. - I understand now. (lit. I have understood now.) | |
| Il est trop intelligent pour ne pas comprendre ce que vous lui avez dit. | |
| Est-ce que vous avez bien compris ? - Did you understand? | |
| „Est-ce que tu comprends ce qu'il dit ?” „Je ne comprends même pas ce que je dis moi.” - "Do you understand what he's saying?" "I don't even understand what I'm saying.". | |
| 2. v. to comprise, include | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, reciprocal) to know each other well or intimately | |
| Quoique leurs goûts fussent différents, ces deux amis se comprenaient à merveille. | |
| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be comprehensible or conceivable | |
