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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.
laisse
     1. n-f. leash, lead
     2. n-f. foreshore
     3. n-f. (poetry) laisse
     4. v. first-person singular present of laisser
     5. v. third-person singular present of laisser
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of laisser
     laisser
          1. v. to leave, to leave behind
                Laissez le pistolet sur la table - Leave the gun on the table
          2. v. to forget, to leave alone
          3. v. to leave with, to give
          4. v. to let, to allow
          5. v. to allow oneself, to let oneself
courir
     1. v. to run
     2. v. to hurry; to rush
     3. v. (Louisiana French) to go
           Courez chercher mon livre! - Go get my book!
sa
     1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's
           Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house.
           Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card.
           Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white.
plume
     1. n-f. feather
     2. n-f. quill
     3. n-f. nib, the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen
     4. n-f. (dated) writer, penman
     5. v. first-person singular present of plumer
     6. v. third-person singular present of plumer
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of plumer
     plumer
          1. v. to pluck the feathers off
                Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette, je te plumerai. Je te plumerai le bec, je te plumerai le bec. - Lark, pretty lark. Lark, I will pluck you. I will pluck your beak, I will pluck your beak.
          2. v. (informal) to swindle or cheat out of
          3. v. (informal) to desquamate; to have the skin peel off
sur
     1. prep. on, upon
     2. prep. on top of
     3. prep. from on top of
     4. prep. above
     5. prep. out of
           sept sur dix - seven out of ten
     6. prep. in the case of
     7. prep. about, concerning
     8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
           sur Paris - in Paris
     9. adj. sour
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
papier
     1. n-m. paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)
     2. n-m. paper (official documents)
     3. n-m. article, piece (in a newspaper)
     4. n-m. (plural) paperwork
sur le papier
     1. adv. (figuratively) on paper, in theory
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