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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.
reprit
     1. v. third-person singular past historic of reprendre
     reprendre
          1. v. to take back, recover, regain
          2. v. to take again, take more of, have another helping
          3. v. to resume (work), get back to, carry on with
                Après la pause, on va reprendre le travail. - After the break, we're going to get back to work.
                Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I'd like to get back to one of my old hobbies, either playing pi
          4. v. to retake, recapture
          5. v. to start again
                reprendre à zéro - to start from scratch
          6. v. to pick up, to show new sign of life
          7. v. to criticize, correct, rebuke, reprimand
          8. v. to correct oneself
          9. v. to pull oneself together
          10. v. to cover, to perform or record a cover version (of a song by another musical artist)
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.
sans
     1. prep. without
           Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you.
           Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone.
bouger
     1. v. to move
     2. v. to budge
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
           Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
           Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
           Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
           le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
           Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
           Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
           Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
           C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
           Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
           5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
           Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub
           Un chien de garde - A guarddog
           Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
           Un stade de football - A football stadium
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
           De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
           J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me.
           Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
           Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
           Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
           Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
           Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
           Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
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)
pouce
     1. n-m. thumb
     2. n-m. inch
     3. interj. (games) stop!, wait!
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary