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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.
saute
1. n-f. swing
2. v. first-person singular present of sauter
3. v. third-person singular present of sauter
4. v. second-person singular imperative of sauter
sauter
1. v. to jump, leap
Je saute sur mon lit. - I'm jumping on my bed.
2. v. to sauté
3. v. to bang, hump, have sex with
Je l’ai sauté(e) sur mon lit. - I banged him/her on my bed.
4. v. to skip (pass from one step directly to a later step without going through the intervening ones)
Leur fille est brillante, elle a sauté deux années. - Their daughter is brilliant, she has skipped two years
5. v. to explode
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)
fossé
1. n-m. ditch; trench; moat
se
1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
2. pron. (to) himself
3. pron. (to) herself
4. pron. (to) oneself
5. pron. (to) itself
6. pron. (to) themselves
7. pron. (to) each other
8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
accote
1. v. first-person singular present of accoter
2. v. third-person singular present of accoter
3. v. second-person singular imperative of accoter
accoter
1. v. to lean
2. v. to support, to rest (on)
3. v. (Québec, informal) to equal
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
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
clôture
1. n-f. fence; hedge, wall
2. n-f. closing, closure (of a business, shop, argument etc.)
3. v. first-person singular present of clôturer
4. v. third-person singular present of clôturer
5. v. second-person singular present imperative of clôturer
clôturer
1. v. to fence off
2. v. to close, finish (a project, an evening)
3. v. to close
ouvre
1. v. first-person singular present of ouvrir
2. v. third-person singular present of ouvrir
3. v. second-person singular imperative of ouvrir
4. v. first-person singular present of ouvrer
5. v. third-person singular present of ouvrer
6. v. second-person singular imperative of ouvrer
ouvrer
1. v. to work
ouvrir
1. v. to open
2. v. to begin, to initiate
À peine arrivé, il a ouvert les hostilités. - He initiated hostilities almost as soon as he arrived.
3. v. to open (of a door or a flower)
4. v. to open, to begin
La séquence s'ouvre sur une scène de nuit. - The sequence opens with a night scene.
5. v. to turn on, to switch on, to put on (of a device or an appliance)
6. v. to open it or the door, to answer it or the door, to get it
On sonne à la porte. Je vais ouvrir. - There's someone at the door; I'll open/answer/get it.
Sophie, ouvre-moi, je voudrais te parler ! - Sophie, open the door; I want to talk to you!
Allez, arrête tes bêtises et va ouvrir à Patrick ; il doit avoir froid dehors. - Stop being silly and open the door for Patrick; he must be cold outside.
7. v. to cut something open, to gash something (of a part of one's body)
Le gardien de but a plongé pour rattraper le ballon, s'est cogné contre le poteau et s'est ouvert l'arcade sourcilière. - The goalkeeper dived to catch the ball, banged himself on the goalpost
8. v. to open onto, to lead into (+ sur)
Cette porte s'ouvre sur le jardin. - This door opens onto the garden.
9. v. to open onto, to overlook, to look onto (of a door or a window) (+ sur)
La porte ouvre sur la rue. - The door opens onto the street.
10. v. to open up to, to be open to, to be exposed to, to get a feel for (+ à)
Sa fille s'est ouverte à la musique sur le piano familial. - The girl got a feel for music playing her family's piano.
11. v. to open up to, to confide in (+ à)
12. v. to make, to create, to open up (e.g., a path)
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
grands
1. adj. masculine plural of grand
grand
1. adj. big, great, grand
2. adj. tall
Il est grand comment ? - How tall is he ?
3. adj. grown up, big
Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. - When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.
Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. - He did it all on his own like a big boy.
4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
Alexandre le Grand - Alexander the Great
5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier
un grand tricheur - a big fat cheater
6. adj. extensive, large
7. n-m. grown-up
yeux
1. n. plural of œil, eyes
Il a les yeux bleus. - He has blue eyes.
Il a de beaux yeux bleus. - He has beautiful blue eyes.
œil
1. n-m. (anatomy) eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see
2. n-m. (plural œils) glyph, rendering of a single character
3. n-m. (plural œils) eye (of a needle)
regarde
1. v. first-person singular present of regarder
2. v. third-person singular present of regarder
3. v. second-person singular imperative of regarder
regarder
1. v. to look at
Tu regardes quoi ? - What are you looking at?
2. v. to watch
Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse. - I'm watching a film on TV if you're interested.
3. v. to face
4. v. to concern (be associated with)
regarde
1. v. first-person singular present of regarder
2. v. third-person singular present of regarder
3. v. second-person singular imperative of regarder
regarder
1. v. to look at
Tu regardes quoi ? - What are you looking at?
2. v. to watch
Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse. - I'm watching a film on TV if you're interested.
3. v. to face
4. v. to concern (be associated with)

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