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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.
serait
     1. v. third-person singular conditional of être
     être
          1. v. to be
                Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
                Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
                Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
bon
     1. adj. good
           (parasyn, bien)
     2. adj. right, correct, appropriate
           (parasyn, exact)
           le bon usage - the correct usage
           être dans la bonne direction - to be going the right way, to be heading the right way
           Choisissez la bonne réponse. - Choose the correct response.
     3. adj. (slang) sexy, hot, smoking hot
           Cette meuf est fin bonne ! - That chick is fine as hell!
     4. n-m. voucher, ticket, coupon
     5. interj. well; OK
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
           Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
           Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
           Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
                   Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
                   Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
           Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
           Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
           Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
           Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
           Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
           Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
           Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
           Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
           C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
           Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
                   Vous allez - You (all) go.
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
                   Je vous adore. - I love you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
           Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you.
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
           Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you.
prissiez
     1. v. second-person plural imperfect subjunctive of prendre
     prendre
          1. v. to take
                prends ma main - take my hand
          2. v. to eat; to drink
                elle prend un café - she is drinking a coffee
          3. v. to get; to buy
                Je vais prendre le plat du jour. - I'll get the dish of the day.
          4. v. to rob; to deprive
                prendre quelque chose à quelqu'un
          5. v. to make
                prendre une décision - to make a decision
                prendre des mesures draconiennes - to take draconian measures
          6. v. to catch, to work, to start
                le feu ne prend pas - the fire won't start
                la sauce ne prend pas - the sauce isn't thickening
                ma mayonnaise ne prend pas - my mayonnaise isn't setting
                ça ne prend pas avec moi - that won't wash with me
          7. v. to get (something) caught (in), to jam
                je me suis pris la main dans la porte - I caught my hand in the door
                je me suis pris la porte dans la figure
          8. v. indtr, à
                Qu'est-ce qui t'a pris ? Qu'est-ce qui t'est passé par la tête ? - What were you thinking? What got into you? What came over you?
                Qu'est-ce qui lui a pris ? Quelle mouche l'a piqué ? - What was he thinking? What got into him?
                bien lui en prit
                mal lui en prit
          9. v. to start having a negative feeling towards someone
                prendre en aversion
                prendre en grippe
                prendre en dégoût
          10. v. (followed by a partitive, in various idiomatic expressions) to gain
                prendre de la vitesse - to gain speed
                prendre du galon - to gain a promotion
                prendre de l'avance - to gain ground
                prendre du retard - to fall behind schedule, to run late, to drop behind
                prendre de la hauteur - to gain some perspective
                prendre du recul - to take a step back
                prendre de la bouteille - to gain experience
                en prendre de la graine - to take away a lesson
                prendre du poids - to gain weight
                prendre de la masse - to build muscle
                prendre de la brioche, prendre du bide, prendre du ventre - to get a paunch
                prendre du bouchon
                prendre de l'élan - to gain momentum
                prendre de l'âge
                prendre de la valeur - to gain value
                prendre de l'importance
          11. v. (colloquial ; impersonal) to take (a certain amount of time)
                Ça va me prendre au moins deux heures pour le mettre à jour.
          12. v. (colloquial ; impersonal ; by extension) to take (a certain number or amount of)
                Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes. - To finish in two hours, it'll take three people.
          13. v. (impersonal) to come over (to arise in and gain some control over one's thoughts and/or actions)
                il prend quelque chose à quelqu'un - something comes over someone
                Il lui prend une fantaisie de mettre le feu à la maison.
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)
verre
     1. n-m. (usually) glass (substance)
           verre de couleur - colored glass
     2. n-m.          symbol of fragility
                   Ça casse comme le verre. - That breaks like glass.
     3. n-m.          symbol of transparency
                   Une maison de verre. - A house of glass.
     4. n-m. Object of this substance
     5. n-m.          (optics) lens, glass
                   un verre de lunettes - a glasses lens, an eyeglass lens
                   un verre grossissant - a magnifying glass, a magnifying lens
     6. n-m.          glass (drinking vessel)
                   un verre en cristal - a crystal glass
     7. n-m.          the content of such a vessel
                   On va boire un verre! - Let's go have a drink!
     8. v. singular present of verrer
     9. v. second-person singular imperative of verrer
prendre un verre
     1. v. to have a drink
           On va prendre un verre en ville, ça vous dit ? - We’re going to have a drink in town if you fancy coming.
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
eau
     1. n-f. water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas and oceans
           Il buvait un verre d’eau fraîche. - He drank a cool glass of water.
           L’eau de mer et l’eau de rivière n’ont pas la même teneur en sel et n’abritent donc pas les mêmes poissons. - Sea water and river water do not have the same salt content and thus do not harbor
     2. n-f. In particular, rain
           Si le vent dure, nous aurons de l’eau. - If the wind persists, we will have rain.
     3. n-f. (chemistry) the chemical compound with molecular formula H2O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam
           L’eau se durcit par le froid et se vaporise par la chaleur. - Water hardens with cold and vaporises with heat.
     4. n-f. Natural liquid quantities or expanses
           Le soir, ils se baignaient dans les eaux du lac Titicaca. - In the evening, they bathed in the waters of Lake Titicaca.
     5. n-f. Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal
           Les vésicatoires font des ampoules pleines d’eau. - Vesicants make blisters full of fluid.
           L’eau m'en vint à la bouche. - That made my mouth water.
           Il s’est échauffé à courir, il est tout en eau. - He warmed up to run. He's all sweaty.
sucrée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of sucré
     sucrer
          1. v. to sugar (to add sugar to, to sweeten)
          2. v. to steal, to take away from someone
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