je |
1. pron. I | |
étais |
1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of être | |
2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of être | |
3. n. plural of étai | |
toujours |
1. adv. always | |
Il est toujours en retard. - He is always late. | |
Parfois, peut-être même souvent, mais certainement pas toujours - Sometimes, maybe even often, but certainly not always | |
2. adv. still | |
3. adv. , A man who you might think came straight out of the Renaissance, and who was assassinated in 1975, for reasons which still haven't been elucidated. | |
Je suis toujours là. - I'm still here. | |
Elle n'est toujours pas revenue. - She still hasn't come back. | |
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 | |
en |
1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
aller en bus - go by bus | |
partir en voiture - leave by car | |
4. prep. as | |
Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
fort en histoire - good at history | |
6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
en 1993 - in 1993 | |
en janvier - in January | |
en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
en détresse - in distress | |
12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
en équipe - on a team | |
13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
maths |
1. n. (informal) clipping of mathématiques; math or maths (study of numbers, etc.; a course involving the study of numbers) | |
Ce type-là, c'est une tronche en maths. - That guy is a pro at math. | |