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je
     1. pron. I
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
           J'ai un chien. - I have a dog.
connu
     1. adj. known
     2. adj. famous
     3. n-m. a well-known person
     4. Participle. past participle of connaître
     connaître
          1. v. to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event)
          2. v. to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.)
          3. v. to know (sexually)
          4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be knowledgeable (en about)
                C'est toi qui t'y connais! - It is you who knows!
          5. v. (law, somewhat, archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially
connaître
     1. v. to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event)
     2. v. to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.)
     3. v. to know (sexually)
     4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be knowledgeable (en about)
           C'est toi qui t'y connais! - It is you who knows!
     5. v. (law, somewhat, archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially
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)
oiseau
     1. n-m. bird
qui
     1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
           Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
           Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
     2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
           La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
           Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
           J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
           Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
           Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
           Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
     3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
           Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
tombait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of tomber
     tomber
          1. v. to fall
                Un tamis placé à l'intérieur du dispositif empêchera les choses de tomber dans le tube. - A screen placed inside the device will keep things from falling into the tube.
          2. v. to come down
                Laisse la pluie tomber sur nous et recouvre le pays de cette eau qui donne la vie. - Let the rains come down upon us and cover the land with life-giving water.
          3. v. (indtr, sur) to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call)
                J'ai téléphoné à Robert mais je suis tombé sur Marie. - I phoned Robert but I got Marie.
          4. v. (in idioms) to become, to get
                tomber amoureux - to fall in love
                tomber malade - to fall ill, to get sick
                tomber enceinte - to fall pregnant, to get pregnant
par
     1. prep. through
           par la fenêtre - through the window
           aller par le parc - go through the park
     2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
           voyager par train - travel by train
           par surprise - by surprise
           le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates.
     3. prep. over (used to express direction)
           Viens par ici ! - Come over here!
     4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
           voir par devant - see from the back
           le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap
     5. prep. around, round (inside of)
           par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema
     6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
           par terre - on the ground
     7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
           par un beau jour - on a nice day
           par un soir - in one evening
     8. prep. in
           marcher par deux - walk in twos
     9. prep. per, a, an
           trois fois par semaine - three times a week
     10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something)
           par pure colère - out of pure anger
           par tristesse - out of sadness
     11. prep. for
     12. n-m. (golf) par
Terre
     1. Proper noun. the Earth (planet)
     2. n-f. earth; soil
     3. n-f. land, property (delimited area)
     4. v. first-person singular present of terrer
     5. v. third-person singular present of terrer
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer
par terre
     1. adv. on the ground
           tomber par terre - to fall to the ground
     2. adj. on the ground
chaque
     1. adj. each
     2. adj. every
fois
     1. n-f. time (an instance or repetition of something happening)
           J'y vais deux fois par mois. - I go there twice a month.
           Je lui ai parlé pour la première fois il y a des années. - I talked to him for the first time a few years ago.
     2. n-f. (arithmetic) times, multiplied by
     3. n. plural of foi
     foi
          1. n-f. faith
          2. n-f. (heraldry) a depiction of a handshake
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.
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.
voulait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of vouloir
     vouloir
          1. v. to want, wish, desire
                Je veux voir le soleil. - I want to see the sun.
                Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n'en étaient pas conscients. - Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it.
          2. v. to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem
          3. n-m. will
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.
endormir
     1. v. to put to sleep
     2. v. to fall asleep
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)
branche
     1. n-f. branch (of tree)
     2. n-f. branch (of an organization)
     3. v. first-person singular present of brancher
     4. v. third-person singular present of brancher
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of brancher
     brancher
          1. v. to connect, plug in (appliance)
          2. v. (computing) to branch
          3. v. (Louisiana) to branch off, to turn (of a road)
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