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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.
     1. n-m. what is owed, what is due, money's worth
     2. Participle. past participle of devoir
           Elle a dû rentrer chez elle en marchant. - She had to walk home.
     devoir
          1. n-m. duty
                manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs - to fail in one's duty, duties
                Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi. - It is my duty to protect the king.
          2. n-m. exercise, assignment (set for homework)
          3. v. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
                Les auteurs d'un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l'éditeur et du public visé. - The authors of a dictionary have
          4. v.          (present) must
          5. v.          (conditional) should
          6. v. must, to do or have with certainty
          7. v. to owe (money, obligation and etc)
          8. v. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive)
          9. v. to have a duty to
devoir
     1. n-m. duty
           manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs - to fail in one's duty, duties
           Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi. - It is my duty to protect the king.
     2. n-m. exercise, assignment (set for homework)
     3. v. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
           Les auteurs d'un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l'éditeur et du public visé. - The authors of a dictionary have
     4. v.          (present) must
     5. v.          (conditional) should
     6. v. must, to do or have with certainty
     7. v. to owe (money, obligation and etc)
     8. v. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive)
     9. v. to have a duty to
frapper
     1. v. to hit, to strike, to bash
           Il m'a frappé le bras. - He hit me on the arm.
     2. v. to knock (e.g. on a door)
     3. v. to bang (to get attention)
     4. v. (music) to beat time (as a conductor)
     5. v. (music) to strike (a chord)
     6. v. to strike down
           frappé par Dieu - struck down by God
     7. v. to hit (to be affected by a punishment)
     8. v. (figuratively) to strike
           frapper l'imagination - to strike the imagination.
     9. v. (bartending) to shake
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)
citron
     1. n-m. lemon
     2. n-m. lime (citrus)
     3. n-m. brimstone (butterfly)
     4. n-m. (colloquial) noggin (head)
     5. n-m. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)
     6. n-m. (slang) East Asian
car
     1. conj. as, since, because, for
           J’ai ouvert mon parapluie car il pleuvait. - I opened my umbrella because it was raining.
     2. n-m. a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach
           Les élèves vont à l’école en car. - The pupils go to school by coach.
je
     1. pron. I
suis
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of être
     2. v. first-person singular present indicative of suivre
     3. v. second-person singular present indicative of suivre
     suivre
          1. v. to follow (literal sense)
                Je t'invite à me suivre. - I invite you to follow me.
          2. v. to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying)
                Il nous faut travailler dur. Tu me suis ? - We have to work hard. Do you get me?
          3. v. to take (a course or a class)
                Ma sœur suit un cours d'italien. - My sister is taking an Italian course.
     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
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.
au
     1. contraction. contraction of à le
           Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory.
     à
          1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
          2. prep. to (destination)
                aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
                Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
          3. prep. to (until)
                Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
          4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
                Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
                Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
                Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
                L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
          5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
                à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
                Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
          6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
                à la maison - at home
                à l'hôtel - at the hotel
                au comptoir du bar - at the bar
                au bois - in the woods
                J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
                La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
          7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
                au voleur ! - stop thief!
                à l'assassin ! - murderer!
                au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
                à moi ! - help!
                à l'aide ! - help!
                au secours ! - help!
                au feu ! - fire!
                aux armes ! - to arms!
                à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
                à l'abordage ! - on board!
                au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
                au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
          8. prep. from (origin)
                Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
                Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
                Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
          9. prep. of (belonging to)
                C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
                Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
                le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
          10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
                à plus tard - see you later
                à bientôt - see you soon
                Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
          11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
          12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
                moulin à poivre - pepper mill
                sac à dos - backpack
                boite à musique - music box
          13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
                l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
                Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
                Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
                Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
                Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
          14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
                un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
                une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
                un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
                une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
                une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
          15. prep. by
                peu à peu - bit by bit
                petit à petit - little by little
                minute à minute - minute by minute
                jour à jour - day by day
                un à un - one by one
          16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
                six à sept personnes - six or seven people
                de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
                tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
          17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
                mettre le feu à - to set fire to
                clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
                donner la chasse à - to give chase to
          18. prep. with
     le
          1. art. the (definite article)
                Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
          2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
                L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
          3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
                Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
          4. art. (before units) a, an
                Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
          5. pron. (direct object) him, it
                Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
                Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
          6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
                Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
garage
     1. n-m. garage
avec
     1. prep. (accompaniment) with
           Je suis revenu avec lui. - I have returned with him.
           Voudriez-vous y aller avec moi ? - Would you like to come with me?
           Ils m'ont dit qu'ils étaient avec toi. - They told me that they were with you.
     2. prep. (manner, instrument) with
           Je l'ai fait avec plaisir. - I did it with pleasure.
     3. adv. (informal) too, also
           Il en est vraiment content. —Bien, moi avec. - He's really happy about it. —Well, me too.
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)
pépin
     1. n-m. pip (the seed from fruit)
     2. n-m. (slang) hitch, glitch (small problem encountered)
     3. n-m. (slang) umbrella
     4. n-m. (slang) parachute
ou
     1. conj. or
     2. conj. either...or
           Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
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)
autre
     1. adj. other
           Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
     2. adj. another
un autre
     1. det. (adjectival use) another, a different
           un autre mot — une autre possibilité — d'autres langues
     2. det. (takes a reflexive pronoun use) another one, a different one
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