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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.
entendu
     1. Participle. past participle of entendre
     2. adj. understood
     3. adj. heard
     4. adj. accepted, decided following a discussion
     entendre
          1. v. to hear
          2. v. to be able to hear
          3. v. (literary) to listen to
          4. v. (formal) to mean
                Qu'entendez-vous par là ? - What do you mean by that?entendez-vous par là ?, What do you mean by that?
                Qu'entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? - What does he mean by "saddened by the tranquility"?entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ?, What does he mean by "saddened by
          5. v. to agree with each other
          6. v. to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
                Je m'entends bien avec elle. - I get along well with her.entends bien avec elle., I get along well with her.
                Si seulement mes enfants s’entendaient ! - If only my kids got along!
          7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something
                s'y entendre en (...) - to be good at ...
          8. v. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend
                comme je l’entends - as I wish
                J'entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes. - I fully intend to solve this issue once and for all.entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes., I fully in
          9. v. (dated) to demand
          10. v. (dated) to know
entendre
     1. v. to hear
     2. v. to be able to hear
     3. v. (literary) to listen to
     4. v. (formal) to mean
           Qu'entendez-vous par là ? - What do you mean by that?entendez-vous par là ?, What do you mean by that?
           Qu'entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ? - What does he mean by "saddened by the tranquility"?entendait-il par « attristé par la tranquilité » ?, What does he mean by "saddened by
     5. v. to agree with each other
     6. v. to have good relations with; to get on; to get along
           Je m'entends bien avec elle. - I get along well with her.entends bien avec elle., I get along well with her.
           Si seulement mes enfants s’entendaient ! - If only my kids got along!
     7. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be good or competent at something
           s'y entendre en (...) - to be good at ...
     8. v. (rare) to desire; to wish; to intend
           comme je l’entends - as I wish
           J'entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes. - I fully intend to solve this issue once and for all.entends bien régler cette question une bonne fois pour toutes., I fully in
     9. v. (dated) to demand
     10. v. (dated) to know
parler
     1. v. to speak, talk
           Il a commencé à parler à l’âge de quatre ans. - He began to speak at the age of four.
           Ils ont parlé plusieurs heures avant d’aller se coucher. - They spoke several hours before going to sleep.
     2. v. to be able to communicate in a language; to speak
           Elle parle couramment français. - She speaks French fluently
     3. v. (heraldry) to cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name
           Armes parlantes.
     4. v. takes a reflexive pronoun
           se parler à soi-même - to talk to oneself
     5. n-m. parlance
     6. n-m. vernacular, dialect
entendre parler
     1. v. (indtr, que) to hear (of)
           Est-ce que tu as entendu parler de l'homme qui est arrivé ? - Have you heard about the person who just arrived?
           Vous n'en entendrez plus jamais parler. - You will never hear about it again.
           Vous avez dû entendre parler que ... - You had to have heard that ..., You had to have heard that ...
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
vos
     1. det. plural of votre; your
           Vos parents sont très gentils. - Your parents are very nice.
     votre Your
problèmes
     1. n. plural of problème
     problème
          1. n-m. problem
          2. n-m. trouble
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary