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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.
mis
     1. v. first-person singular past historic of mettre
     2. v. second-person singular past historic of mettre
     3. Participle. past participle of mettre
     4. Participle. masculine plural of mi
     mettre
          1. v. to put; to place
          2. v. to put on
          3. v. to set (to lay a table)
          4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something
mettre
     1. v. to put; to place
     2. v. to put on
     3. v. to set (to lay a table)
     4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
note
     1. n-f. note (written or spoken)
     2. n-f. mark (UK), grade (US)
     3. n-f. bill (UK, US), check (US)
     4. n-f. (music) note
     5. n-f. touch, hint, note
     6. v. first-person singular present of noter
     7. v. third-person singular present of noter
     8. v. second-person singular imperative of noter
     noter
          1. v. to note
                Il est à noter qu'elle a fait cela toute seule. - It should be noted that she did that all on her own.
          2. v. to notice (become aware)
          3. v. to grade (an exam, an assignment, etc.)
          4. v. (mathematics) to denote
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
mon
     1. det. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender)
           J'ai perdu mon chapeau. - I lost my hat.
           La décision a été prise pendant mon absence. - The decision was taken in my absence.
     2. det. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
exemplaire
     1. n-m. copy; facsimile
     2. n-m. example
     3. n-m. sample; instance; specimen
     4. adj. exemplary
     5. adj. example
pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
retrouver
     1. v. to find (again); to rediscover
           Ils ont retrouvé le trésor qu'ils avaient enterré. - They re-found the treasure they had buried.
     2. v. to remember; to recall
           Je ne retrouve plus son nom. - I no longer remember his name.
     3. v. to meet; to meet up; to bump into
           J'ai retrouvé mon ancien ami au bord du lac. - I met up with my old friend by the lake.
     4. v. to go back to, to return to
     5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, reflexive) to find oneself; to end up
           Si tu continues à être aussi désagréable, tu vas te retrouver tout seul. - If you keep being so unpleasant, you're going to end up alone.
     6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun, reciprocal) to find each other
ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
           C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
           est-ce que...? - is it that...?
           ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
           C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
           C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
           C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
           Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
           Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
           ce semble - it seems
           ce peuvent être... - these may be...
passage
     1. n-m. the act of going through a place or event
     2. n-m. the time when such an act occurs
     3. n-m. Circulation, traffic, movement
     4. n-m. (astronomy) Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian
     5. n-m. a short stay
     6. n-m. a trip or travel, especially by boat
     7. n-m. the act of going from a state to another
     8. n-m. graduation from a school year
     9. n-m. the act of making something undergo a process
     10. n-m. the act of handing something to someone
     11. n-m. an access way
     12. n-m. a laid out way allowing to go across something
     13. n-m. an alley or alleyway off-limits to cars
     14. n-m. a paragraph or section of text or music
     15. v. first-person singular present of passager
     16. v. third-person singular present of passager
     17. v. second-person singular imperative of passager
     passager
          1. n-m. passenger
          2. adj. whose presence in a location is only temporary; passing
          3. adj. of a short duration; temporary; transitory, fleeting, flighty
          4. adj. (informal, of a street or place) busy
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