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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.
oublié
     1. adj. forgotten
     2. Participle. past participle of oublier
     oublier
          1. v. to forget
                J'ai oublié tout ce qu'il m'a dit. - I've forgotten everything he told me.
                Ne m'oublie pas. - Don't forget me.
                N'oubliez pas de rectifier les documents. - Don't forget to correct your documents
          2. v. to leave something behind by accident
                J'oublie toujours la chose dont j'ai besoin plus que tout. - I always forget the thing I need most of all
oublier
     1. v. to forget
           J'ai oublié tout ce qu'il m'a dit. - I've forgotten everything he told me.
           Ne m'oublie pas. - Don't forget me.
           N'oubliez pas de rectifier les documents. - Don't forget to correct your documents
     2. v. to leave something behind by accident
           J'oublie toujours la chose dont j'ai besoin plus que tout. - I always forget the thing I need most of all
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".)
taille
     1. n-f. the act of cutting, pruning, trimming
     2. n-f. size
     3. n-f. waist
     4. n-f. , translation=The last type is the "hobby horse", a term which Ethnologue reserves for a disguise for a person, made as follows: the body of the person is surrounded at the waist by a cloth — the skir
     5. n-f. waistline
     6. n-f. a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage
     tailler
          1. v. (of a suit, garment etc.) to cut
          2. v. to sharpen
          3. v. (informal) to do one, to clear off
crayon
     1. n-m. pencil
     2. n-m. (colloquial) pen
     3. n-m. (vulgar, slang) cock, dick, prick
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).
classe
     1. n-f. class, type, group
     2. n-f. (military) "Une classe de conscrits" refers to all the recruits conscripted in a particular year, similar to the idea of a cohort. In the plural, "classes" refers to a period of military training
     3. n-f. (object-oriented programming) class
     classer
          1. v. to classify
          2. v. to file
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