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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.
peint
     1. Participle. past participle of peindre
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of peindre
     peindre
          1. v. to paint
                Jaquinot adore peindre des portraits de ses parents et de ses amis. Il a beaucoup de talent. - Jaquinot loves to paint portraits of his parents and his friends. He is very talented.
peindre
     1. v. to paint
           Jaquinot adore peindre des portraits de ses parents et de ses amis. Il a beaucoup de talent. - Jaquinot loves to paint portraits of his parents and his friends. He is very talented.
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
clôture
     1. n-f. fence; hedge, wall
     2. n-f. closing, closure (of a business, shop, argument etc.)
     3. v. first-person singular present of clôturer
     4. v. third-person singular present of clôturer
     5. v. second-person singular present imperative of clôturer
     clôturer
          1. v. to fence off
          2. v. to close, finish (a project, an evening)
          3. v. to close
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).
Blanc
     1. n-m. white person
     2. Proper noun. , from the common noun/adjective blanc
     3. adj. white color
           Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
     4. adj. blank, unused
     5. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression
     6. n-m. white (color)
     7. n-m. silence while in a dialog
     8. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form
           Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page.
     9. n-m. (informal) white wine
           Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.
     10. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion
     11. n-m. albumen, egg white
     12. n-m. white meat
     13. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
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