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je
     1. pron. I
convoque
     1. v. first-person singular present of convoquer
     2. v. third-person singular present of convoquer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of convoquer
     convoquer
          1. v. to convene, convoke (invite together)
          2. v. to summon, call (call up), invite
          3. v. (legal) to summon; to summons
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.
demain
     1. adv. tomorrow
           Demain c'est dimanche. - Tomorrow is Sunday.
matin
     1. n-m. morning
tout
     1. adv. all
     2. det. all
     3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
           le tout
     4. pron. everything
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. 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.
     7. 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
reste
     1. n-m. rest, remainder
           le reste du monde - the rest of the world
           J'ai fait ce matin une grande partie de ma tâche, ce soir je ferai le reste. - I've done a large part of my assignment this morning; I'll do the rest this evening.
     2. n-m. a trace or vestige which remains
           Il a perdu le petit reste d'espoir. - He lost the last little bit of hope.
     3. n-m. (mathematics) remainder
     4. v. first-person singular present of rester
     5. v. third-person singular present of rester
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of rester
     rester
          1. v. to stay
                On est restés à l'hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.
          2. v. to remain, be left over
                Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.
          3. v. to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)
                Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l'ai rencontrée.
          4. v. (rare) to rest
          5. v. (Louisiana French, Canada) to live
                Moi, je reste au Québec.
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
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'
de la
     1. art. of the
     2. art. some; the feminine partitive article
           Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? - Would you like some jam?
           J'ai mangé de la tarte - I ate some pie.
bande
     1. n-f. band, strip
     2. n-f. stripe
     3. n-f. strip (e.g. magnetic strip)
     4. n-f. (billiards) cushion
     5. n-f. (heraldry) bend
     6. n-f. soundtrack
     7. n-f. band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc)
     8. n-f. pack (of wolves)
     9. n-f. (bande de) pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you
           Bande de voyous! - You hooligans!
     10. v. first-person singular present of bander
     11. v. third-person singular present of bander
     12. v. second-person singular imperative of bander
     bander
          1. v. to bandage
          2. v. to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten
          3. v. to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on
                Je bande pour toi. - I’ve got a hard-on for you.
et
     1. conj. and
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
                   Vous allez - You (all) go.
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
                   Je vous adore. - I love you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
           Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you.
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
           Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you.
demande
     1. n-f. request (act of requesting)
           à la demande de mon père - at the request of my father
     2. n-f. (economics) demand
     3. n-f. favour, favor
     4. n-f. small fine (paid after breaking a rule)
     5. v. first-person singular present of demander
     6. v. third-person singular present of demander
     7. v. second-person singular imperative of demander
     demander
          1. v. to ask (a person)
          2. v. to request
          3. v. to wonder
                Elle s'est demandé ce qu'elle devait faire. - She wondered what she had to do.
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
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
                   Vous allez - You (all) go.
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
                   Je vous adore. - I love you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
           Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you.
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
           Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you.
rendre
     1. v. to give back; to return, to restore
     2. v. to render
     3. v. to give
           rendre un avis favorable. - To give a favorable opinion.
           rendre sa décision. - To make a decision.
     4. v. to make
           Tu me rends malade. - You make me ill.
     5. v. to pay (a visit)
           L'amour vient rendre visite à mon âme. - Love comes to pay a visit to my soul.
     6. v. to make one's way (to a place), to get oneself (into a place) (with dans)
     7. v. (indtr, chez, .reflexive) to call on (someone)
     8. v. to surrender, to give in, to give oneself up to
           Après trois longues heures d'attente, le voleur s'est finalement rendu. - After three long hours of waiting, the thief finally surrendered.
dès
     1. prep. since, from
maintenant
     1. adv. now, currently
     2. adv. , à cette heure
     3. adv. , à présent
     4. adv. , actuellement
     5. adv. , aujourd'hui
     6. adv. , en ce moment
     7. Participle. present participle of maintenir
     maintenir
          1. v. to maintain
          2. v. to stick to
          3. v. to stay fair
          4. v. to persist
          5. v. to keep up
dès maintenant
     1. right now
vers
     1. prep. towards
     2. prep. to
           Elle a traduit les paroles de sa chanson préférée du français vers l'anglais. - She translated the lyrics of her favorite song from French to English.
     3. prep. around, circa (with a date or time)
           Pouvez-vous nous attendre jusque vers midi ? - Can you wait for us until about noon?
     4. n-m. verse
     5. n. plural of ver
     ver
          1. n-m. worm
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. 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.
     7. 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
petit
     1. adj. small
           un petit verre de vin - a small glass of wine
     2. adj. little
           un petit garçon - a little boy
     3. adj. petty
           Certaines personnes sont vraiment petites à propos des plus petites choses. - Some people are really petty about the smallest things.
     4. n-m. small one (anything that is small)
     5. n-m. little one (anything that is little)
     6. n-m. little one; child (of humans or other animals)
     7. n-m. the young (of a species)
           Le petit du lapin s'appelle le "lapereau".
pied
     1. n-m. (anatomy) foot
     2. n-m. leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it)
     3. n-m. an old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres
     4. n-m. (Quebec, etc.) (Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres))
     5. n-m. (poetry) foot
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
Terre
     1. Proper noun. the Earth (planet)
     2. n-f. earth; soil
     3. n-f. land, property (delimited area)
     4. v. first-person singular present of terrer
     5. v. third-person singular present of terrer
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of terrer
     1. adv. where (interrogative)
           Où est la gare? - Where is the station?
           Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going?
           Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live?
     2. adv. where (relative pronoun)
     3. adv. at that time; when
           Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father.
     4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where
           Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
vous
     1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
     2. pron.          (subject pronoun) you (all).
                   Vous allez - You (all) go.
     3. pron.          (direct object pronoun) you (all).
                   Je vous adore. - I love you (all).
     4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
           Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you.
     5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
           Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you.
pourrez
     1. v. second-person plural future of pouvoir
     pouvoir
          1. v. can, to be able to
                Je peux venir ce soir. - I can come this evening.
          2. v. may
                désastre qui peut nous frapper - disaster which may strike us
          3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be
                Il se peut que je sois malade. - (literally) It could be that I'm ill / (more naturally) I may be ill. / I could be ill.
          4. n-m. (or un) power
                prendre le pouvoir - to take power, to seize power
          5. n-m. authority
          6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney
pendant
     1. adj. hanging
     2. n-m. stone that dangles on earrings
     3. n-m. match, counterpart
     4. prep. during, throughout, for the duration of
     5. Participle. present participle of pendre
     pendre
          1. v. to hang
          2. v. to sag, droop
Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
           Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
           L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
           Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
           Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
     6. 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.
     7. 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
stage
     1. n-m. internship, job that a trainee is doing in a workplace until a fixed date
           rapport de stage - internship report, training period report
     2. n-m. probation, induction
venir
     1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker)
           Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France.
passer
     1. v. to go past
     2. v. to cross (a border)
     3. v. (legal) to pass
           passer une loi - to pass a law
     4. v. to spend (time)
           J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain.
           J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place.
     5. v. to publish (a newspaper)
     6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test)
           J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April.
     7. v. to pass (an exam or test)
           Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam.
     8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test)
           Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam.
     9. v. (public transportation) to run
           Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes.
     10. v. to exceed (a limit)
     11. v. to percolate
     12. v. to hand down, to pass on
     13. v. to be allowed
     14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities)
     15. v. to show (a movie)
     16. v. to go up (a grade)
     17. v. to shift (change gear)
     18. v.          to go down
     19. v.          to go up
     20. v. to stop by, to pop in
           Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us.
           Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things.
     21. v. to pass away, to die
     22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk)
     23. v. (TV) to show (be on television)
     24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player)
     25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton)
     26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease)
     27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else)
     28. v. to wipe, rub
           Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly.
     29. v. to skip a go
     30. v. to put (make something undergo something)
     31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn)
     32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass
           Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here?
     33. v. to go by
     34. v. to do without
           Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning.
     35. v. to don
           Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants.
     36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for
           faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something
           se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate
vos
     1. det. plural of votre; your
           Vos parents sont très gentils. - Your parents are very nice.
     votre Your
nuits
     1. n. plural of nuit
     nuit
          1. n-f. night
          2. v. third-person singular present indicative of nuire
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