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je
     1. pron. I
donnerais
     1. v. first-person singular conditional of donner
     2. v. second-person singular conditional of donner
     donner
          1. v. to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else
          2. v. to donate
          3. v. to come across
beaucoup
     1. adv. much, very much, a lot
           Merci beaucoup! - Thank you very much!
           Je mange beaucoup. - I eat a lot.
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.
savoir
     1. v. to know (something)
           Savais-tu qu'il parle si bien l'anglais? - Did you know that he speaks English so well?
           Comment savait-il que j'étais là? - How did he know that I was there?
           Il est difficile de savoir si elle ment. - It's difficult to know if she's lying.
           Il tire cette approche en inventant une situation initiale, dans laquelle on interrogerait les individus sur la forme qu'ils voudraient d'une société sans qu'ils sachent quelle place ils y aura
           Difficile à savoir (expression; compare Difficile à dire, voir, faire)
     2. v. to know how (to do something)
           Savez-vous nager? - Do you know how to swim?
     3. v. to be able to, to be apt to (especially in the negative or interrogative conditional; used in the positive in Belgium)
           Il ne saurait tarder que... - It cannot/will not be long before...
     4. v. to find out
           Nous devons savoir pourquoi il a fait ça. - We have to find out why he did this.
     5. n-m. knowledge
a
     1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A
     2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she
           C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute.
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir
           Elle a un chat. - She has a cat.
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
                J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
                J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
                Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
          4. v. to have (a condition)
                J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
                J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
                J'ai froid. - I have cold.
                J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
                J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
                J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
                J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
                J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
          5. v. to have (a measure or age)
                Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
          6. v. to have (to trick)
                Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
          7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
                avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
          8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
                J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
quoi
     1. pron. (interrogative, ;, for things) what
     2. pron.          (after a preposition)
                   De quoi parle-t-il ? - What is he talking about?
                   À quoi penses-tu ? - What are you thinking about?
                   À quoi cela sert-il ? - What is this used for?
                   Avec quoi cela se mange-t-il ? - What is this supposed to be eaten with?
                   En vue de quoi fais-tu cela ? - What are you doing this for?
     3. pron.          (attributive, or direct object, ;, colloquial)
                   C'est quoi ? (attributive) - What is this/that? (noncolloquial French: qu') (noncolloquial French: qu')
                   Il dit quoi ? (direct object) - What does he say? (noncolloquial French: que) (noncolloquial French: que)
     4. pron. (relative, ;, for things) what, (that) which
     5. pron.          (direct object)
                   Je sais quoi faire. - I know what to do.
                   Je ne sais pas quoi faire. - I don't know what to do. (more formal French: Je ne sais que faire.) (more formal French: Je ne sais que f
     6. pron.          (after a preposition)
                   Laisse-moi te montrer ce sur quoi je travaille en ce moment. - ...that on which I am working...
                   Et voilà à quoi nous avons passé notre temps. - And that's what we've spent our time on.
                   Ils ont perdu beaucoup d'argent, en conséquence de quoi ils ont dû fermer le magasin. - They've lost a lot of money, in consequence of which they
     7. pron. after de and before an infinitive verb
     8. pron.          enough (of something specific)
                   Il y avait de quoi remplir trois boîtes. - There was enough to fill three boxes.
     9. pron.          nothing
                   Il n'y a pas de quoi en faire tout un plat ! - There's nothing to make a big thing out of!
                   Merci !—Il n'y a pas de quoi me remercier. - There is nothing to thank me for.
     10. pron. (before a subjunctive verb) whatever
     11. pron.          (direct object)
                   Quoi que je fasse, rien ne changera. - Whatever I may do, nothing will change.
     12. pron.          (subject of an impersonal verb)
                   Quoi qu'il arrive, je serai là. - Whatever may happen, I will be there.
     13. adv. (colloquial) you know, like, y'know
           Alors, ce mec m'a dit de te donner son porte-monnaie, quoi. - So, this guy, like, told me to give you his wallet.
     14. Phrase. what? say again?
Me
     1. n. Abbreviation of Maître/Maitre(, a title given to lawyers and notaries public.)
     2. pron. (direct object) me
           Est-ce que tu me vois ? - Do you see me?
     3. pron. (indirect object) to me
           Émilien me donne un peu d'argent. - Émilien gave some money to me.
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).
tenir
     1. v. to have; to hold
     2. v. to keep
     3. v. to take (e.g., take into account, take into consideration); to consider; to account for; to reflect
           Peut-être devons-nous tenir compte de plusieurs problèmes. - Maybe we should take several issues into account.
     4. v. to stay; to hold
     5. v. to hold on
           Elle descend en se tenant aux racines. - She comes down using the roots for handles (holding on to the roots).
     6. v. to hold oneself, to be standing
           Il se tenait dans le coin. - He stood in the corner.
     7. v. to behave
           Tiens-toi bien. - Behave yourself.
     8. v. to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition
           Tiens-toi droit! - Keep yourself straight!
           Elle se tient immobile sur la corde raide. - She stays still on the tightrope.
     9. v. (indtr, à) to be attached to something, to be fond of something, to hold something dear; to wish to
     10. v. to hang out
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