| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| suis |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of être | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present indicative of suivre | |
| 3. v. second-person singular present indicative of suivre | |
| suivre |
| 1. v. to follow (literal sense) | |
| Je t'invite à me suivre. - I invite you to follow me. | |
| 2. v. to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying) | |
| Il nous faut travailler dur. Tu me suis ? - We have to work hard. Do you get me? | |
| 3. v. to take (a course or a class) | |
| Ma sœur suit un cours d'italien. - My sister is taking an Italian course. | |
| être |
| 1. v. to be | |
| Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. | |
| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) | |
| Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. | |
| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) | |
| Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening. | |
| 4. n-m. being, creature | |
| 5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| bon |
| 1. adj. good | |
| (parasyn, bien) | |
| 2. adj. right, correct, appropriate | |
| (parasyn, exact) | |
| le bon usage - the correct usage | |
| être dans la bonne direction - to be going the right way, to be heading the right way | |
| Choisissez la bonne réponse. - Choose the correct response. | |
| 3. adj. (slang) sexy, hot, smoking hot | |
| Cette meuf est fin bonne ! - That chick is fine as hell! | |
| 4. n-m. voucher, ticket, coupon | |
| 5. interj. well; OK | |
| chauffeur |
| 1. n-m. (rail transport) stoker; fireman | |
| 2. n-m. driver | |
| chauffeur de taxi (taxi driver) | |
| 3. n-m. chauffeur (private driver) | |
| 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 | |
| taxi |
| 1. n-m. taxi | |
| 2. n-m. (by extension) taxi driver | |
| 3. n-m. (by extension) helicopter or plane used for transport | |
| 4. n-m. (military) act of transporting troops | |
