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je
     1. pron. I
veux
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of vouloir
     2. v. second-person singular present indicative of vouloir
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of vouloir
     vouloir
          1. v. to want, wish, desire
                Je veux voir le soleil. - I want to see the sun.
                Hitler voulait la guerre, mais beaucoup n'en étaient pas conscients. - Hitler wanted war, but many were not aware of it.
          2. v. to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem
          3. n-m. will
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
cuisine
     1. n-f. kitchen
           Brian est dans la cuisine - Brian is in the kitchen.
     2. n-f. cuisine
           J’aime la cuisine française. - I like French cooking.
     3. v. first-person singular present of cuisiner
     4. v. third-person singular present of cuisiner
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of cuisiner
     cuisiner
          1. v. to cook (prepare food)
                Elle a cuisiné un très bon plat.
          2. v. (colloquial) to grill (bombard with questions)
                Les policiers m'ont cuisiné tout l'après-midi.
comme
     1. conj. as
           Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist.
     2. conj. like
           J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must.
     3. conj. how
           Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight!
     4. conj. because, as, since
           Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me.
     5. part. (colloquial Canada) like
ça
     1. pron. (informal) that
           J'aimerais ça. - I'd like that.
     2. pron. (informal) this
           Je veux ça. - I want this.
     3. pron. it
           Ça va. - It's okay.
     4. pron. (non-gloss, used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action); people
           Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait. - There was shouting, screaming, fighting everywhere.
     5. pron. (Louisiana French) they
     6. n-m. (psychoanalysis) id
comme ça
     1. adv. just like that (suddenly and unexpectedly)
           Il jouait dans le jardin et soudain, comme ça, il est tombé. - He was playing in the garden and suddenly, just like that, he fell over.
     2. adv. like that (without preparation, without checking)
           (par, à froid, de tête, de mémoire)
           Là comme ça, ça ne me dit rien.
           Là comme ça, je ne saurais pas te dire. - I don't know off the top of my head.
     3. adv. that way, as a result
     4. adj. (slang) large, big
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