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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'
roue
     1. n-f. a wheel
           Une roue de vélo (bike wheel), une roue de secours (spare wheel)
           Roue de moulin: mill wheel.
           Roue dentée (or engrenage): toothed wheel, cogwheel
     2. n-f. the breaking wheel
     rouer
          1. v. to curl up, roll up
          2. v. to roll (of e.g. birds, to spin in the air)
          3. v. to beat upon the breaking wheel
          4. v. to run over (squash by driving over)
          5. v. to abuse, beat (subject to a beating)
tourne
     1. v. first-person singular present of tourner
     2. v. third-person singular present of tourner
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of tourner
     tourner
          1. v. to turn (left, right etc.)
          2. v. to stir (e.g. ingredients)
          3. v. to tour, to go on tour
          4. v. (film) to film, to shoot a film
          5. v. (computing, ambitransitive) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.)
                Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur. - To run a program on one's computer.
          6. v. to lathe
la roue tourne
     1. Phrase. the wheel of fortune goes round and round (things don't/won't stay the same; while someone's luck runs out, someone else's hour will come); the tide is turning
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
           Il est parti. - He left.
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
           Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it?
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
           Il pleut. - It’s raining.
gagne
     1. v. first-person singular present of gagner
     2. v. third-person singular present of gagner
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of gagner
     gagner
          1. v. to win
                On a gagné la ligue ! - We won the league!
          2. v. to earn
                Je gagne 10 euros de l'heure. - I earn 10 euros an hour.
          3. v. to gain; to obtain
encore
     1. adv. still
           Êtes-vous encore là? - Are you still there?
     2. adv. more
           Voulez-vous encore du pain ? - Would you like more bread?
           Tu en veux encore? - Do you want some more?
     3. adv. again
           Écris-le encore une fois! - Write it once again!
     4. adv. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet
           Je n'ai pas encore fini. - I haven't finished yet.
et
     1. conj. and
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
banquier
     1. n-m. banker
lui
     1. pron. him, he; the third-person masculine singular personal pronoun used after a preposition, or as the predicate of a linking verb, or when disjoined from a sentence, or as a stressed subject
           J'habitais avec lui. - I was living with him.
           C'est lui qui a dit cela. - It was him who said that.
           Lui, il n'en sait rien. - He doesn't know anything about it.
     2. pron. him, her; the third-person singular personal pronoun used as an indirect object
           Je lui ai donné le livre. - I gave the book to him/her.
     3. Participle. past participle of luire
jette
     1. v. first-person singular present of jeter
     2. v. third-person singular present of jeter
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of jeter
     jeter
          1. v. to throw
          2. v. to throw away, to discard
          3. v. (card games) to throw away, discard
          4. v. (indtr, .reflexive) to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.)
                coi, L'Amazone se jette dans l'Océan Atlantique.
          5. v. The Amazon throws herself into the Atlantic Ocean.
          6. v. (indtr, sur, .reflexive) to rush oneself onto something or someone
encore
     1. adv. still
           Êtes-vous encore là? - Are you still there?
     2. adv. more
           Voulez-vous encore du pain ? - Would you like more bread?
           Tu en veux encore? - Do you want some more?
     3. adv. again
           Écris-le encore une fois! - Write it once again!
     4. adv. (after the adverb pas) yet, not yet
           Je n'ai pas encore fini. - I haven't finished yet.
trois
     1. num. three
mille
     1. num. number box, fr
     2. num. thousand, one thousand, a thousand
           Presque mille enfants y habitent. - Almost a thousand children live there.
     3. n-m. mile (abbreviation mi)
     4. n-m. short for, mille nautique, t=nautical mile
     5. n-m. bullseye
six
     1. num. six
cents
     1. n. plural of cent
     cent
          1. n-m. (money) cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)
six cents
     1. num. six hundred
Francs
     1. n. plural of Franc
     2. adj. masculine plural of franc
     3. n. plural of franc
     franc
          1. adj. free
                Il a fait cette action de sa pure et franche volonté. - His action was performed out of his free will.
          2. adj. frank
          3. adj. full
                4 jours francs - 4 full days
          4. adj. tax-free
                Port franc - Free port
          5. n-m. (monetary) franc
          6. n-m. Frank
          7. adj. Frankish, Franconian
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