| laissez |
| 1. v. second-person plural present indicative of laisser | |
| 2. v. second-person plural imperative of laisser | |
| laisser |
| 1. v. to leave, to leave behind | |
| Laissez le pistolet sur la table - Leave the gun on the table | |
| 2. v. to forget, to leave alone | |
| 3. v. to leave with, to give | |
| 4. v. to let, to allow | |
| 5. v. to allow oneself, to let oneself | |
| 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 | |
| se |
| 1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. | |
| 2. pron. (to) himself | |
| 3. pron. (to) herself | |
| 4. pron. (to) oneself | |
| 5. pron. (to) itself | |
| 6. pron. (to) themselves | |
| 7. pron. (to) each other | |
| 8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.) | |
| Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves. | |
| débrouiller |
| 1. v. to disentangle (threads) | |
| 2. v. (figurative, takes a reflexive pronoun) to get by, to manage; to bootstrap | |
| Débrouillez-vous! - Figure it out! Deal with it! | |
| Débrouille-toi! - Figure it out! (familiar) | |
| Je me débrouille... - I get by..., or, depending on context: I get around... | |
| tout |
| 1. adv. all | |
| 2. det. all | |
| 3. n-m. whole, entirety, total | |
| le tout | |
| 4. pron. everything | |
| seul |
| 1. adj. lonely | |
| 2. adj. alone | |
| 3. adj. only | |
| 4. adj. single | |
| tout seul |
| 1. adj. all alone, alone, by oneself | |
| Ils sont partis, me laissant tout seul dans ma chambre. - They left, leaving me all alone in my room. | |
| 2. adv. alone, all by oneself | |
| Il l'a fait tout seul. - He did it all by himself. | |
