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les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
femmes
     1. n. plural of femme
     femme
          1. n-f. woman
          2. n-f. wife
          3. n-f. (LGBT, rare) Alternative form of fem, , femme, feminine lesbian (contrast butch)
regardaient
     1. v. third-person plural imperfect indicative of regarder
     regarder
          1. v. to look at
                Tu regardes quoi ? - What are you looking at?
          2. v. to watch
                Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse. - I'm watching a film on TV if you're interested.
          3. v. to face
          4. v. to concern (be associated with)
cet
     1. det. this
Homme
     1. Proper noun. Man (genus Homo)
     2. n-m. man (adult male human)
           C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us.
     3. n-m. man, Man (species)
     4. n-m. man (virile male)
     5. n-m. man (employee)
qui
     1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
           Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
           Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
     2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
           La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
           Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
           J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
           Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
           Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
           Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
     3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
           Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
était
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of être
     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
leur
     1. pron. (personal, indirect) (to) them
           Je leur ai donné un coup de main. - I gave them a hand.
     2. det. their
           Je peux voir leur maison d'ici. - I can see their house from here.
rêve
     1. n-m. dream
     2. n-m. , Tu peux cracher même rire et tu le dois à ton étoile, à Marcos, à la joie, à la beauté des rêves, à la mélancolie, à l'espoir qui nous tient (...)
     3. n-m. , You can even spit out a laugh and you owe it to your star, to Marcos, to joy, to the beauty of dreams, to sadness, to the hope that we hold (...)
     4. v. first-person singular present of rêver
     5. v. third-person singular present of rêver
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of rêver
     rêver
          1. v. to dream
commun
     1. adj. common (shared)
           une caractéristique commune à la plupart des langues européennes - a common characteristic of most European languages
     2. adj. common (widespread)
     3. adj. common (popular)
     4. adj. common (of low class)
     5. adj. communal
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