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mais
     1. conj. but, although
     2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
           Mais qu'est-ce que tu fais ? - What the heck are you doing?
     3. n. plural of mai
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.
reste
     1. n-m. rest, remainder
           le reste du monde - the rest of the world
           J'ai fait ce matin une grande partie de ma tâche, ce soir je ferai le reste. - I've done a large part of my assignment this morning; I'll do the rest this evening.
     2. n-m. a trace or vestige which remains
           Il a perdu le petit reste d'espoir. - He lost the last little bit of hope.
     3. n-m. (mathematics) remainder
     4. v. first-person singular present of rester
     5. v. third-person singular present of rester
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of rester
     rester
          1. v. to stay
                On est restés à l'hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.
          2. v. to remain, be left over
                Il reste un peu de riz dans le frigo, si tu veux.
          3. v. to stay, to remain (to continue to have a particular quality)
                Elle est restée comme elle était quand je l'ai rencontrée.
          4. v. (rare) to rest
          5. v. (Louisiana French, Canada) to live
                Moi, je reste au Québec.
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
           aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
           Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
     3. prep. to (until)
           Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
           Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
           Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
           Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
           L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
           à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
           Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
           à la maison - at home
           à l'hôtel - at the hotel
           au comptoir du bar - at the bar
           au bois - in the woods
           J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
           La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
           au voleur ! - stop thief!
           à l'assassin ! - murderer!
           au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
           à moi ! - help!
           à l'aide ! - help!
           au secours ! - help!
           au feu ! - fire!
           aux armes ! - to arms!
           à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
           à l'abordage ! - on board!
           au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
           au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
     8. prep. from (origin)
           Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
           Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
           Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
           C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
           Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
           le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
           à plus tard - see you later
           à bientôt - see you soon
           Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
           moulin à poivre - pepper mill
           sac à dos - backpack
           boite à musique - music box
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
           l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
           Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
           Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
           Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
           Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
           un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
           une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
           un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
           une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
           une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
     15. prep. by
           peu à peu - bit by bit
           petit à petit - little by little
           minute à minute - minute by minute
           jour à jour - day by day
           un à un - one by one
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
           six à sept personnes - six or seven people
           de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
           tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
           mettre le feu à - to set fire to
           clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
           donner la chasse à - to give chase to
     18. prep. with
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'
à la
     1. prep. a la, in the style or manner of (with a feminine singular adjective or a proper noun)
           à la française (in the French style)
           à la Hugo (in the style of Hugo)
frontière
     1. n-f. boundary, frontier, border
           Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise. - Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the territory of the Q
quelque
     1. det. some (singular)
part
     1. n-f. share
           une grande part - a large share
     2. n-f. portion, part, slice
           une grande part de tarte - a large portion of cake
           pour ma part - for my part, as far as I'm concerned, as for me
           pour la part de mon ami - as far as my friend's concerned, as for my friend
     3. n-f. proportion
           une grande part de quelque chose - a large proportion of something
           il y a une grande part de fiction dans son récit - his/her account is highly fictional
     4. v. third-person singular present indicative of partir
     5. n-m. newborn
     partir
          1. v. (obsolete, transitive) to share, to share out, to divide
                Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'un. - To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone.
          2. v. to go away, leave, depart
          3. v. to originate
                Toutes les artères partent du cœur. - All arteries originate from the heart.
          4. v. to die
                Il ne s'est pas vu partir - He has not seen death
          5. v. to emanate
                Cette croyance est partie d'un mauvais principe. - This belief emanates from an evil principle.
          6. v. (Quebec, informal, transitive) to start
                partir une affaire - to start a business
quelque part
     1. adv. somewhere
     2. adv. (informal) in a way, in a sense
entre
     1. prep. between
     2. prep. among
     3. v. first-person singular present of entrer
     4. v. third-person singular present of entrer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer
     entrer
          1. v. to enter
                Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room.
chanson
     1. n-f. song
et
     1. conj. and
pop
     1. adj. pop (popular)
     2. n-m. pop, pop music
entre
     1. prep. between
     2. prep. among
     3. v. first-person singular present of entrer
     4. v. third-person singular present of entrer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer
     entrer
          1. v. to enter
                Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room.
séduisantes
     1. adj. feminine plural of séduisant
     séduisant
          1. Participle. present participle of séduire
          2. adj. seductive, capable of seducing
évidences
     1. n. plural of évidence
     évidence
          1. n-f. obviousness, clearness
                Il faut se rendre à l'évidence. - We must face the facts.
                C'est l'évidence même. - It is completely obvious.
mélodiques
     1. adj. plural of mélodique
     mélodique
          1. adj. melodic
et
     1. conj. and
sophistications
     1. n. plural of sophistication
abstraites
     1. adj. feminine plural of abstrait
     abstrait
          1. adj. abstract
          2. v. third-person singular present indicative of abstraire
          3. Participle. past participle of abstraire
entre
     1. prep. between
     2. prep. among
     3. v. first-person singular present of entrer
     4. v. third-person singular present of entrer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer
     entrer
          1. v. to enter
                Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room.
ironie
     1. n-f. irony
aristocratique
     1. adj. aristocratic
et
     1. conj. and
franche
     1. adj. feminine singular 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
gauloiserie
     1. n-f. bawdiness
potache
     1. adj. schoolboy, schoolboyish
     2. n-m. (colloquial) student, school kid
           blague de potache - schoolboy prank
entre
     1. prep. between
     2. prep. among
     3. v. first-person singular present of entrer
     4. v. third-person singular present of entrer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer
     entrer
          1. v. to enter
                Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room.
extrême
     1. adj. extreme
     2. n-m. extreme
           d'un extrême à un autre - from one extreme to another
           Les extrêmes se touchent. - Extremes meet.
           En désespoir de cause, la population se tourne vers les extrêmes. - Out of desperation, the population is turning to political extremes.
raffinement
     1. n-m. refinement
formel
     1. adj. formal; official
     2. adj. adamant, positive, certain
et
     1. conj. and
enregistrement
     1. n-m. registration
     2. n-m. (computing) save (act of saving data onto a disk)
     3. n-m. check-in (at the airport)
     4. n-m. (music, sound engineering) recording (e.g. of music)
brut
     1. adj. gross
           produit national brut - gross national product
     2. adj. raw
           sucre brut
             raw sugar
     3. adj. (drinks) brut, strong
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