| moi |
| 1. pron. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun) | |
| 2. pron. to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun) | |
| 3. n-m. ego | |
| je |
| 1. pron. I | |
| ai |
| 1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir | |
| J'ai un chien. - I have a dog. | |
| 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 | |
| coeur |
| 1. n-m. nonstandard spelling of cœur | |
| cœur |
| 1. n-m. (anatomy) heart | |
| 2. n-m. (geometry) heart, heart shape | |
| 3. n-m. heart (love) | |
| 4. n-m. (card games) hearts (the suit) | |
| 5. n-m. (physics) the core of a nuclear reactor | |
| serré |
| 1. adj. tight | |
| 2. adj. (writing, etc) fine, cramped | |
| 3. adj. (coffee) strong | |
| 4. adj. (figuratively) strict, tight | |
| 5. Participle. past participle of serrer | |
| serrer |
| 1. v. to tighten (a screw, a knot) | |
| Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis. - Gently! It's no use to tighten this screw too much. | |
| Ton nœud de cravate n'est pas assez serré. - Your tie's knot isn't tightened enough. | |
| 2. v. to shake (hands) | |
| J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main. - I refused to shake his/her hand. | |
| 3. v. to squeeze | |
| Il lui serra le bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours. - He squeezed her arm so hard that she had a mark on it for three days. | |
| 4. v. to squeeze | |
| Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place. - They squeezed together to make room for him. | |
| 5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shake (hands) | |
| Les jeunes hommes d'affaires se sont serré la main. - The young businessmen shook each other's hands. | |
| 6. v. (slang) to seduce; to flirt with | |
| 7. v. (slang) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone) | |
