| partager |
| 1. v. to share | |
| Nous allons partager les bénéfices - We are going to share the benefits | |
| Le Canada entretient une relation de premier plan avec les États-Unis, pays avec lequel il partage la plus longue frontière non défendue du monde, frontière où les échanges économiques transfro | |
| 2. v. to divide up | |
| Ils partagèrent la succession en deux - They divided the estate in two | |
| 3. v. to divide | |
| Les questions de la guerre et de la paix partageront le pays - Issues of war and peace will divide the country. | |
| 4. v. to share out | |
| Je partageai les provisions avec tout le monde - I shared the provisions with everyone. | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| gâteau |
| 1. n-m. a sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte) | |
| 2. n-m. (Louisiana French) a cookie | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
| J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
| Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
| aller en bus - go by bus | |
| partir en voiture - leave by car | |
| 4. prep. as | |
| Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
| habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
| 5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
| fort en histoire - good at history | |
| 6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
| une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
| une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
| 7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
| en 1993 - in 1993 | |
| en janvier - in January | |
| en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
| 8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
| 9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
| C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
| 10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
| une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
| 11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
| en détresse - in distress | |
| 12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
| en équipe - on a team | |
| 13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
| Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
| Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
| Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
| Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
| Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
| Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
| 14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
| Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
| parts |
| 1. n. plural of part | |
| 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 | |
| égales |
| 1. adj. feminine plural of égal | |
| égal |
| 1. adj. equal | |
| 2. adj. indifferent, of no importance to | |
| est |
| 1. adj. east | |
| 2. n-m. east | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present 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 | |
| assez |
| 1. adv. enough | |
| Il est incontestable que je suis assez bouché de croire ça. - It's incontestable that I'm already dumb enough to believe that | |
| 2. adv. quite | |
| 3. adv. rather | |
| délicat |
| 1. adj. delicate | |
| 2. adj. difficult, tricky | |
| 3. adj. sensitive, thorny | |
