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point
     1. n-m. point (small mark)
     2. n-m. (sports) point
     3. n-m. full stop, period (punctuation mark)
     4. n-m. (knitting) stitch pattern
     5. n-m. dot (Morse code symbol)
     6. adv. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne") not
           Ne craignez point - Fear not
     7. Participle. past participle of poindre
     8. v. third-person singular present indicative of poindre
     poindre
          1. v. to prick, sting
          2. v. to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.)
          3. v. to come up (of a plant), peep through
          4. v. to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn)
          5. v. to appear, spring up
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
           Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France.
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
           Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works
           Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife.
           le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
           Elle vient de France. - She comes from France.
           Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland?
           Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain.
           C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France.
           Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux.
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
           5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples.
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une portion de frites - A portion of fries
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
           Un jus de pomme - Apple juice
           Un verre de vin - A glass of wine
           Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub
           Un chien de garde - A guarddog
           Une voiture de sport - A sportscar
           Un stade de football - A football stadium
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
           De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free.
           Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon.
           un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
           J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking.
           Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me.
           Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come.
           Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come.
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
           Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%.
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
           Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children.
           Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
           Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother.
           Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat.
           Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
vue
     1. Participle. feminine singular of vu
     2. n-f. sight (something seen)
     3. n-f. sight, eyesight, vision
     4. n-f. view
           Je souhaiterais une chambre avec vue sur la mer. - I would hope for a room with a sea view.
     5. n-f. (internet) view (an individual viewing of a video by a user)
           (synonyms, visionnement, q1=Canada)
           Cette vidéo a atteint les 1 000 000 vues sur YouTube. - That YouTube video has 1,000,000 views.
point de vue
     1. n-m. point of view
           D'un point de vue financier, cette proposition était tout à fait acceptable. - From a financial point of view, this proposition was entirely acceptable.
avis
     1. n-m. opinion
     2. n-m. piece of advice
     3. n-m. notice
opinion
     1. n-f. opinion (thought, estimation)
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