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porter
     1. v. to carry
     2. v. to support, to bear
     3. v. to wear
     4. v. (indtr, sur) to be about, to concern
           Sur quoi portait la question ? - What was the question concerning?
     5. v. to feel, to carry one's self
           Je me porte mieux. - I am feeling better.
           Il se porte bien. - He's in good health.
     6. n-m. porter (beer)
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)
sifflet
     1. n-m. whistle (instrument)
     2. n-m. whistle (sound)
dans
     1. prep. (literal, figurative) in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state)
           vieillir dans la misère - to grow old in poverty
           être dans l'infanterie - to be in the infantry
           avoir quelque chose dans la bouche - to have something in the mouth
           dans les circonstances d'une pandémie - under the circumstances of a pandemic
           Il habite dans le quartier le plus riche de Paris. - He lives in the richest district of Paris.
           Il nage comme un poisson dans l'eau. - He swims like a fish in the water.
           mettre l'argent dans la poche - to put money into one's pocket
           Bienvenue dans le meilleur bar de tout Paris. - Welcome to the best bar in all of Paris.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes)
           Aujourd'hui, je vais dans le Maine, et demain, je vais dans l’État de New York. - Today, I'm going to Maine, and tomorrow, I'm going to New York.
     3. prep. in, within (a longer period of time)
           Je serai prêt dans une heure. - I'll be ready in one hour.
           Il arrivera dans trois jours. - He will arrive in three days.
     4. prep. (with respect to time) during
           dans un temps donné - during a given time
           dans ma jeunesse - in my youth
     5. prep. out of, from
           boire dans une tasse - to drink from a cup
           Il prend le beurre dans le réfrigérateur. - He takes the butter out of the fridge.
     6. prep. (metonymy) in; in the works of
           le marxisme dans Sartre - Marxism in the works of Sartre
     7. prep. (colloquial) (Used in dans les)
           dans les trentes kilos - about thirty kilos
           dans les dix euros - about ten euros
     8. n. plural of dan
sa
     1. det. (possessive) his, her, its, their, one's
           Emma est allée chez sa sœur. - Emma went to her sister's house.
           Pierre a perdu sa carte d'identité. - Pierre has lost his identity card.
           Sa voiture est blanche. - Their car is white.
poche
     1. n-f. pocket (part of the clothing)
     2. n-f. pouch (small bag, or part of small bag)
     3. n-f. pouch (of a marsupial)
     4. n-f. pocket (cavity)
     5. n-f. poach (act of cooking by poaching)
     6. n-f. the rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black
     7. n-f. ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal)
     8. v. first-person singular present of pocher
     9. v. third-person singular present of pocher
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of pocher
     11. adj. (Quebec, informal) lame, boring, dull
     12. adj. (Quebec, informal) bad, untalented, sucky
     pocher
          1. v. (chiefly of an eye) to punch
                pocher un œil à quelqu'un, donner un œil au beurre noir à quelqu'un - to punch someone in the eye, to give someone a black eye
          2. v. (cooking) to poach; to cook by poaching
          3. v. to sketch; to make a sketch of
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