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pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
           J'ai un cadeau pour toi. - I've got a gift for you.
     2. prep. for (in support of)
           Pourquoi voter pour lui ? - Why did you vote for him?
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
           Il faut le punir pour ses crimes. - He must be punished for his crimes.
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
           Sébastien est parti pour Londres. - Sébastien left for London.
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
           Je veux chanter pour te faire revenir. - I want to sing to make you come back.
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
           Pour moi, ce film est trop irréaliste. - For me, this film is too unrealistic.
moi
     1. pron. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
     2. pron. to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)
     3. n-m. ego
prévoyant
     1. Participle. present participle of prévoir
     2. adj. farsighted
     prévoir
          1. v. to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.)
          2. v. to forecast (weather)
          3. v. to plan
          4. v. to allow, make plans for, prepare, make provision for
          5. v. (legal) to provide for, make provision for
trop
     1. adv. too; too much
           La soupe est trop chaude. - The soup is too hot.
           J'ai trop mangé. - I have eaten too much.
     2. adv. (colloquial intensifier) very, really, so
           Elle est trop belle ! - She is so beautiful!
bien
     1. adj. good, all right, great
     2. adj. good looking, nice
     3. adv. well
           Ça va bien ? - It goes well?
           Il joue vraiment bien au football. - He plays soccer really well.
     4. adv. indeed; so
           Bien, on peut partir maintenant ? - So, can we leave now?
     5. adv. (followed by de, des, or du) a lot (of)
           Macy Gray a traversé bien des épreuves. - Macy Gray got through a lot of ordeals.
     6. adv. very; really
           C'est bien aimable à vous. - it's very considerate of you.
           C'est bien beau, mais... - It's all very well, but...
           Je te trouve bien silencieux aujourd'hui. - You seem very quiet today.
           Il est bien moche, ce type. Ce type est vraiment moche. - That guy is really ugly.
     7. adv. (in comparisons) much (more, less, better, etc.)
           Jérémie est bien plus fort que moi. - Jérémie is much stronger than me.
           bien meilleur que ... - much better than ..., much better than ...
     8. n-m. good as opposed to evil
     9. n-m. a commodity, a good
     10. n-m. a possession
ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
           C'est beau ! - It is beautiful!
           est-ce que...? - is it that...?
           ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of
           C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but...
           C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity...
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
           C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity.
           Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities.
           Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people.
           ce semble - it seems
           ce peuvent être... - these may be...
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
           Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well.
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
           Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
           Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police.
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
                   Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father.
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
                   Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you.
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
           Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit.
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
           Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is!
           Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are.
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
           Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting?
           Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done?
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
           Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened?
           Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit?
           Que sommes-nous ? - What are we?
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
           C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well.
           Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me.
ce que
     1. pron. (accusative, relative) what (relative pronoun - direct object)
           C'est ce que font les gens bien. - This is what good people do.
           Cela n'est pas ce que je voulais. - That isn't what I wanted.
           Il avait bien conscience de ce qu'il avait fait. - He knew perfectly well what he had done.
           Ce que dit le roi est vrai, parce que le roi le dit. - What the king says is true, because the king says it.
           A est à B ce que C est à D - A is to B as C is to D
     2. pron. (accusative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions)
           Savez-vous ce qu’il dit ? - Do you know what he says?
           Savez-vous ce que vous faites ? - Do you know what you're doing?
elle
     1. pron. she
           Je crois qu'elle est partie. - I think she left.
     2. pron. it (feminine gender third-person singular subject pronoun)
           Voilà ma voiture. Elle a cinq ans. - That's my car. It is five years old.
     3. pron. disjunctive form of elle; her; à elle = hers
           C’est à elle. - It's hers.
     sera
          1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être
     serait
          1. v. third-person singular conditional of être
     soit
          1. conj. or, meaning, that is to say
          2. conj. either ... or
                Il veut adopter un animal de compagnie, soit un chat, soit un chien. - He wants to adopt a pet, either a cat, or a dog.
                Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I want to take up one of my old hobbies agains, be that playing
          3. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of être
          4. v. (math) let be
                Soit f une fonction linéaire. - Let f be a linear function.
          5. interj. OK; granted; so be it
pourrait
     1. v. third-person singular conditional of pouvoir
     pouvoir
          1. v. can, to be able to
                Je peux venir ce soir. - I can come this evening.
          2. v. may
                désastre qui peut nous frapper - disaster which may strike us
          3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be
                Il se peut que je sois malade. - (literally) It could be that I'm ill / (more naturally) I may be ill. / I could be ill.
          4. n-m. (or un) power
                prendre le pouvoir - to take power, to seize power
          5. n-m. authority
          6. n-m. (legal) power of attorney
dire
     1. v. to say, to tell
     2. v. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest +preo, à, someone
           Ça te dit de regarder un film de science-fiction? - Do you want to watch a science fiction movie? What do you say to watching a science fiction movie?
           Ça vous dit ? - Are you interested in doing this? Are you up for it?
           Il m'a demandé si ça nous dirait de nous joindre à eux plus tard. - He asked me if we'd like to join them later.
           Ça ne me dit trop rien d'y aller. - I don't really want to go there.
     3. v. (informal) to sound familiar +preo, à, someone
           Ça me dit quelque chose. - It rings a bell.
           Ça ne me dit rien. - It doesn't ring a bell.
     4. n-m. saying (that which is said)
     5. n-m. belief, opinion
et
     1. conj. and
connaissant
     1. Participle. present participle of connaître
     connaître
          1. v. to know (of), to be familiar with (a person, place, fact, event)
          2. v. to know, to experience (glory, hunger, problems etc.)
          3. v. to know (sexually)
          4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be knowledgeable (en about)
                C'est toi qui t'y connais! - It is you who knows!
          5. v. (law, somewhat, archaic) to hear or examine judicially; to judge or decide judicially
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
intempérance
     1. n-f. intemperance
     2. n-f. overindulgence
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
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.
langue
     1. n-f. (anatomy) tongue
           la langue dans la bouche - the tongue in the mouth
     2. n-f. (linguistics) language (system of communication using written or spoken words)
           la langue maternelle - the mother tongue, native language
           une langue étrangère - a foreign language
           Elle parle trois langues. - She speaks three languages.
           faire parler la langue française - to make speak the French language — Bertrand Barère
je
     1. pron. I
offris
     1. v. first-person singular past historic of offrir
     2. v. second-person singular past historic of offrir
au
     1. contraction. contraction of à le
           Il étudie la musique au conservatoire. - He studies music at the conservatory.
     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
     le
          1. art. the (definite article)
                Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
          2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
                L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
          3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
                Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
          4. art. (before units) a, an
                Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
          5. 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.
          6. 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
roi
     1. n-m. king
           Le roi est mort. - The king is dead.
     2. n-m. (chess) king
     3. n-m. (card games) king
Mes
     1. n. abbreviation of maîtres, Maîtres
     2. det. my (when referring to a plural noun)
           Mes clés sont dans ma poche. - My keys are in my pocket.
     mon
          1. det. (possessive) my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender)
                J'ai perdu mon chapeau. - I lost my hat.
                La décision a été prise pendant mon absence. - The decision was taken in my absence.
          2. det. Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
services
     1. n. plural of service
     service
          1. n-m. service
                Cet employé a obtenu sa retraite après trente années de service. - This employee retired after thirty years of service.
                être d'un bon service - to be of good service
          2. n-m. (tennis) service
          3. n-m. (Switzerland, in the plural) cutlery
          4. n-m. set (collection of objects)
          5. interj. (Switzerland) you're welcome
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).
qualité
     1. n-f. quality
           Bière de bonne qualité. - High-quality beer
           Il a toutes les qualités d'un bon président. - He has all the qualities of a good president.
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
en qualité de
     1. prep. (formal) as, in one's capacity as
interprète
     1. n. (translation studies) interpreter (as opposed to translator)
     2. n. interpreter; spokesperson
     3. n. performer (for example, an actor, musician, singer)
     4. v. first-person present of interpréter
     5. v. third-person present of interpréter
     6. v. second-person present imperative of interpréter
     interpréter
          1. v. to translate
          2. v. to interpret
          3. v. to construe
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