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. | |
te |
1. pron. (direct object) you | |
Il te cite souvent. - He often quotes you. | |
2. pron. (indirect object) you | |
Il te donne le livre. - He gives you the book. | |
3. pron. yourself | |
Tu te souviens d'elle. - You remind yourself of her. | |
laisser |
1. v. to leave, to leave behind | |
Laissez le pistolet sur la table - Leave the gun on the table | |
2. v. to forget, to leave alone | |
3. v. to leave with, to give | |
4. v. to let, to allow | |
5. v. to allow oneself, to let oneself | |
sur |
1. prep. on, upon | |
2. prep. on top of | |
3. prep. from on top of | |
4. prep. above | |
5. prep. out of | |
sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
6. prep. in the case of | |
7. prep. about, concerning | |
8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
sur Paris - in Paris | |
9. adj. sour | |
quelque |
1. det. some (singular) | |
grève |
1. n-f. bank (of a river); shore, strand | |
2. n-f. strike (cessation of work) | |
En raison de la grève, il nous faudra prendre le train. - Because of the strike, we will need to take the train. | |
3. n-f. greave | |
grever |
1. v. to burden; put a burden on | |
2. v. to put a weight on (someone's shoulders) | |
3. v. to hang over; weigh heavy over | |
gréver |
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déserte |
1. adj. feminine singular of désert | |
2. v. first-person singular present of déserter | |
3. v. third-person singular present of déserter | |
4. v. second-person singular imperative of déserter | |
déserter |
1. v. to desert (a place), abandon | |
2. v. to desert | |
désert |
1. n-m. desert | |
2. adj. deserted | |
3. Paronyms. col3, dessert, disert | |
où |
1. adv. where (interrogative) | |
Où est la gare? - Where is the station? | |
Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going? | |
Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live? | |
2. adv. where (relative pronoun) | |
3. adv. at that time; when | |
Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father. | |
4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where | |
Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go. | |
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 | |
désespoir |
1. n-m. despair | |
comme |
1. conj. as | |
Je travaille comme artiste. - I work as an artist. | |
2. conj. like | |
J'agis comme il faut. - I act like I must. | |
3. conj. how | |
Comme tu es belle ce soir ! - How beautiful you are tonight! | |
4. conj. because, as, since | |
Comme j'étais malade, il est venu me voir. - As I was ill, he came to see me. | |
5. part. (colloquial Canada) like | |
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) | |
vautour |
1. n-m. vulture | |
2. n-m. (pejorative, figuratively) shark, vulture | |
viendra |
1. v. third-person singular future of venir | |
venir |
1. v. to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker) | |
Viens vivre avec moi en France. - Come live with me in France. | |
manger |
1. v. to eat | |
J'ai mangé de la viande pour le souper. - I ate some meat for dinner. | |
2. v. to eat | |
C'est bizarre que je ne mange rien. - It's strange that I don't eat anything. | |
Manger au restaurant. - To eat in a restaurant. | |
3. n-m. food, foodstuff | |
Cette boulangérie a du manger délicat. - This bakery has elegant food | |
ton |
1. det. (possessive) your | |
Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre ? - Did you remember to bring your book? | |
Ton écriture est jolie. - Your writing is pretty. | |
J'aime beaucoup ton manteau. - I really like your coat. | |
2. n-m. tone (sound of a particular frequency) | |
3. n-m. (music) tone (interval) | |
Il y a un ton entre do et ré - Doh and ray are separated by one tone. | |
4. n-m. tone (manner of speaking) | |
Je n'aime pas le ton sur lequel tu me parles! - I don’t like your tone! (I don’t like the way you are talking to me!) | |
5. n-m. tone, shade (of colour) | |
Différents tons de rouge. - Several shades of red. | |
âme |
1. n-f. (religion, philosophy) soul | |
2. n-f. (moral, intellectual centre) soul, heart, mind | |
3. n-f. soul, person | |
C'est un village de 800 âmes. - It's a village of 800 souls. | |
4. n-f. bore (of a cannon) | |
5. n-f. (lutherie) soundpost (of a violin etc.) | |