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qualifie
1. v. first-person singular present of qualifier
2. v. third-person singular present of qualifier
3. v. second-person singular imperative of qualifier
qualifier
1. v. to qualify (of a sports team, etc.)
2. v. to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage
Notre équipe s'est qualifiée pour les quarts de finale. - Our team qualified for the quarter-finals.
3. v. (indtr, ditr=1) to call someone something, to label someone
tout
1. adv. all
2. det. all
3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
le tout
4. pron. everything
corps
1. n-m. (mathematics) field (in abstract algebra)
2. n-m. (military) corps
qui
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
sous
1. prep. below, under
2. n. plural of sou
3. n. (slang) money
sou
1. n-m. (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
2. n-m. (by extension, chiefly in the colloquial) money; cash
Tu peux me prêter des sous ? - Can you lend me some cash?
3. n-m. (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)
Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s'il te plaît. - That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please.
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)
même
1. adv. (used before the article) even
Même les rois doivent mourir. - Even kings must die
On ne peut même pas en faire une. - We cannot even make one
J'veux même pas savoir. - I don't even want to know.
2. adj. (used before the noun) same
Je l'ai acheté le même jour - I bought it the same day
3. adj. (used after the noun) very
Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir! - Ah, the very person I wanted to see!
volume
1. n-m. volume (of a book, a written work)
2. n-m. volume (sound)
3. n-m. volume (amount of space something takes up)
4. n-m. volume (amount; quantity)
5. n-m. (figuratively) an overly long piece of writing
pèse
1. v. first-person singular present of peser
2. v. third-person singular present of peser
3. v. second-person singular imperative of peser
peser
1. v. to weigh (to have a weight of)
Je pèse 80 kilos - I weigh 80 kilos
2. v. (computers, intransitive) of a file, to have a given size
Les pièces jointes doivent peser moins de 8 Mo. - Attachments must be under 8 megabytes.
3. v. to weigh (to see how much something weighs)
Il faut peser les abricots - You must weigh the apricots
4. v. to burden, weigh down
Ça lui pèse. - 'That weighs on his mind.'
plus
1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. - Your neighbour is uglier than my brother.
Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. - Yours is much bigger than mine.
Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. - She is more beautiful than her cousin.
Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. - They are each more stubborn than the last.
2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. - She does it more quickly than he does.
plus vite ! - faster!
3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
Je travaille plus en ce moment. - I am working more at the moment.
Je veux faire plus. - I want to do more.
4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate.
Plus de la moitié reste. - More than half is left.
5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
Une heure de plus et il serait mort. - One more hour and he would be dead.
Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. - One more kilo, please.
6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
la plus grande - the biggest
le plus difficile - the most difficult
7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
Tu n'existes plus. - You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more.
Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work.
8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
Plus je vois, plus je veux. - The more I see, the more I want.
9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
Plus j'écoute, moins je comprends. - The more I listen, the less I understand.
10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
11. v. singular past historic of plaire
12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
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.
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)
autre
1. adj. other
Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
2. adj. another
un autre
1. det. (adjectival use) another, a different
un autre mot — une autre possibilité — d'autres langues
2. det. (takes a reflexive pronoun use) another one, a different one

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