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Google Translation:

Quelques minutes plus tard, alors qu'il ouvrait la porte de la chambre 609, son téléphone bipa.

quelques
1. adj. plural of quelque
	au bout de quelques instants il dit enfin
	et lui fit avaler quelques gouttes de vin
minutes
1. n. plural of minute
2. v. second-person singular present indicative of minuter
3. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
	au bout de dix minutes
	et, quand elle revint au bout de quelques minutes
minuter
1. v. to time
2. v. to take minutes (of a meeting)
minute
1. n. minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses)
2. interj. wait a sec!
3. v. first-person singular present indicative of minuter
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of minuter
5. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
6. v. second-person singular imperative of minuter
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. (before a noun) more (indicating a greater quantity; followed by de)
Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate.
Plus de la moitié reste. - More than half is left.
Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work.
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.
8. n-m. plus, the symbol +
9. v. first-person singular past historic of plaire
10. v. second-person singular past historic of plaire
11. v. ====Participle====
12. v. (obsolete) masculine plural past participle of plaire
	ne s'arrêta plus
	et ne reparut plus
tard
1. adv. late
	un peu plus tard
	qu'assez tard dans la matinée
alors
1. adv. then (at that time)
2. adv. so; hence (as a consequence)
	alors
	entrant alors
que
1. conj. that (introduces a 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. (used with ne) only (ne ... que parses roughly as "(does) not / nothing ... other than")
Je ne mange que des fruits. — I eat only fruits.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. conj. Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.
6. conj. than (introduces a comparison)
Il est plus grand que son père. — He is taller than his father.
7. pron. (slightly formal) The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.
Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? — What do you think of that painting?
8. pron. (slightly formal) The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.
Qu'est-il arrivé ?
Que me vaut cette visite ?
Que sommes nous ? — What are we?
9. pron. 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.
	tandis que lui
	on ne sut plus que faire
alors que
1. adv. as, while, when; whereas
il
1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
3. pron. Impersonal subject; it
Il pleut. - It’s raining.
	il se tut
	il s'en aperçut
ouvrait
1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of ouvrir
	ouvrait la bouche avec fracas
ouvrer
1. v. (ambitransitive) to work
ouvrir
1. v. to open
2. v. to begin
3. v. (reflexive, s'ouvrir, of a door, a gate) to open (become open)
la
1. art. the (definite article).
2. pron. her, it (direct object).
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'.
	la comtesse
	tremper la soupe
porte
1. n. door
2. n. gate (to a city, at airport)
3. n. (figuratively) gateway, means, door
4. v. first-person singular present indicative of porter
5. v. third-person singular present indicative of porter
6. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of porter
7. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of porter
8. v. second-person singular imperative of porter
	gagna la porte
	qui porte conseil
porter
1. v. to carry
2. v. to support, to bear
3. v. to wear
4. v. (of a subject, followed by the preposition sur) (porter sur quelque chose) to be about, to concern
Sur quoi portait la question ? - What was the question concerning?
5. v. (reflexive, se porter) to feel
Je me porte mieux. - I am feeling better.
Il se porte bien. - He's in good health.
6. n. porter (beer)
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. (indefinite) some; any (in questions or negatives)
Je voudrais de la viande. - I would like some meat.
Est-ce qu'il y a de la bonne musique ? - Is there any good music?
Nous cherchons du lait. - We're looking for some milk.
10. art. (negative) (pas de) a, an, any
Elle a pas de mère. - She doesn't have a mother.
Il a pas de crayon. - He doesn't have a pencil.
J'ai pas de temps. - I don't have any time.
11. n. abbreviation of dame
	et boule de suif raconta
	au bout de quelque temps
la
1. art. the (definite article).
2. pron. her, it (direct object).
3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'.
	la diligence
	le ton de la voix
de la
1. art. Of the
2. art. Some; the feminine partitive article.
Voudriez-vous de la confiture ? — Would you like some jam?
J'ai mangé de la tarte — I ate some pie.
chambre
1. n. A chamber in its various senses, including:
2. n. A room.
3. n. A hotel room.
4. n. A bedroom.
5. n. A house of a parliament.
	boule de suif semblait défendre l'entrée de sa chambre avec énergie
	les trois hommes montèrent et furent introduits dans la plus belle chambre de l'auberge
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son
1. n. sound
Le son de ce piano est agréable. (The sound of this piano is nice.)
2. det. (possessive) His, her, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel).
Elle a perdu son chapeau. - She lost her hat.
Il a perdu son chapeau. - He lost his hat.
J'aime son amie. - I like her/his girlfriend.
La décision a été prise pendant son absence. - The decision was taken in his absence.
3. n. bran
Ceci est du pain de son. - This bread is done with bran.
	à son avis
	alors son mari
téléphone
1. n. telephone
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of téléphoner
3. v. third-person singular present indicative of téléphoner
4. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of téléphoner
5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of téléphoner
6. v. second-person singular imperative of téléphoner
téléphoner
1. v. (intransitive) To call, to ring, to telephone
J'ai téléphoné à mon ami.
I called my friend.
bipa
1. v. third-person singular past historic of biper
biper
1. v. to beep, to buzz (contact by phone or by beeper)
2. v. to bleep out (censor offensive or sensitive language with a beep sound)

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