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regardez
     1. v. second-person plural present indicative of regarder
     2. v. second-person plural imperative of regarder
     regarder
          1. v. to look at
                Tu regardes quoi ? - What are you looking at?
          2. v. to watch
                Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse. - I'm watching a film on TV if you're interested.
          3. v. to face
          4. v. to concern (be associated with)
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
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...
bâtiment
     1. n-m. building, edifice
     2. n-m. (nautical) ship or boat
     3. n-m. (nautical, military) warship
est
     1. adj. east
     2. n-m. east
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
                Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer.
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
                Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home.
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
                Il peut être battu ce soir. - He can be beaten this evening.
          4. n-m. being, creature
          5. n-m. being, the state or fact of existence
grand
     1. adj. big, great, grand
     2. adj. tall
           Il est grand comment ? - How tall is he ?
     3. adj. grown up, big
           Quand je serai grande, je veux être astronaute. - When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut.
           Il l'a fait tout seul comme un grand garçon. - He did it all on his own like a big boy.
     4. adj. (usually capitalized) great, an honorific title
           Alexandre le Grand - Alexander the Great
     5. adj. great; big fat; an intensifier
           un grand tricheur - a big fat cheater
     6. adj. extensive, large
     7. n-m. grown-up
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