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saisir
     1. v. to take hold of; to grab
     2. v. to seize, to take (an illegal product), to capture
     3. v. to grasp mentally; understand
     4. v. (computing) to capture (screen or data)
     5. v. (computing) to type (something) into a computer; to input
     6. v. (accounting) to record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
     7. v. (law) to vest a court with a case; to refer a matter to a court
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
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
affaire
     1. n-f. business; matter; affair
           affaire importante - important business
           C'est une affaire d'honneur. - It is a matter of honor.
           C'est l'affaire d'une minute. - It's a matter of a minute.
           C'est mon affaire, pas la vôtre. - It's my business, not yours.
     2. n-f. deal, transaction, bargain
           conclure une affaire - to close a deal
     3. n-f. business, enterprise
           monter une affaire - to set up a business
           Ils ont repris l'affaire familiale. - They took over the family business.
     4. n-f. affair, scandal
           l'affaire Dreyfus - the Dreyfus affair
           Affaire Fillon - Fillon affair
     5. n-f. (law) case, trial
           L'affaire O.J. Simpson fut une des plus médiatisées. - The O. J. Simpson case was one of the most publicized.
     6. n-f. (informal) things; stuff
     7. n-f. (informal, chiefly in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned)
     8. n-f. (informal, Quebec) thingamajig
     9. n-f. (informal, Louisiana French) thing
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)
tribunal
     1. n-m. tribunal
     2. n-m. (law) court, court of law
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
juridiction
     1. n-f. jurisdiction
Porter
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=English, xlit=Porter
     2. Proper noun.          (surname, eq=fr:Portier)
     3. v. to carry
     4. v. to support, to bear
     5. v. to wear
     6. v. (indtr, sur) to be about, to concern
           Sur quoi portait la question ? - What was the question concerning?
     7. v. to feel, to carry one's self
           Je me porte mieux. - I am feeling better.
           Il se porte bien. - He's in good health.
     8. n-m. porter (beer)
par
     1. prep. through
           par la fenêtre - through the window
           aller par le parc - go through the park
     2. prep. by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction))
           voyager par train - travel by train
           par surprise - by surprise
           le bateau est attaqué par des pirates. - the boat is being attacked by pirates.
     3. prep. over (used to express direction)
           Viens par ici ! - Come over here!
     4. prep. from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement)
           voir par devant - see from the back
           le liquide est arrivé par le robinet - the liquid arrived from the tap
     5. prep. around, round (inside of)
           par tout le cinéma - all around the cinema
     6. prep. on (situated on, used in certain phrases)
           par terre - on the ground
     7. prep. on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs)
           par un beau jour - on a nice day
           par un soir - in one evening
     8. prep. in
           marcher par deux - walk in twos
     9. prep. per, a, an
           trois fois par semaine - three times a week
     10. prep. out of (used to describe the reason for something)
           par pure colère - out of pure anger
           par tristesse - out of sadness
     11. prep. for
     12. n-m. (golf) par
les
     1. art. plural of le: the
     2. art. plural of la: the
     3. pron. plural of le: them
     4. pron. plural of la: them
voies
     1. n. plural of voie
     2. v. second-person singular present subjunctive of voir
     voir
          1. v. to see (visually)
                Je vois ma mère là-bas. - I see my mother over there.
                On ne voit pas souvent de la neige par ici. - One doesn't often see snow around here.
          2. v. to see (to understand)
                Tu vois que tu avais tort ? - Do you see that you were wrong?
          3. v. to see (to visit, to go and see)
          4. adv. (Louisiana French) please (used to mark the imperative)
                Viens voir ici. - Come here please.
     voie
          1. n-f. way, track
          2. n-f. lane (of a highway)
          3. n-f. (figuratively) calling, path in life
                trouver sa voie - to find one's calling
          4. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of voir
          5. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of voir
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
procédure
     1. n-f. procedure
normale
     1. adj. feminine singular of normal
     2. n-f. (geometry) Line perpendicular to a curve
     normal
          1. adj. normal (according to norms, usual)
          2. adj. (relational) normal (relating to a school to teach teachers how to teach)
          3. adj. okay, alright
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
affaire
     1. n-f. business; matter; affair
           affaire importante - important business
           C'est une affaire d'honneur. - It is a matter of honor.
           C'est l'affaire d'une minute. - It's a matter of a minute.
           C'est mon affaire, pas la vôtre. - It's my business, not yours.
     2. n-f. deal, transaction, bargain
           conclure une affaire - to close a deal
     3. n-f. business, enterprise
           monter une affaire - to set up a business
           Ils ont repris l'affaire familiale. - They took over the family business.
     4. n-f. affair, scandal
           l'affaire Dreyfus - the Dreyfus affair
           Affaire Fillon - Fillon affair
     5. n-f. (law) case, trial
           L'affaire O.J. Simpson fut une des plus médiatisées. - The O. J. Simpson case was one of the most publicized.
     6. n-f. (informal) things; stuff
     7. n-f. (informal, chiefly in the plural) belonging (something physical that is owned)
     8. n-f. (informal, Quebec) thingamajig
     9. n-f. (informal, Louisiana French) thing
devant
     1. prep. confronted with, faced with
     2. prep. in front of, before
     3. prep. outside
     4. n-m. front
     5. Participle. present participle of devoir
     devoir
          1. n-m. duty
                manquer à son devoir, manquer à tous ses devoirs - to fail in one's duty, duties
                Il est de mon devoir de protéger le roi. - It is my duty to protect the king.
          2. n-m. exercise, assignment (set for homework)
          3. v. must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
                Les auteurs d'un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l'éditeur et du public visé. - The authors of a dictionary have
          4. v.          (present) must
          5. v.          (conditional) should
          6. v. must, to do or have with certainty
          7. v. to owe (money, obligation and etc)
          8. v. (literary, intransitive, in imperfect subjunctive, with inversion of subject) (even) though it be necessary (+ infinitive)
          9. v. to have a duty to
la
     1. art. the (definite article)
     2. pron. her, it (direct object)
           Où est Judith ? Je ne la vois pas. - Where is Judith? I don't see her.
           Prends cette boîte et mets-la dans le coin. - Take that box and put it in the corner.
     3. n-m. (music) la, the note 'A'
juridiction
     1. n-f. jurisdiction
compétente
     1. adj. feminine singular of compétent
     compétent
          1. adj. competent (able)
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