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saluer
     1. v. to greet
     2. v. to wave to (as a greeting)
     3. v. to say goodbye to
     4. v. (military, nautical) to salute
     5. v. to salute, pay tribute to; to hail
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)
vaincu
     1. Participle. past participle of vaincre
     2. n-m. loser (defeated party)
     vaincre
          1. v. to defeat, vanquish
                s'avouer vaincu - to admit defeat; to give up
          2. v. to win
c'est
     1. contraction. it is (used to define the preceding word)
           Le temps, c'est de l'argent. - Time is money.
     2. contraction. it is (used to introduce a focus)
     3. contraction. this is
     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...
     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
déjà
     1. adv. already
           Je suis arrivé en retard à la gare et le train était déjà parti. - I got to the station late and the train had already left.
     2. adv. before
           As-tu déjà visité la Suisse? - Have you visited Switzerland before?
           Il y a fort longtemps déjà, par un bel après-midi... - A long long time ago on a beautiful afternoon...
     3. adv. again (following a question)
           Quel est son nom déjà? - What's his name again?
     4. adv. for a start
quelque
     1. det. some (singular)
chose
     1. n-f. thing
quelque chose
     1. pron. something (an indefinite or indeterminate object)
je
     1. pron. I
saluai
     1. v. first-person singular past historic of saluer
     saluer
          1. v. to greet
          2. v. to wave to (as a greeting)
          3. v. to say goodbye to
          4. v. (military, nautical) to salute
          5. v. to salute, pay tribute to; to hail
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...
comte
     1. n-m. count, earl
aboli
     1. Participle. past participle of abolir
     abolir
          1. v. to abolish
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