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sans
     1. prep. without
           Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you.
           Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone.
paffs
sans
     1. prep. without
           Je ne veux pas partir sans toi. - I cannot leave without you.
           Elle est partie sans parler à personne. - She left without talking to anyone.
lime
     1. n-f. file (tool)
     2. n-f. lime (fruit, tree)
     limer
          1. v. file (to smooth with a file)
          2. v. (vulgar, France) to fuck, shag, pound
plein
     1. adj. full, full up
           La voiture est pleine. - The car is full.
           C'est plein de légendes. - It's full of stories
     2. adj. plenty
           Il y a plein de choses à faire. - There are plenty of things to do.
     3. adj. solid
     4. adj. (astronomy, of a moon) full
     5. adj. (preceded by en) mid-; middle
           en plein match - (right) in the middle of a match
           en plein concert - mid-concert
           en plein essor - on the rise
           en pleine attaque - mid-attack
     6. adj. (biology, of an animal) pregnant
     7. adv. (of the four cardinal points) due
           Aller plein sud - To go due north
     8. adv. (colloquial) a lot, lots of, many
           J'en ai plein du monde ici - I have lots of people here
     9. n-m. full tank (of gas)
     10. n-m. downstroke (of a letter)
     11. prep. (somewhat colloquial) in; all over; filling
           Avoir du vin plein sa cave.
           J'ai de l’argent plein mes poches. - I have money filling up my pockets.
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
crotte
     1. n-f. turd, animal dropping
     2. n-f. (figuratively) a miserable or dangerous situation; shit
     crotter
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