| serrons |
| 1. v. first-person plural present indicative of serrer | |
| 2. v. first-person plural imperative of serrer | |
| serrer |
| 1. v. to tighten (a screw, a knot) | |
| Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis. - Gently! It's no use to tighten this screw too much. | |
| Ton nœud de cravate n'est pas assez serré. - Your tie's knot isn't tightened enough. | |
| 2. v. to shake (hands) | |
| J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main. - I refused to shake his/her hand. | |
| 3. v. to squeeze | |
| Il lui serra le bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours. - He squeezed her arm so hard that she had a mark on it for three days. | |
| 4. v. to squeeze | |
| Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place. - They squeezed together to make room for him. | |
| 5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shake (hands) | |
| Les jeunes hommes d'affaires se sont serré la main. - The young businessmen shook each other's hands. | |
| 6. v. (slang) to seduce; to flirt with | |
| 7. v. (slang) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone) | |
| nous |
| 1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person: | |
| 2. pron. (subject pronoun) we. | |
| 3. pron. (object pronoun) us, to us. | |
| 4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we) | |
| 5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy | |
| 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' | |
| main |
| 1. n-f. hand | |
| 2. n-f. (soccer) handball | |
| 3. n-f. (poker) hand | |
| et |
| 1. conj. and | |
| réconcilions |
| 1. v. first-person plural present indicative of réconcilier | |
| 2. v. first-person plural imperative of réconcilier | |
| réconcilier |
| 1. v. to reconcile | |
| 2. v. (accounting, transitive) to reconcile, to match up | |
| 3. v. to be reconciled, to make it up | |
| nous |
| 1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the first person: | |
| 2. pron. (subject pronoun) we. | |
| 3. pron. (object pronoun) us, to us. | |
| 4. pron. (royal, obsolete) we (as the royal we) | |
| 5. n-m. the nous, (divine) reason in philosophy | |
