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service
1. n-m. service
Cet employé a obtenu sa retraite après trente années de service. - This employee retired after thirty years of service.
être d'un bon service - to be of good service
2. n-m. (tennis) service
3. n-m. (Switzerland, in the plural) cutlery
4. n-m. set (collection of objects)
5. interj. (Switzerland) you're welcome
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
transport
1. n-m. transport
qui
1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom
Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen?
Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are.
2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that
La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well.
Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot.
J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet.
Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken.
Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school.
Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well.
3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if
Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do.
assure
1. v. first-person singular present of assurer
2. v. third-person singular present of assurer
3. v. second-person singular imperative of assurer
assurer
1. v. to assure, to ensure, to make sure
2. v. to do; to take care of; to carry out; to be in charge of
Des bénévoles assurent le nettoyage des lieux. - Volunteers take care of the cleaning of the premises.
3. v. to insure, to give insurance to
4. v. (climbing) to belay
régulièrement
1. adv. regularly (frequently)
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'
correspondance
1. n-f. correspondence
2. n-f. match
3. n-f. (transport) connection
entre
1. prep. between
2. prep. among
3. v. first-person singular present of entrer
4. v. third-person singular present of entrer
5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer
entrer
1. v. to enter
Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room.
deux
1. num. two
lignes
1. n. plural of ligne
ligner
1. v. to line, make a line (mark with a line)
2. v. to line (add lines to a surface)
3. v. (nautical, rare) to fold up (a sail)
4. v. (fishing) to fish with a line
ligne
1. n-f. line
2. n-f. route, course, service, line
3. n-f. cable
4. n-f. (computing) row (in a table)
5. n-f. (body shape) figure
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either...or
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
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'
liaison
1. n-f. link, bond
2. n-f. friendship
3. n-f. liaison (romantic encounter)
4. n-f. liaison (communication)
5. n-f. (linguistics) liaison (phonological phenomenon)
6. n-f. (chemistry) bond
entre
1. prep. between
2. prep. among
3. v. first-person singular present of entrer
4. v. third-person singular present of entrer
5. v. second-person singular imperative of entrer
entrer
1. v. to enter
Entrer dans la salle. - Enter the room.
deux
1. num. two
points
1. n. plural of point
point
1. n-m. point (small mark)
2. n-m. (sports) point
3. n-m. full stop, period (punctuation mark)
4. n-m. (knitting) stitch pattern
5. n-m. dot (Morse code symbol)
6. adv. (literary, dialectal, usually with "ne") not
Ne craignez point - Fear not
7. Participle. past participle of poindre
8. v. third-person singular present indicative of poindre
deux points
1. n. colon (punctuation mark)
plus
1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
Ton voisin est plus moche que mon frère. - Your neighbour is uglier than my brother.
Le tien est beaucoup plus grand que le mien. - Yours is much bigger than mine.
Elle est plus belle que sa cousine. - She is more beautiful than her cousin.
Elles sont toutes plus entêtées les unes que les autres. - They are each more stubborn than the last.
2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
Elle le fait plus rapidement que lui. - She does it more quickly than he does.
plus vite ! - faster!
3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
Je travaille plus en ce moment. - I am working more at the moment.
Je veux faire plus. - I want to do more.
4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
Elle a plus de chocolat. - She has more chocolate.
Plus de la moitié reste. - More than half is left.
5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
Une heure de plus et il serait mort. - One more hour and he would be dead.
Un kilo de plus, s'il vous plaît. - One more kilo, please.
6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
la plus grande - the biggest
le plus difficile - the most difficult
7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
Tu n'existes plus. - You no longer exist. / You don't exist any more.
Il n'y a plus de travail. - There is no more work.
8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
Plus je vois, plus je veux. - The more I see, the more I want.
9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
Plus j'écoute, moins je comprends. - The more I listen, the less I understand.
10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
11. v. singular past historic of plaire
12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
ou
1. conj. or
2. conj. either...or
Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid.
moins
1. adv. comparative of peu; less, fewer
Faites moins de bruit. - Make less noise.
J'ai dû attendre moins de dix minutes. - I had to wait less than ten minutes.
De moins en moins de personnes peuvent se permettre de passer des vacances à l'étranger. - Fewer and fewer people can afford to spend holidays abroad.
2. adv. (with numbers) minus; negative
moins cinq - minus five
3. adv. preceded by a definite article superlative of peu; the least
C'est lui qui gagne le moins (d'argent) dans sa famille. - He earns the least money in his family.
C'était la chose la moins surprenante. - It was the least surprising thing.
4. n-m. the minus sign
5. prep. minus
Cinq moins deux font trois - Five minus two makes three.
rapprochés
1. Participle. masculine plural of rapproché
rapprocher
1. v. to reapproach, to approach again
2. v. to come closer to (physically, as in distance)
3. v. to bring (something or someone) closer to (physically, as in distance)
4. v. to bring closer (to unite)
5. v. to get closer (to)
Je ne veux pas me rapprocher pour mieux entendre battre ton cœur

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