| ton |
| 1. det. (possessive) your | |
| Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre ? - Did you remember to bring your book? | |
| Ton écriture est jolie. - Your writing is pretty. | |
| J'aime beaucoup ton manteau. - I really like your coat. | |
| 2. n-m. tone (sound of a particular frequency) | |
| 3. n-m. (music) tone (interval) | |
| Il y a un ton entre do et ré - Doh and ray are separated by one tone. | |
| 4. n-m. tone (manner of speaking) | |
| Je n'aime pas le ton sur lequel tu me parles! - I don’t like your tone! (I don’t like the way you are talking to me!) | |
| 5. n-m. tone, shade (of colour) | |
| Différents tons de rouge. - Several shades of red. | |
| pantalon |
| 1. n-m. trousers (UK), pants (US) | |
| Quel mec a volé mon pantalon? - Which guy stole my pants? | |
| 2. n-m. (dated) knickers | |
| 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 | |
| trop |
| 1. adv. too; too much | |
| La soupe est trop chaude. - The soup is too hot. | |
| J'ai trop mangé. - I have eaten too much. | |
| 2. adv. (colloquial intensifier) very, really, so | |
| Elle est trop belle ! - She is so beautiful! | |
| serré |
| 1. adj. tight | |
| 2. adj. (writing, etc) fine, cramped | |
| 3. adj. (coffee) strong | |
| 4. adj. (figuratively) strict, tight | |
| 5. Participle. past participle 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) | |
