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tu
1. pron. you (singular); thou
2. Participle. past participle of taire
3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker)
C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible?
taire
1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence
Faites taire vos enfants ! - Shut your children up!
2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
Tais-toi! - Be quiet!/Shut up!
3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
Je l'ai entendu de quelqu'un dont je préfère taire le nom. - I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself.
as
1. n-m. ace (card of value 1)
2. n-m. ace (expert or pilot)
3. n-m. as (Roman coin)
4. v. second-person singular present indicative of avoir
Tu as un chien. - You have a dog.
avoir
1. n-m. asset, possession
2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
4. v. to have (a condition)
J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
J'ai froid. - I have cold.
J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
5. v. to have (a measure or age)
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
6. v. to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
pensé
1. Participle. past participle of penser
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of penser
3. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of penser
penser
1. v. to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something
Penser tout haut. - Think aloud, speak one's mind freely.
2. v. to estimate, imagine, believe
Vous n'en êtes pas où vous pensez. - You are not where you think you are.
Il y a, je pense, dix kilomètres de chez vous chez moi. - It is ten kilometres, I estimate, from your place to my place.
J'irai vous voir demain, je pense. - I will see you tomorrow, I suppose.
La chose n'est pas si facile qu'on le pense. - The thing is not as simple as one might believe.
Je ne pensais pas que vous vous méprendriez sur le sens de mes paroles. - I didn't imagine you would be mistaken on the sense of my words.
3. v. (originally with a que sentence) to be of the opinion that, believe
Je pensais qu'il était de vos amis. - I thought he was a friend.
Je veux être d'accord avec toi, mais je ne pense pas que nous ayons besoin de son aide. - I want to agree with you, but I don't think we need his help.
Je pense comme vous. - I agree with your view.
Il ne dit rien qu'il ne pense. - He doesn't say anything he doesn't believe.
Dites librement ce que vous pensez. - Cavalierly state your opinion.
J'espère qu'il ne pense pas ce qu'il dit. - I hope he doesn't believe what he is saying.
Faites-moi connaître votre façon de penser. - Tell me how you think about it.
Pensez-vous ? - Do you really believe that? (1935, punning at the dialogue partner's missing belief in his own statement)
4. v. to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts
5. v. to conceive a project
6. v. (with de + object) to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind
Penser d'aucun.
7. v. (with à + object) to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly
Pensez à moi. - Think of me.
Il ne pense qu'à celle qu'il aime. - He only thinks but of his beloved.
8. v. (with infinitive) to believe being or doing something
Il pense être plus habile que les autres. - He believes being smarter than others.
Il ne pensait pas être observé. - He didn't think he was being observed.
J'ai pensé mourir. - I thought I was going to die.
9. v. (with mal or bien + de + object) to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone
C'est un homme qui pense toujours mal des autres. - It's a man who always thinks badly of others.
Je ne pense de cette affaire ni bien ni mal. - I don't think neither well nor badly of this affair.
Que pensez-vous de cet homme ? - What do you think about this man?
10. v. (with de + infinitive) to try or prepare to do something
Penser de faire qqc.
11. v. to reflect on something
Soi penser qqc.
12. v. (with à + object) to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something
Le mal vient sans qu'on y pense. - Evil comes without one thinking of it.
Faire ou dire une chose sans penser à mal. - Do or say something without meaning to harm.
À quoi pensez-vous ? - What are you thinking?
13. v. (with infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
Je pensais aller vous voir. - I fancied paying you a visit.
Que pensez-vous faire ? - What do you intend to do?
14. v. to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623)
C'est un homme qui ne dit jamais ce qu'il pense. - That's a man who never says what he thinks.
Il pense beaucoup de choses qu'il ne dit pas. - He thinks a lot of things he doesn't say.
15. v. (with à + infinitive) to intend to do, aim at doing something
À quoi pensez-vous de vous conduire ainsi ? - What are you aiming at by behaving like this?
Je suis trop de vos amis pour avoir pensé à vous nuire. - I am too much your friend to think of harming you.
Je pensais à aller vous voir hier. - I considered to visit you yesterday.
16. v. (with mal, obsolete) to intend to do something bad
Penser mal.
17. v. (with à + object) to take care of
Il nous a reçus admirablement, il a pensé à tout. - He has welcomed us admirably, he has thought of everything.
18. v. (with bien, in politics, religion, moral) to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
Bien penser.
19. v. (with adverb or adverbial expression) to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property
Penser finement, noblement, singulièrement, hardiment. - To think finely, nobly, in a singular way, boldly.
Penser avec justesse. - To think with accuracy.
Penser juste. - To think in the right way.
aux
1. contraction. Contraction of à + les ('to the' or 'of the')
à
1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
2. prep. to (destination)
aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way
Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris.
3. prep. to (until)
Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm.
4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left!
Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet!
Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north.
L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left.
5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten
Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock.
6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
à la maison - at home
à l'hôtel - at the hotel
au comptoir du bar - at the bar
au bois - in the woods
J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here.
La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d
7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
au voleur ! - stop thief!
à l'assassin ! - murderer!
au meurtre ! - murder! murderer!
à moi ! - help!
à l'aide ! - help!
au secours ! - help!
au feu ! - fire!
aux armes ! - to arms!
à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em!
à l'abordage ! - on board!
au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work!
au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work!
8. prep. from (origin)
Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well.
Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library.
Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from.
9. prep. of (belonging to)
C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine.
Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car.
le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here
10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
à plus tard - see you later
à bientôt - see you soon
Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow.
11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
moulin à poivre - pepper mill
sac à dos - backpack
boite à musique - music box
13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
l'équipe à battre - the team to beat
Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here.
Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing.
Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish.
Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink.
14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal
une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman
un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard
une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt
une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls
15. prep. by
peu à peu - bit by bit
petit à petit - little by little
minute à minute - minute by minute
jour à jour - day by day
un à un - one by one
16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
six à sept personnes - six or seven people
de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years
tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years
17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
mettre le feu à - to set fire to
clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up
donner la chasse à - to give chase to
18. prep. with
les
1. art. plural of le: the
2. art. plural of la: the
3. pron. plural of le: them
4. pron. plural of la: them
serviettes
1. n. plural of serviette
serviette
1. n-f. towel (cloth used for wiping)
2. n-f. napkin
3. n-f. briefcase
4. n-f. menstrual pad
tu
1. pron. you (singular); thou
2. Participle. past participle of taire
3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker)
C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible?
taire
1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence
Faites taire vos enfants ! - Shut your children up!
2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
Tais-toi! - Be quiet!/Shut up!
3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
Je l'ai entendu de quelqu'un dont je préfère taire le nom. - I heard it from someone whose name I'd rather keep to myself.
as
1. n-m. ace (card of value 1)
2. n-m. ace (expert or pilot)
3. n-m. as (Roman coin)
4. v. second-person singular present indicative of avoir
Tu as un chien. - You have a dog.
avoir
1. n-m. asset, possession
2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
Qu'est-ce que vous m'avez fait ? - What have you done to me?
4. v. to have (a condition)
J'ai faim. - I have hunger.
J'ai soif. - I have thirst.
J'ai froid. - I have cold.
J'ai chaud. - I have hot.
J'ai la chiasse. - I have the shits.
J'ai le rhume. - I have a cold.
J'ai le SIDA. - I have AIDS.
J'ai de la fièvre. - I've got a fever.
5. v. to have (a measure or age)
Elle a 19 ans. - She has 19 years.
6. v. to have (to trick)
Tu t'es fait avoir. - You've been had.
7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
avoir des relations sexuelles - to have sexual relations
8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
J'ai à vous parler. - I have to talk to you.
été
1. n-m. summer
2. Participle. past participle of être
3. Participle. Louisiana French past participle of aller
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
prévoyant
1. Participle. present participle of prévoir
2. adj. farsighted
prévoir
1. v. to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.)
2. v. to forecast (weather)
3. v. to plan
4. v. to allow, make plans for, prepare, make provision for
5. v. (legal) to provide for, make provision for

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