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un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
peu
     1. adv. little; not very much/many
           Il est peu intelligent. - He is little intelligent.
           Pour obtenir de bons prix certains négociateurs emploieraient parfois des méthodes peu conventionnelles - To get good prices, certain negotiators sometimes employ unconventional methods
     2. n-m. few
           peu de gens sont d'accord - few people agree
           Beaucoup sont appelés mais peu sont élus. - Many are called but few are elected.
           Le peu de services qu’il a rendus ont paru mériter une récompense. - The few services he gave seemed deserving of a reward.
           Le peu de qualités dont il a fait preuve l’a fait éconduire.
     3. n-m. little
           un peu - a little
           Je te donne le peu d'argent que j'ai - I'll give you the little money I have
           Je n'aime pas beaucoup ce café mais j'en ai bu un peu - I don't like this coffee very much but I drank some of it
           Les galaxies lenticulaires ont perdu ou transformé la majorité de leur matière interstellaire, si bien qu'on n'y observe que très peu de formation d'étoiles, alors même qu'elles peuvent conteni
un peu
     1. adv. a little, a bit
           Il est un peu bizarre. - He's a bit weird.
     2. adv. Used to soften an order.
           Viens un peu ici ! - Could you come here?!
           Regarde un peu dans la voiture s'il-te-plaît. - Take a bit of a look in the car, please.
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
loin
     1. adv. far, distant
           L'église est si loin de l'usine. - The church is so far from the factory.
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
tache
     1. n-f. blot, stain or smear
     2. n-f. spot; more or less stain-like mark of a different color
     3. n-f. (skin) blotch, mark
     4. n-f. moral depravation
     5. n-f. annoying or despicable person
     tacher
          1. v. to soil or stain
          2. v. to tarnish one's reputation
Blanche
     1. Proper noun. given name, female
     2. n-f. female equivalent of Blanc
     3. adj. feminine singular of blanc
           Cette page est blanche. (This page is blank/white.)
     4. n-f. (music) minim, half note
     blanc
          1. adj. white color
                Ce lait est blanc. - This milk is white.
          2. adj. blank, unused
          3. adj. (figurative, one's look) blank, without expression
          4. n-m. white (color)
          5. n-m. silence while in a dialog
          6. n-m. empty space, on a leaf of paper or in a form
                Inscrivez votre nom dans le blanc en bas de la page. - Write your name in the blank at the bottom of the page.
          7. n-m. (informal) white wine
                Le poisson se mange avec du blanc. - fish is eaten with white wine.
          8. n-m. white person, person with a white complexion
          9. n-m. albumen, egg white
          10. n-m. white meat
          11. n-m. correction fluid, whiteout, Tippex
se
     1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
     2. pron.          (to) himself
     3. pron.          (to) herself
     4. pron.          (to) oneself
     5. pron.          (to) itself
     6. pron.          (to) themselves
     7. pron.          (to) each other
     8. pron. (Louisiana) (The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.)
           Je suis partie à la chasse et faut vous autres se comportes bien. - I'm going hunting and y'all need to behave yourselves.
applique
     1. n. wall light
     2. v. first-person singular present of appliquer
     3. v. third-person singular present of appliquer
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of appliquer
     appliquer
          1. v. to apply, to put something on something else
          2. v. to apply, to employ, to make use of
          3. v. to apply to, to be applicable to
          4. v.          (mathematics) to map to
          5. v. to apply one's effort to something, to try hard, to dedicate oneself
brusquement
     1. adv. suddenly
     2. adv. sharply, jerkily
     3. adv. brusquely, abruptly, bluntly
sur
     1. prep. on, upon
     2. prep. on top of
     3. prep. from on top of
     4. prep. above
     5. prep. out of
           sept sur dix - seven out of ten
     6. prep. in the case of
     7. prep. about, concerning
     8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place)
           sur Paris - in Paris
     9. adj. sour
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
rocher
     1. n-m. rock (mass of projecting rock)
gris
     1. adj. grey, gray
     2. adj. (colloquial) drunk, tipsy
     3. n-m. gray
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