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véhicule
     1. n-m. vehicle
     2. n-m. (Buddhism) vehicle; yana
     3. v. first-person singular present of véhiculer
     4. v. third-person singular present of véhiculer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of véhiculer
     véhiculer
          1. v. to transport in a vehicle, to carry
          2. v. (figurative) to promote, to convey (a message), to carry
consistant
     1. Participle. present participle of consister
     2. adj. solid, thick
     consister
          1. v. to consist (of/in)
          2. v. (~ à) to entail, to involve
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
           J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England.
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
           Il est allé en France. - He went to France.
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
           aller en bus - go by bus
           partir en voiture - leave by car
     4. prep. as
           Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend.
           habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
           fort en histoire - good at history
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
           une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair
           une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
           en 1993 - in 1993
           en janvier - in January
           en septembre 2001 - in September 2001
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
           C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion.
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
           une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
           en détresse - in distress
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
           en équipe - on a team
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
           Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)!
           Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them).
           Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them).
           Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them).
           Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there?
           Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it.
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
           Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there).
une
     1. num. feminine singular of un
     2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
     3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
caisse
     1. n-f. box, crate
     2. n-f. cash register
     3. n-f. checkout (in a supermarket)
     4. n-f. fund
     5. n-f. bank (establishment managing such funds)
     6. n-f. (colloquial) car
     7. n-f. (vulgar) fart
     8. n-f. body (of a car)
montée
     1. n-f. climb (act of climbing/going up)
     2. n-f. rise
           la montée du populisme - the rise of populism
     3. n-f. (a generic used in some road names): 10, montée de Liesse.
     4. Participle. feminine singular of monté
     monter
          1. v. to go up, to climb (go to a higher position)
          2. v. to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs
          3. v. to get on, get in (a vehicle)
          4. v. to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.))
          5. v. to stage, put on (a show)
          6. v. to ride (a horse)
          7. v. to mount (a horse)
          8. v. to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position)
                J'ai monté les valises. - I brought up the cases.
          9. v. to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.)
          10. v. to raise (increase the level, price etc.)
          11. v. to put up (a tent)
                Thomas décide de monter son camp pour la nuit. - Thomas decides to set up camp for the night.
          12. v. to assemble (put together)
                Une seule personne suffit pour monter le kit étagère atelier. - One person can assemble the shelving kit by themselves.
          13. v. to string (an instrument)
          14. v. (cinematography) to edit
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
des
     1. art. plural of un
     2. art. plural of une
     3. art. plural of du
     4. art. plural of de la
     5. art. plural of de l'
     6. contraction. contraction of de les (of the, from the, some)
     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
     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
     de l'
          1. art. some; the singular prevocalic partitive article
                Voudriez-vous de l’ail ? - Would you like some garlic?
roues
     1. n. plural of roue
     rouer
          1. v. to curl up, roll up
          2. v. to roll (of e.g. birds, to spin in the air)
          3. v. to beat upon the breaking wheel
          4. v. to run over (squash by driving over)
          5. v. to abuse, beat (subject to a beating)
     roue
          1. n-f. a wheel
                Une roue de vélo (bike wheel), une roue de secours (spare wheel)
                Roue de moulin: mill wheel.
                Roue dentée (or engrenage): toothed wheel, cogwheel
          2. n-f. the breaking wheel
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