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vous
1. pron. the plural personal pronoun in the second person:
2. pron. (subject pronoun) you (all).
Vous allez - You (all) go.
3. pron. (direct object pronoun) you (all).
Je vous adore. - I love you (all).
4. pron. you, to you (indirect object pronoun):
Je vous donnerai mon adresse. - I will give you my address / I will give my address to you.
5. pron. (formal, polite) plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person:
Monsieur, je ne peux pas vous le dire - Sir, I cannot tell you.
trouverez
1. v. second-person plural future of trouver
trouver
1. v. to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one
Quand est-ce qu'elle a trouvé les clés ? - When did she find the keys?
2. v. to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so)
Je vous trouve si jolie. - I find you so pretty.
3. v. to find oneself (at a place or in a situation)
4. v. to be found, to be situated, to be
La boulangerie se trouve en face du cinéma. - The bakery is found opposite the cinema.
5. v. (impersonal, reflexive, se trouver) to be the case, to turn out (that)
Il se trouve que je passe près de chez vous. - I happen to be heading past your place.
sous
1. prep. below, under
2. n. plural of sou
3. n. (slang) money
sou
1. n-m. (historical, numismatics) sou (old French coin)
2. n-m. (by extension, chiefly in the colloquial) money; cash
Tu peux me prêter des sous ? - Can you lend me some cash?
3. n-m. (Quebec, Louisiana, colloquial) cent (one hundredth of a dollar)
Ça va être six piastres et vingt-cinq sous, s'il te plaît. - That'll be six dollars and twenty-five cents, please.
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'
même
1. adv. (used before the article) even
Même les rois doivent mourir. - Even kings must die
On ne peut même pas en faire une. - We cannot even make one
J'veux même pas savoir. - I don't even want to know.
2. adj. (used before the noun) same
Je l'ai acheté le même jour - I bought it the same day
3. adj. (used after the noun) very
Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir! - Ah, the very person I wanted to see!
armoire
1. n-f. wardrobe (British), closet (US), a cabinet, taller than it is wide, for storing things.
2. n-f. (colloquial) a very sturdy man
où
1. adv. where (interrogative)
Où est la gare? - Where is the station?
Où tu vas, là ? - Hey, where are you going?
Comment savez-vous où j'habite ? - How do you know where I live?
2. adv. where (relative pronoun)
3. adv. at that time; when
Je ne l'ai pas vu aussi heureux depuis le jour où il est devenu père. - I haven't seen him so happy since the day when he became a father.
4. adv. (poetic) whither, to where
Un ciel plus pur et des dieux meilleurs, je t'offre à Rome où je me rends. - A purer heaven and better gods I offer you in Rome, whither I go.
je
1. pron. I
avais
1. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
2. v. second-person singular imperfect indicative of avoir
mis
1. v. first-person singular past historic of mettre
2. v. second-person singular past historic of mettre
3. Participle. past participle of mettre
4. Participle. masculine plural of mi
mettre
1. v. to put; to place
2. v. to put on
3. v. to set (to lay a table)
4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something
votre
1. det. (possessive) your, belonging to you (plural or formal)
Monsieur, c'est votre portefeuille ? - Sir, is this your wallet?
S'il vous plaît, donnez-moi votre adresse. - Please give me your address.
papier
1. n-m. paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets)
2. n-m. paper (official documents)
3. n-m. article, piece (in a newspaper)
4. n-m. (plural) paperwork
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
Le
1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
2. art. the (definite article)
Le lait du matin. - The milk of the morning.
3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
L'amour est aveugle. - Love is blind.
4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
Il s’est cassé la jambe. - He has broken his leg.
5. art. (before units) a, an
Cinquante kilomètres à l’heure. - fifty kilometres an hour
6. pron. (direct object) him, it
Où est Malik ? Je ne le vois pas. - Where is Malik? I don't see him.
Mon sac ? Je vais le mettre dans la voiture. - My bag? I'm going to put it in the car.
7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
Je suis petit et lui, il l’est aussi. - ... and he is it too
de le
1. art. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of du, "of the", some
huile
1. n-f. oil (liquid fat)
2. n-f. big gun, big cheese
3. v. first-person singular present of huiler
4. v. third-person singular present of huiler
5. v. second-person singular imperative of huiler
huiler
1. v. to oil, oil up (cover or coat with oil)
et
1. conj. and
une
1. num. feminine singular of un
2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article)
3. n-f. front page (of a publication)
plume
1. n-f. feather
2. n-f. quill
3. n-f. nib, the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen
4. n-f. (dated) writer, penman
5. v. first-person singular present of plumer
6. v. third-person singular present of plumer
7. v. second-person singular imperative of plumer
plumer
1. v. to pluck the feathers off
Alouette, gentille alouette. Alouette, je te plumerai. Je te plumerai le bec, je te plumerai le bec. - Lark, pretty lark. Lark, I will pluck you. I will pluck your beak, I will pluck your beak.
2. v. (informal) to swindle or cheat out of
3. v. (informal) to desquamate; to have the skin peel off

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