| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| pièce |
| 1. n-f. room (in a house, etc) | |
| 2. n-f. piece | |
| 3. n-f. (money) coin | |
| 4. n-f. play (in a theatre) | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) ordinary | |
| 6. n-f. (legal) document, paper | |
| 7. n-f. patch | |
| 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 | |
| capturée |
| 1. Participle. feminine singular of capturé | |
| capturer |
| 1. v. to capture (catch, seize e.g. an enemy) | |
| quand |
| 1. conj. when | |
| Appelez-moi quand vous arriverez chez vous - Call me when you get home | |
| 2. adv. when | |
| Quand est-il mort ? - When did he die? | |
| Je ne sais pas quand est-ce qu'il est mort. - I don't know when it was that he died. | |
| Quand est-ce que vous voulez partir ? - When do you want to leave? | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| pièce |
| 1. n-f. room (in a house, etc) | |
| 2. n-f. piece | |
| 3. n-f. (money) coin | |
| 4. n-f. play (in a theatre) | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) ordinary | |
| 6. n-f. (legal) document, paper | |
| 7. n-f. patch | |
| arrive |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of arriver | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of arriver | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of arriver | |
| arriver |
| 1. v. to arrive (often followed by a location) | |
| On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures. - We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock. | |
| Ils sont arrivés avant moi. - They got there before me. | |
| Je n'arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film. - I won't arrive in time to see the start of the film.arriverai pas à temps pour voir le début du film., I won't arrive in time to see the | |
| 2. v. (impersonal) to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the | |
| Ça ne m'arrive jamais. - That never happens to me.arrive jamais., t=That never happens to me. | |
| Il arrive souvent qu'il soit en retard. - It often happens that he is late. | |
| 3. v. (informal) to cope, to manage | |
| J' sais pas quoi faire... J'arrive plus. - I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore.arrive plus., t=I don't know what to do... I can't do it anymore. | |
| 4. v. to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully) | |
| Je suis finalement arrivé à réparer cette porte. - I finally managed to repair that door. | |
| 5. v. to obtain a level of success or fame | |
| 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 | |
| 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! | |
| case |
| 1. n-f. box (on form) | |
| 2. n-f. square (on board game) | |
| caser |
| 1. v. to fit | |
| 2. v. (colloquial) to settle down | |
| que |
| 1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause) | |
| Je vois que tu parles bien français. - I see that you speak French well. | |
| 2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction. | |
| Si le temps est beau et que tout le monde est d'accord, nous mangerons en plein air. - If the weather is nice and if everyone likes the idea, we'll eat outside. | |
| 3. conj. when, no sooner | |
| Il était à peine parti qu’elle a téléphoné à la police. - No sooner had he left when she called the police. | |
| 4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.) | |
| 5. conj. introduces a comparison | |
| 6. conj. (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than | |
| Il est plus grand que son père. - He is taller than his father. | |
| 7. conj. (comparisons of equality) as | |
| Elle est aussi intelligente que toi. - She is as smart as you. | |
| 8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but | |
| Je ne mange que des fruits. - I eat nothing but fruit. | |
| 9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections) | |
| Que c'est beau! - How beautiful it is! | |
| Mais que t'es drôle, quoi. - Oh, how funny you are. | |
| 10. pron. (tlb, interrogative) | |
| 11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Que pensez-vous de cette peinture ? - What do you think of that painting? | |
| Qu'auriez-vous fait d'autre ? - What else would you have done? | |
| 12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.) | |
| Qu'est-il arrivé ? - What happened? | |
| Que me vaut cette visite ? - To what do I owe this visit? | |
| Que sommes-nous ? - What are we? | |
| 13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.) | |
| C'est un homme que je connais très bien. - He's a man whom I know very well. | |
| Je viens de lire la lettre que vous m'avez envoyée. - I've just read the letter that you sent me. | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| pièce |
| 1. n-f. room (in a house, etc) | |
| 2. n-f. piece | |
| 3. n-f. (money) coin | |
| 4. n-f. play (in a theatre) | |
| 5. n-f. (heraldry) ordinary | |
| 6. n-f. (legal) document, paper | |
| 7. n-f. patch | |
| adverse |
| 1. adj. adverse | |
