entrainer

entraîner /ɑ̃tʀene/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to lead to;
      une panne a entraîné l'arrêt de la production a breakdown brought production to a standstill;
   2. [river, current] to carry [sb/sth] away [swimmer, boat];
      il a entraîné qn/qch dans sa chute he dragged sb/sth down with him;
   3. to take, to lead [person];
      ~ qn à faire [person] to make sb do;
      [circumstances] to lead sb to do;
   4. figurative to carry [sb] away [person, group];
   5. to train, to coach [athlete, team] (à for);
      to train [horse, soldier] (à for);
   6. [engine, piston] to drive [machine, wheel, turbine].

2. s'entraîner reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [player, soldiers] to train;
   2. to prepare oneself.

souligner

souligner /suliɲe/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to underline [word];
   to outline [eyes];

2. to emphasize.

but

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

but /by(t)/ masculine noun

1. goal;
   aim, purpose;
   aller droit au ~ to go straight to the point;

2. (in football) goal;

3. (in archery) target.

IDIOMS:

déclarer de ~ en blanc to declare point-blank.

but also

boire /bwaʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to drink;
   2. [paper] to soak up.

2. se boire reflexive verb (+ v être) ce vin se boit frais this wine should be drunk chilled.

IDIOMS:

~ comme un trou (familiar) to drink like a fish (colloquial);
il y a à ~ et à manger dans leur théorie there's both good and bad in their theory.

convoitise

convoitise /kɔ̃vwatiz/ feminine noun la ~ covetousness;
~ de lust for.

reprenant

reprendre /ʀ(ə)pʀɑ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. ~ du pain/vin to have some more bread/wine;
      j'en ai repris deux fois I had three helpings;
   2. to pick [sth] up again [object, tool];
      to take [sth] back [present];
      to collect [person, car];
   3. to take [sb] on again [employee];
      [shop] to take [sth] back [item];
      si on me reprend ma vieille voiture if I can trade in my old car;
   4. to resume [walk, story];
      to take up [sth] again [studies];
      to revive [play, tradition];
      ~ le travail to go back to work;
      tu reprends le train à quelle heure? what time is your train back?;
      ~ une histoire au début to go back to the beginning of a story;
   5. to take over [business, shop];
   6. on ne me reprendra plus à lui rendre service! you won't catch me doing him/her any favours (BrE) again!;
   7. ~ confiance to regain one's confidence;
   8. to alter [clothes];
      ~ le travail de qn to correct sb's work;
   9. to take up [idea, thesis, policy];
   10. to repeat [argument];
       to take up [slogan, news];
   11. to correct [pupil];
   12. mon mal de dents m'a repris my toothache has come back.

2. intransitive verb
   1. [business] to pick up again;
      [plant] to recover;
   2. to start again;
   3. ‘c'est étrange,’ reprit-il ‘it's strange,’ he continued.

3. se reprendre reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to correct oneself;
   2. to pull oneself together;
   3. s'y ~ à trois fois pour faire to make three attempts to do or at doing.

lutte

lutte /lyt/ feminine noun

1. conflict;
   struggle;
   fight;
   ~ d'influence power struggle;
   la ~ contre le cancer the fight against cancer;

2. Sport wrestling.

COMPOUNDS:

~ armée armed conflict;
~ de classes class war;
~ d'intérêts clash of interests.

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

lutter /lyte/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb to struggle;
to fight;
~ contre qn to fight against sb;
~ contre to fight [crime, unemployment, illness];
to fight against [violence];
to contend with [noise, bad weather];
Louis luttait contre le sommeil Louis was struggling to stay awake.

apporter

apporter /apɔʀte/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to bring [improvement, news];
   to bring in [revenue];
   to bring about [change];
   ~ qch à qn to bring sb sth, to take sb sth;

2. to give [support, explanation].

designe

désigner /deziɲe/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. [word] to designate;
   [triangle] to represent;

2. to point out;

3. to choose;
   être tout désigné pour to be just right for.

mener

mener /məne/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. ~ qn quelque part to take sb somewhere;
      to drive sb somewhere;
   2. to lead [people, country];
      to run [company];
      il ne se laisse pas ~ par sa grande sœur he won't be bossed about by his sister (colloquial);
   3. ~ au village [road] to go or lead to the village;
   4. ~ à to lead to;
      cette histoire peut te ~ loin it could be a very nasty business;
      ~ à bien to complete [sth] successfully;
      to bring [sth] to a successful conclusion;
      to handle [sth] successfully;
   5. to carry out [study, reform];
      to run [campaign];
      ~ une enquête to hold an investigation;
      ~ sa vie comme on l'entend to live as one pleases.

2. intransitive verb Sport to be in the lead.

IDIOMS:

~ la danse or le jeu to call the tune.

quete

quête /kɛt/ feminine noun

1. collection;
   faire la ~ to take the collection;
   to pass the hat round;
   to collect for charity;

2. search;
   la ~ du Graal the quest for the Holy Grail.

quêter /kete/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb to take the collection;
~ pour une œuvre to collect for a charity.

degagee

dégager /degaʒe/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to free;
      ~ qn d'une responsabilité to relieve sb of a responsibility;
      ~ des crédits to make funds available;
   2. to unblock [nose];
   3. to clear [way];
      ‘dégagez, s'il vous plaît’ ‘move along please’;
      dégage! (familiar) get lost! (colloquial);
   4. to find [idea, sense];
   5. to emit [odour, gas];
      ~ de la chaleur to give off heat.

2. se dégager reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to free oneself/itself;
   2. [weather, sky] to clear;
   3. se ~ de to come out of;
   4. to become clear.

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

dégagé, ~e /degaʒe/ adjective

1. [road, sky] clear;
   [forehead] bare;

2. [look] casual.

epreuve

épreuve /epʀœv/ feminine noun

1. ordeal;

2. test;
   mettre à rude ~ to put [sb] to a severe test [person];
   to be very hard on [car, shoes];
   to tax [patience, nerves];
   à toute ~ unfailing;
   l'~ du feu ordeal by fire;
   à l'~ du feu/des balles fire-/bullet-proof;

3. (part of an) examination;
   ~ écrite written examination;

4. Sport ~ d'athlétisme athletics event;

5. (photograph, print) proof.

allumer (note also colloq. of mad or tipsy)

allumer /alyme/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to light [candle, gas];
      to start [fire];
   2. to switch [sth] on, to turn [sth] on;
      laisser ses phares allumés to leave one's headlights on.

2. s'allumer reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [heating, radio, lighting] to come on;
   2. son regard s'alluma his face lit up.

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

allumé, ~e /alyme/ adjective (familiar)

1. mad (colloquial);

2. tipsy (colloquial).

soudain

soudain, ~e /sudɛ̃/ , /ɛn/

1. adjective sudden.

2. adverb suddenly, all of a sudden.

parfois

parfois /paʀfwa/ adverb sometimes.

devoiler

dévoiler /devwale/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to unveil;

2. to reveal;
   to uncover.

atteindre

atteindre /atɛ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to reach [place, age, level, target];
      to achieve [aim];
   2. [projectile, marksman] to hit [target];
   3. [illness] to affect.

2. atteindre à verb+preposition to reach;
   to achieve.

cependant

cependant /səpɑ̃dɑ̃/

1. conjunction yet, however.

2. cependant que phrase whereas, while.

abime

abîme /abim/ masculine noun

1. abyss;

2. figurative gulf.

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

abîmer /abime/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb to damage.

2. s'abîmer reflexive verb (+ v être) [object] to get damaged;
   [fruit] to spoil.

rejallir

rejaillir /ʀ(ə)ʒajiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb

1. [liquid] to splash back;
   to spurt back;

2. ~ sur qn [success] to reflect on sb;
   [scandal] to affect sb adversely.

vecu (from vivre)

vivre /vivʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to live through [era];
      to go through [difficult times];
      to experience [love];
   2. to cope with [divorce, failure, change].

2. intransitive verb
   1. to live;
      ~ vieux to live to a great age;
      vive la révolution! long live the revolution!;
      ~ à la campagne to live in the country;
      être facile à ~ to be easy to live with;
      to be easy to get on with;
      ~ avec son temps to move with the times;
      se laisser ~ to take things easy;
      apprendre à ~ à qn (familiar) to teach sb some manners (familiar) ;
      ~ aux dépens de qn to live off sb;
   2. [fashion] to last;
      avoir vécu [person] to have seen a great deal of life;
      humorous [object] to have had its day;
   3. [town] to be full of life.

IDIOMS:

qui vivra verra what will be will be.

sauf

sauf1 /sof/

1. preposition
   1. except, but;
   2. ~ contrordre failing an order to the contrary;
      ~ avis contraire unless otherwise stated;
      ~ erreur de ma part if I'm not mistaken.

2. sauf si phrase unless.

3. sauf que phrase except that.

sauf2, sauve /sof/ , /sov/ adjective

1. safe;
   laisser la vie sauve à qn to spare sb's life;

2. [honour, reputation] intact.

hors

hors /'ɔʀ/

NOTE:
You will find translations for expressions such as hors série, hors d'usage etc, at the entries série, usage etc.

1. preposition outside;
   longueur ~ tout overall length.

2. hors de phrase out of, outside;
   ~ d'ici! get out of here!

IDIOMS:

être ~ de soi to be beside oneself.

perte

perte /pɛʀt/ feminine noun

1. loss;
   à ~ de vue as far as the eye can see;

2. waste;

3. ruin;
   courir or aller à sa ~ to be heading for a fall.

enraciner

enraciner: s'enraciner /ɑ̃ʀasine/ (conjugate⇒) reflexive verb (+ v être)

1. to take root;

2. figurative [person] to put down roots;
   [custom, idea] to take root.

Puisque

puisque (puisqu' before vowel or mute h) /pɥisk(ə)/ conjunction since;
~ c'est comme ça, je m'en vais if that's how it is, I'm off.

devenir

devenir1 /dəvniʀ/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb (+ v être) to become;
et Paul, qu'est-ce qu'il devient? and what is Paul up to these days?

devenir2 /dəvniʀ/ masculine noun future.

amener

amener /amne/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. ~ qn quelque part to take sb somewhere;

2. (accompany) ~ qn (quelque part) to bring sb (somewhere);

3. controversial ~ qch (à qn) to bring (sb) sth;

4. to cause [problems, illness];
   to bring [rain, fame];

5. to bring up [issue, subject];
   être bien amené [conclusion] to be well-presented;

6. ~ qn à qch/faire to lead sb to sth/to do.

reduire

réduire /ʀedɥiʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to reduce;
      to cut [tax];
      to cut down on [staff, spending];
   2. to reduce [photograph];
      to scale down [drawing];
      to cut [text];
   3. ~ qch en poudre to crush sth to powder;
      être réduit en cendres [city] to be reduced to ashes;
      [dreams] to turn to ashes;
   4. ~ à to reduce to;
      voilà à quoi j'en suis réduit! this is what I've been reduced to!;
   5. to reduce [sauce].

2. intransitive verb [sauce] to reduce;
   [spinach] to shrink.

3. se réduire reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [costs] to be reduced;
      [imports] to be cut;
   2. cela se réduit à bien peu de chose it doesn't amount to very much.

aborder

aborder /abɔʀde/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to tackle [problem];
   2. to approach [person];
   3. to reach [place, shore].

2. intransitive verb [traveller, ship] to land.

plutot

plutôt /plyto/ adverb rather;
instead;
passe ~ le matin call round GB or come by US in the morning preferably;
~ mourir! I'd rather die!;
demande ~ à Corinne ask Corinne instead;
dis ~ que tu n'as pas envie de le faire why don't you just say that you don't want to do it?;
la nouvelle a été ~ bien accueillie the news went down rather well.

ways of saying "oui"

oui /wi/

1. adverb yes;
   alors c'est ~? so the answer is yes?;
   découvrir si ~ ou non to discover whether or not;
   dire ~ à qch to welcome sth;
   to agree to sth;
   faire ~ de la tête to nod;
   lui, prudent? un lâche, ~! him, cautious? a coward, more like! (colloquial);
   je crois que ~ I think so.

2. noun, masculine invariable
   1. yes;
   2. ‘yes’ vote;
      le ~ l'a emporté the ayes have it.

IDIOMS:

pour un ~ (ou) pour un non [get angry] for the slightest thing;
[change one's mind] at the drop of a hat.

neanmoins

néanmoins /neɑ̃mwɛ̃/ adverb nevertheless.

toutefois

toutefois /tutfwɑ/ adverb however.

au lieu de

lieu /ljø/

1. masculine noun
   1. (pl ~x) place;
      ~ de passage thoroughfare;
      en tous ~x everywhere;
      en ~ et place de qn [sign, act] on behalf of sb;
      en dernier ~ lastly;
      avoir ~ to take place;
      tenir ~ de to serve as [bedroom, study];
      il y a ~ de s'inquiéter there is cause for anxiety;
      s'il y a ~ if necessary;
      donner ~ à to cause [scandal];
   2. (pl ~s) coley.

2. au lieu de phrase instead of.

3. lieux noun, masculine plural
   1. sur les ~x at or on the scene;
      on the spot;
      repérer les ~x to have a scout around;
   2. premises;
      visiter les ~x to visit the premises.

COMPOUNDS:

~ commun platitude;
~ public public place.

pourtant

pourtant /puʀtɑ̃/ adverb though;
et ~ and yet;
techniquement ~, le film est parfait technically, however, the film is perfect.

tantôt

tantôt /tɑ̃to/ adverb sometimes.

armes

arme /aʀm/

1. feminine noun
   1. weapon;
      charger une ~ to load a gun;
      rendre les ~s to surrender;
      en ~s armed;
      à ~s égales on equal terms;
      faire ses premières ~s dans l'enseignement to start out as a teacher;
   2. branch of the armed services.

2. armes noun, feminine plural coat of arms.

COMPOUNDS:

~ blanche weapon with a blade;
~ de destruction massive weapon of mass destruction;
~ à feu firearm.

fournir

fournir /fuʀniʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb to supply [document, equipment];
   to provide [energy];
   to contribute [effort];
   to produce [proof].

2. se fournir reflexive verb (+ v être) se ~ chez or auprès de to get [sth] from.

eprouver

éprouver /epʀuve/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to feel [regret, love];
   to have [sensation, difficulty];
   ~ de la jalousie to be jealous;

2. to test;

3. [death, event] to distress [person];
   [storm] to hit [region].

hardi and harde

hardi, ~e /'aʀdi/ adjective bold, daring.

tacher AND tâcher

tacher /taʃe/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. [substance] to stain;
      [person] to get a stain on [garment];
   2. to tarnish, to stain [reputation].

2. intransitive verb to stain;
   ça ne tache pas it doesn't stain.

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

tâcher /tɑʃe/ (conjugate⇒) verb+preposition ~ de faire to try to do.

Or

or1 /ɔʀ/ conjunction and yet;
~, ce jour-là, il… now, on that particular day, he…

or2 /ɔʀ/

1. adjective, invariable gold;
   [hair] golden.

2. masculine noun
   1. gold;
      en ~ gold;
      [husband] marvellous (BrE);
      [opportunity] golden;
   2. gilding.

pendant

pendant /pɑ̃dɑ̃/

1. preposition for;
   je t'ai attendu ~ des heures I waited for you for hours;
   ~ combien de temps avez-vous vécu à Versailles? how long did you live in Versailles?;
   il a été malade ~ tout le trajet he was sick throughout the journey;
   ~ ce temps(-là) meanwhile.

2. pendant que phrase while.

apaiser

apaiser /apeze/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to pacify, to appease;
   2. to ease [conflict];
   3. to calm [rage].

2. s'apaiser reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to die down;
   2. to calm down.

sinon

sinon /sinɔ̃/

1. conjunction
   1. otherwise, or else;
   2. except, apart from;
   3. not to say;
      c'est devenu difficile ~ impossible it has become difficult if not impossible.

2. sinon que phrase except that, other than that.

bruit

bruit /bʀɥi/ masculine noun

1. noise;
   ~ étouffé thud;
   un ~ de ferraille a clang;

2. noise, din;
   ~ infernal or d'enfer awful racket;
   sans ~ silently;

3. le film a fait beaucoup de ~ the film attracted a lot of attention;

4. ~ (de couloir) rumour (BrE).

resserrer

resserrer /ʀ(ə)seʀe/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to tighten [knot, screw, grip];
   2. resserrez les rangs! close up a bit!;
   3. to tighten up on [discipline, supervision].

2. se resserrer reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. [road] to narrow;
   2. [friendship] to become stronger;
   3. [link, knot, grip] to tighten;
   4. [gap] to close;
   5. [group of people] to draw closer together;
   6. [discipline] to become stricter.

coutume

coutume /kutym/ feminine noun custom;
avoir ~ de faire to be in the habit of doing.

IDIOMS:

une fois n'est pas ~ it does no harm just this once.

enfuir

enfuir:

en español | in context | images conjugator

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
enfuir: s'enfuir /ɑ̃fɥiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) reflexive verb (+ v être)

1. to run away;
   [bird] to fly away;

2. to escape.

reflechir

réfléchir /ʀefleʃiʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb to reflect [heat].

2. réfléchir à verb+preposition to think about.

3. intransitive verb to think;
   mais réfléchis donc un peu! use your brain!

4. se réfléchir reflexive verb (+ v être) to be reflect

fuite

fuite /fɥit/ feminine noun

1. gen flight;
   (of prisoner) escape;
   prendre la ~ to flee;
   to escape;

2. (of information) leak;

3. (of liquid, gas) leak.

epouvante

épouvante /epuvɑ̃t/ feminine noun

1. terror;

2. horror.

hardiesse

hardiesse /'aʀdjɛs/ feminine noun

1. boldness;

2. brazenness.

ensuite

ensuite /ɑ̃sɥit/ adverb

1. then;
   after;
   next;
   très bien, mais ~? fine, but then what?;
   il ne me l'a dit qu'~ he only told me later;

2. secondly.

nuisible

nuisible /nɥizibl/ adjective [substance, waste] dangerous;
[influence] harmful;
insecte ~ (insect) pest;
~ à detrimental to.

auparavant

auparavant /opaʀavɑ̃/ adverb before;
beforehand;
previously;
formerly.

outre

outre /utʀ/

1. preposition in addition to.

2. adverb passer ~ to pay no heed.

3. outre mesure phrase unduly.

4. en outre phrase in addition.

effroyable

effroyable /efʀwɑjabl/ adjective dreadful.

aise

aise /ɛz/

1. aises noun, feminine plural aimer ses ~s to like one's creature comforts;
   il prenait ses ~s sur le canapé he was stretched out on the sofa.

2. à l'aise phrase être à l'~ or à son ~ (physically) to be comfortable;
   (financially) to be comfortably off;
   (psychologically) to be at ease;
   mal à l'~ ill at ease;
   à votre ~! as you wish or like!

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

aisé, ~e /eze/ adjective

1. easy;

2. wealthy.

cerveau

cerveau, pl ~x /sɛʀvo/ masculine noun

1. brain;

2. mind;

3. (person) brain (colloquial);
   exode or fuite des ~x brain drain;
   c'est un ~ he/she has an outstanding mind;

4. brains;
   nerve centre (BrE).

IDIOMS:

avoir le ~ dérangé to be deranged.

moitie

moitié /mwatje/ feminine noun half;
à ~ vide half empty.

paraitre

paraître /paʀɛtʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. intransitive verb
   1. to come out, to be published;
      ‘à ~’ ‘forthcoming titles’;
   2. to appear, to seem, to look;
   3. to appear;
      to show;
      elle ne laisse rien ~ de ses sentiments she doesn't let her feelings show at all;
      ~ en public to appear in public;
      ~ à son avantage to look one's best.

2. verb, impersonal il paraît qu'il a menti apparently he lied;
   oui, il paraît so I hear.

dont

dont /dɔ̃/ rel pron

1. whose, of which;
   la jeune fille ~ on nous disait qu'elle avait 20 ans the girl who they said was 20; Sylvaine est quelqu'un ~ on se souvient Sylvaine is somebody (that) you remember;
   la maladie ~ il souffre the illness which he's suffering from;
   la façon ~ il a été traité the way in which he has been treated;

2. il y a eu plusieurs victimes ~ mon père there were several victims, one of whom was my father;
   des boîtes ~ la plupart sont vides boxes, most of which are empty.

Oter (ote)

ôter /ote/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to take off [clothes, glasses];
      to remove [bones, stain];
   2. ~ qch à qn to take sth away from sb;
   3. (in mathematics) 4 ôté de 9, il reste 5 9 minus or take away 4 leaves 5.

2. s'ôter reflexive verb (+ v être) s'~ qch de l'esprit to get sth out of one's mind or head.

Ote - subtracted

tellement

tellement /tɛlmɑ̃/

1. adverb (modifying an adjective or adverb) so;
   (modifying a verb or comparative) so much;
   pas ~ not much;
   il n'aime pas ~ lire he doesn't like reading much;
   j'ai de la peine à suivre ~ c'est compliqué it's so complicated that I find it hard to follow.

2. tellement de quantif (familiar) il y a ~ de choses à voir there's so much to see;
   il a eu ~ de chance he was so lucky;
   il y en a ~ qui aimeraient le faire so many people would like to do it.

Entendre

entendre /ɑ̃tɑ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to hear [noise, word];
      faire ~ un cri to give a cry;
      je n'en ai jamais entendu parler I've never heard of it;
      on n'entend plus parler de lui his name is not mentioned any more;
   2. [judge] to hear [witness];
      à t'~, tout va bien according to you, everything is fine;
      elle ne veut rien ~ she won't listen;
   3. to understand;
      il agit comme il l'entend he does as he likes;
      elle a laissé ~ que she intimated that;
      ils ne l'entendent pas de cette oreille they don't see it that way;
   4. to mean;
      qu'entends-tu par là? what do you mean by that?;
   5. ~ faire to intend doing;
      j'entends qu'on fasse ce que je dis I expect people to do what I say.

2. s'entendre reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. to get on or along;
   2. to agree (sur on);
   3. [noise] to be heard;
   4. to hear oneself;
      [two or more people] to hear each other;
   5. phrase qui peut s'~ de plusieurs façons sentence which can be understood in several ways.

Entretenir

entretenir /ɑ̃tʀətniʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to look after [garment, house];
      to maintain [road];
      ~ sa forme to keep in shape;
   2. to support [family];
      to keep [mistress];
   3. to keep [sth] going [conversation, fire];
      to keep [sth] alive [friendship];
   4. ~ qn de qch to speak to sb about sth.

2. s'entretenir reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. s'~ de qch to discuss sth;
   2. s'~ facilement [house, fabric] to be easy to look after.
   ---

PRESENT:
entretiens
entretiens
entretient
entretenons
entretenez
entretiennent

IMPERFECT:
entretenais
entretenais
entretenait
entretenions
entreteniez
entretenaient

PASSE SIMPLE
entretins
entretins
entretint
entretînmes
entretîntes
entretinrent


FUTURE SIMPLE
entretiendrai
entretiendras
entretiendra
entretiendrons
entretiendrez
entretiendront

PASSE COMPoSE

ai entretenu
as entretenu
a entretenu
avons entretenu
avez entretenu
ont entretenu

SUBJUNCTIVE
see:http://www.wordreference.com/conj/FRverbs.asp?v=entretenir

hors

hors /'ɔʀ/

NOTE:
You will find translations for expressions such as hors série, hors d'usage etc, at the entries série, usage etc.

1. preposition outside;
   longueur ~ tout overall length.

2. hors de phrase out of, outside;
   ~ d'ici! get out of here!

IDIOMS:

être ~ de soi to be beside oneself.

jusqu'au bout

up until the end (google translate)

Jusque

jusque (jusqu' before vowel) /ʒysk/

1. preposition
   1. aller jusqu'à Paris to go as far as Paris;
      to go all the way to Paris;
      courir jusqu'au bout du jardin to run right down to the bottom of the garden GB or the end of the yard US;
      suivre qn ~ dans sa chambre to follow sb right into his/her room;
      la nouvelle est arrivée jusqu'à nous the news has reached us;
      jusqu'où comptez-vous aller? how far do you intend to go?;
   2. jusqu'à, jusqu'en until, till;
      jusqu'à présent, jusqu'ici (up) until now;
   3. monter jusqu'à 20° to go up to 20°;
   4. to the point of;
      aller jusqu'à faire to go so far as to do;
   5. even;
      des détritus ~ sous la table rubbish everywhere, even under the table.

2. jusqu'à ce que phrase until.

Remuer

remuer /ʀ(ə)mɥe/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to move [hand, head];
      to wiggle [toe, hips];
      to wag [tail];
   2. to shake [object];
   3. to move [object];
   4. to stir [soup];
      to toss [salad];
   5. to turn over [earth];
      to poke [ashes];
   6. figurative to rake up [past];
      to stir up [memories];
   7. to upset [person].

2. intransitive verb [person] to move;
   [leaves] to flutter;
   [boat] to bob up and down.

se remuer reflexive verb (+ v être) (familiar)

1. to get a move on (colloquial);

2. se ~ pour obtenir to make an effort to get

Jambe

jambe /ʒɑ̃b/ feminine noun leg;
avoir de bonnes ~s to have strong legs;
courir à toutes ~s to run as fast as one's legs can carry one;
j'ai les ~s comme du coton (familiar) I feel weak at the knees;
traîner la ~ (familiar) to trudge along.

IDIOMS:

cela me fait une belle ~ (familiar) a fat lot of good that does me (colloquial);
il ne tient plus sur ses ~s he can hardly stand up;
prendre ses ~s à son cou to take to one's heels;
tenir la ~ à qn to keep talking to sb;
par-dessus or par-dessous la ~ in a slipshod manner.

Promener

"as when we have the will de nous promener" -
promener /pʀɔmne/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to take [sb] out [person];
      to take [sth] out for a walk [animal];
      ça te promènera (familiar) it'll get you out;
   2. to carry [object];
   3. to show [sb] around.

2. se promener reflexive verb (+ v être) to go for a walk/drive/ride.

Lorsque

lorsque (lorsqu' before vowel or mute h) /lɔʀsk(ə)/ conjunction

when.

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/lorsque

derechef

derechef

vieux, littéraire

adv

once more

Telle (telles)

1. such;
   une telle conduite such behaviour (BrE);

2. like;
   ~ père, ~ fils like father like son;

3. telle est la vérité that is the truth;
   comme ~, en tant que ~ as such;
   ses affaires étaient restées telles quelles his/her things were left as they were;

4. avec un ~ enthousiasme with such enthusiasm;
   de telle sorte or façon or manière que in such a way that;
   so that;

5. admettons qu'il arrive ~ jour, à telle heure suppose that he arrives on such and such a day, at such and such a time.

Dehors

dehors /dəɔʀ/

1. adverb outside;
   mettre qn ~ to throw sb out;
   to fire sb;
   to expel sb.

2. exclamation get out!

3. en dehors de phrase
   1. outside;
   2. apart from.

Tant

Think "tantum"

tant:

en español | in context | images verb conjugator

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

tant /tɑ̃/

1. adverb
   1. (so) much;
      il a ~ insisté que he was so insistent that;
      vous m'en direz ~! (familiar) you don't say!;
      le moment ~ attendu the long-awaited moment;
   2. n'aimer rien ~ que… to like nothing so much as…;
      ~ bien que mal [repair, lead] after a fashion;
      [manage] more or less;
      essayer ~ bien que mal de s'adapter to be struggling to adapt;
   3. ~ que as long as;
      je ne partirai pas ~ qu'il ne m'aura pas accordé un rendez-vous I won't leave until he's given me an appointment;
      traite-moi de menteur ~ que tu y es! (familiar) go ahead and call me a liar!;
   4. (replacing number) gagner ~ par mois to earn so much a month.

2. tant de quantif Loulou, Pivachon et ~ d'autres Loulou, Pivachon and so many others;
   ~ de travail so much work.

3. (in phrases) ~ pis too bad;
   ~ mieux so much the better;
   ~ mieux pour toi good for you;
   ~ et plus a great deal;
   a great many;
   ~ et si bien que so much so that;
   s'il avait un ~ soit peu de bon sens if he had the slightest bit of common sense;
   ~ qu'à faire, autant repeindre toute la pièce we may as well repaint the whole room while we're at it;
   en ~ que as;
   en ~ que tel as such;
   si ~ est qu'il puisse y aller that is if he can go at all;
   je ne l'aime pas ~ que ça I don't like him/her all that much.

Autant - (en autant)

en autant - google - provided

autant /otɑ̃/

1. adverb il n'a jamais ~ neigé it has never snowed so much;
   je t'aime toujours ~ I still love you as much;
   essaie d'en faire ~ try and do the same;
   je les hais tous ~ qu'ils sont I hate every single one of them;
   j'aime ~ partir tout de suite I'd rather leave straight away;
   ~ dire que la réunion est annulée in other words the meeting is cancelled (BrE);
   ~ parler à un mur you might as well be talking to the wall;
   ~ que je sache as far as I know;
   ~ que tu peux as much as you can.

2. autant de quantif
   1. ~ de cadeaux so many presents;
      il y a ~ de femmes que d'hommes there are as many women as (there are) men;
   2. ~ de gentillesse such kindness;
      je n'ai pas eu ~ de chance que lui I haven't had as much luck as he has.

3. d'autant phrase cela va permettre de réduire d'~ les coûts de production this will allow an equivalent reduction in production costs;
   d'~ plus! all the more reason!;
   d'~ moins even less, all the less;
   d'~ que all the more so as.

4. pour autant phrase for all that;
   sans pour ~ tout modifier without necessarily changing everything;
   pour ~ que je sache as far as I know.

Ainsi

Think of "ainsi" - thus - as "and so" and not "also"

Ainsi /ɛ̃si/

1. adverb
   1. thus;
      le mélange ~ obtenu the mixture obtained in this way;
      Charlotte, c'est ~ qu'on m'appelait Charlotte, that's what they used to call me;
      s'il en est ~ if that's the way it is;
      le jury se compose ~ the panel is made up as follows;
      ~ soit-il amen;
   2. thus, so

2. ainsi que (closer to 'also') - thus as is like also - but still notphrase
   1. as well as;
   2. as;
      ~ que nous en avions convenu as we had agreed.

A cause de (and 'cause)

cause /koz/ feminine noun

1. cause;
   pour la ~ de la liberté in the cause of freedom;

2. reason;
   pour ~ de maladie because of illness;
   avoir pour ~ qch to be caused by sth;
   à ~ de because of;

3. case;
   être en ~ [system, fact] to be at issue;
   [person] to be involved;
   mettre hors de ~ gen to clear;
   remettre en ~ to call [sth] into question [policy, right];
   to cast doubt on [project, efficiency];
   to undermine [efforts];
   remise en ~ (of system) reappraisal;
   avoir gain de ~ to win one's case.

Afin

afin /afɛ̃/

1. afin de phrase ~ de faire in order to do.

2. afin que phrase so that.

Rapporter

Not only to report, but also to bring or yield - hence "rapportez au seigneur un chant nouveau" as well as "report"
cket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

rapporter /ʀapɔʀte/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to bring back;
      to take back;
   2. to bring in [income];
      ~ 10% to yield or return 10%;
   3. to report;
      on m'a rapporté que I was told that.

2. intransitive verb
   1. to bring in money;
   2. (familiar) to tell tales.

3. se rapporter reflexive verb (+ v être) se ~ à to relate to, to bear a relation to.

Auxquels (same as lequel)

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

lequel /ləkɛl/ , laquelle /lakɛl/ , lesquels mpl, lesquelles fpl /lekɛl/ , (with à) auquel, auxquels mpl, auxquelles fpl /okɛl/ , (with de) duquel /dykɛl/ , desquels mpl, desquelles fpl /dekɛl/

1. lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles adjective who;
   which;
   il m'a présenté son cousin, ~ cousin vit en Grèce he introduced me to his cousin, who lives in Greece;
   auquel cas in which case.

2. rel pron who;
   which;
   les gens contre lesquels ils luttaient the people (who) they were fighting against.

3. pronoun which;
   lesquels sont les plus compétents? which are the most competent?

Arriver

Context: heard, saw, learned... has to do with for example Descartes "tout ce qui se fait ou qui arrive de nouveau" - in this case, happens

arriver /aʀive/ (conjugate⇒) (+ v être)

1. intransitive verb
   1. gen to arrive;
      Sport to finish;
      ~ à/de Paris to arrive in/from Paris;
   2. to come;
      ~ en courant to come running up;
   3. ~ à to reach [level, agreement];
      to find [solution];
      ~ (jusqu')à qn to reach sb;
   4. ~ à faire to manage to do;
      je n'y arrive pas I can't do it;
      ~ à ses fins to achieve one's ends;
   5. en ~ à to come to;
   6. to happen.

2. verb, impersonal qu'est-il arrivé? what happened? (à to);
   il m'arrive d'y aller, il arrive que j'y aille I sometimes go there.

Ailleurs - besides, moreover, elsewhere

ailleurs /ajœʀ/

1. adverb elsewhere.

2. d'ailleurs phrase besides, moreover.

3. par ailleurs phrase ils se sont par ~ engagés à faire they have also undertaken to do.

IDIOMS:

être ~ to be miles away.

Mise

Book title:
google - 'placing'

other source:http://www.wordreference.com/fren/mise

mettre /mɛtʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

1. transitive verb
   1. to put;
      to put in [heating, shower];
      to put up [curtains, shelves];
      je mets les enfants à la crèche I send the children to a creche;
      mets ton écharpe put your scarf on;
      ~ le linge à sécher to put the washing out to dry;
      faire ~ le téléphone to have a telephone put in;
   2. to wear;
   3. ~ qn en colère to make sb angry;
   4. to put on [radio, TV, heating];
      mets moins fort! turn it down!;
      ~ le réveil to set the alarm;
   5. to put up [sign];
      qu'est-ce que je dois ~? what shall I put?;
      je t'ai mis un mot I've left you a note;
      ~ en musique to set to music;
      ~ en anglais to put into English;
   6. y ~ du sien to put oneself into it;
      combien pouvez-vous ~? how much can you afford?;
      how much can you put in?;
      elle a mis une heure it took her an hour (pour faire to do);
   7. Sch je vous ai mis trois sur vingt I've given you three out of twenty;
   8. (familiar) mettons qu'il vienne, qu'est-ce que vous ferez? supposing he comes, what will you do?

2. intransitive verb ~ bas [animal] to give birth;
   to calve.

3. se mettre reflexive verb (+ v être)
   1. se ~ devant la fenêtre to stand in front of the window;
      se ~ au lit to go to bed;
      se ~ debout to stand up;
      où est-ce que ça se met? where does this go?;
   2. to spill [sth] on oneself;
   3. je ne sais pas quoi me ~ I don't know what to put on;
   4. se ~ à l'anglais to take up English;
      il va se ~ à pleuvoir it's going to start raining;
   5. je préfère me ~ bien avec lui I prefer to get on the right side of him;
      se ~ à l'aise to make oneself comfortable.

Point

Same source: see sentence in previous post

point /pwɛ̃/

1. masculine noun
   1. point;
      un ~ de rencontre a meeting point;
      ~ de vente (sales) outlet;
   2. (at sea) position;
      faire le ~ to take bearings;
      figurative to take stock of the situation;
   3. être sur le ~ de faire to be just about to do;
      au ~ où j'en suis, ça n'a pas d'importance! I'm past caring!;
   4. il m'agace au plus haut ~ he annoys me intensely;
      je ne le pensais pas bête à ce ~ I didn't think he was that stupid;
      à tel ~ que to such an extent that;
      douloureux au ~ que so painful that;
   5. (on agenda) item, point;
      un ~ de détail a minor point;
      en tout ~, en tous ~s in every respect or way;
   6. dot;
      un ~ de colle a spot of glue;
      un ~ de rouille a speck of rust;
      ~ d'intersection point of intersection;
   7. Games, Sport point;
      compter les ~s to keep (the) score;
   8. Sch mark GB, point US;
      être un bon ~ pour to be a plus point for;
   9. full stop GB, period US;
      mettre un ~ final à qch figurative to put a stop to sth;
      tu vas te coucher un ~ c'est tout! (familiar) you're going to bed and that's final!;
   10. Med pain;
       avoir un ~ à la poitrine to have a pain in one's chest;
   11. (in sewing, knitting) stitch.

2. à point phrase
   1. à ~ nommé just at the right moment;
   2. à ~ [meat] medium rare.

3. au point phrase être au ~ [system, machine] to be well designed;
   [show] to be well put together;
   mettre au ~ to perfect [system, method];
   to develop [vaccine, machine];
   faire la mise au ~ (in photography) to focus;
   faire une mise au ~ figurative to set the record straight.

Emprunter

Found: Descartes beginning passions of soul:
"chacun les sentant en soi-meme on n'a point besoin d'emprunter d'alleurs"

emprunter /ɑ̃pʀœ̃te/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

1. to borrow;

2. to take [road].

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/emprunter