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180 mieux
     1. adv. comparative of bien; better
           Il va mieux que jamais. - He's going better than ever.
           Timothée la connaît bien mieux que moi. - Timothy knows her better than I do.
     2. adv. (with definite article, le mieux) superlative of bien; best
     3. adv. (Saint-Étienne) more, -er.
181 gens
     1. n. set of people
           Ces gens-là ont toujours été sympas avec moi. - Those people have always been kind to me.
           Je n’aime pas les gens qui se prennent pour le nombril du monde. - I don't like people who put themselves in the middle of the world.
182 mère
     1. n-f. mother
183 près
     1. adv. near (a time or a place); close (gloss, to a time or a place)
           Mon anniversaire est très près. (It's my birthday soon.)
           J'habite tout près. (I live just nearby.)
           J'habite près de l'épicerie. (I live close to the grocery store.)
     2. prep. (formal, or legal) attached to, (connects a person or an organisation delegated officially to a setting.)
184 peine
     1. n-f. punishment
     2. n-f. pain
     3. n-f. effort, trouble
     4. n-f. sorrow
     5. adv. barely, hardly; used only in the phrase à peine
     peiner
          1. v. to struggle, toil
          2. v. to cause pain to, afflict
185 eu
     1. Participle. past participle of avoir
     avoir
          1. n-m. asset, possession
          2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
          3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
186 ici
     1. adv. here
187 ami
     1. n-m. friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
           Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis. - We must always stand by our family and our friends.
188 sera
     1. v. third-person singular future indicative of être
     être
          1. v. to be
          2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs)
          3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice)
189 mille
     1. num. number box, fr
     2. num. thousand, one thousand, a thousand
           Presque mille enfants y habitent. - Almost a thousand children live there.
     3. n-m. mile (abbreviation mi)
     4. n-m. short for, mille nautique, t=nautical mile
190 pu
     1. Participle. past participle of pouvoir
     2. Participle. falconry past participle of paître
     3. adv. (Quebec, colloquial) Alternative form of plus, id=no longer
     paître
          1. v. to graze
     pouvoir
          1. v. can, to be able to
          2. v. may
          3. v. (impersonal, reflexive) to be possible; may, could be
191 nom
     1. n-m. a name, especially a last name or family name
           Un nom de famille est un nom propre. - A family name is a proper noun.
           Votre nom et prénom, s'il vous plaît. - Your last name and first name, please.
     2. n-m. a noun
           Un nom de famille est un nom propre. - A family name is a proper noun.
192 petite
     1. adj. feminine singular of petit
     petit
          1. adj. small
          2. adj. little
          3. adj. petty
193 celui
     1. pron. the one
           Le bon choix est celui que je vous ai indiqué. - The right choice is the one I have indicated to you.
           Les états paranoïaques, tels que ceux de schizophrénie, peuvent sembler superficiellement similaires mais sont caractéristiquement différents. - Paranoid states, such as those of schizophrenia
           Contrairement au modèle français, le Président du Conseil ne dispose pas de pouvoir formel, tel que celui de désigner ou renvoyer les autres, ou encore la capacité de dissoudre le Parlement. -
194 madame
     1. n-f. a title or form of address for a woman, formerly for a married woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, used both in direct and third-person address
           Si vous êtes libre, pourriez-vous aider madame, s'il vous plaît? - If you're free, could you help this lady, please?
     2. n-f. madam, Mrs. or Ms.
     3. n-f. (in children's language, childish) lady, woman
           Dis merci à la madame. - Say thank you to the lady.
195 mal
     1. n-m. (as in the phrase: avoir du mal) trouble, difficulty
           J'ai du mal à m'imaginer ça. - I have trouble imagining that.
     2. n-m. pain
           J'ai mal à la tête. - I have pain at the head.
     3. n-m. evil
196 ceux
     1. pron. masculine plural of celui
     celui
          1. pron. the one
197 chambre
     1. n-f. a chamber in its various senses, including:
     2. n-f.          a room.
     3. n-f.          a hotel room.
     4. n-f.          a bedroom.
     5. n-f.          a house of a parliament.
198 faisait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of faire
     faire
          1. v. to do
          2. v. to make
199 eux
     1. pron. they: disjunctive form of ils
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