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60 ils
     1. pron. they (male or mixed group)
     2. pron. (Quebec, informal) they (female)
61 sont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative of être
           Où est-ce qu'ils sont? - Where are they?
     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)
62 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
63 ma
     1. det. feminine singular of mon
           Ma mère est venue me voir. - My mother came to see me.
64 dont
     1. pron. of/from whom/which, whose
           Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ? - Do you remember that of which we spoke?
           Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain. - There is nothing of which I am still certain.
           Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ? - What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
           J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours. - I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
65 ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
           J'ai un chien. - I have a dog.
     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)
66 été
     1. n-m. summer
     2. Participle. past participle of être
     3. Participle. Louisiana French past participle of aller
     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)
67 encore
     1. adv. still
           Êtes-vous encore là? - Are you still there?
     2. adv. more
           Voulez-vous encore du pain ? - Would you like more bread?
           Tu en veux encore? - Do you want some more?
68 homme
     1. n-m. man (adult male human)
           C'est un homme bien, le meilleur d'entre nous. - He's a good man, the best of us.
     2. n-m. man, Man (species)
     3. n-m. man (virile male)
     4. n-m. man (employee)
69 tous
     1. pron. all
           Ils étaient tous là. - They were all there.
     2. pron. everybody
           Tous étaient là. - Everybody was there.
     3. adj. masculine plural of tout
     tout
          1. adv. all
          2. det. all
          3. n-m. whole, entirety, total
          4. pron. everything
70 ont
     1. v. third-person plural present indicative 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)
71 avoir
     1. n-m. asset, possession
     2. v. to have (to own; to possess)
           J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars.
     3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
           J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke.
72 peu
     1. adv. little; not very much/many
           Il est peu intelligent. - He is little intelligent.
           Pour obtenir de bons prix certains négociateurs emploieraient parfois des méthodes peu conventionnelles - To get good prices, certain negotiators sometimes employ unconventional methods
     2. n-m. few
           peu de gens sont d'accord - few people agree
73 tu
     1. pron. you (singular); thou
     2. Participle. past participle of taire
     3. part. (Quebec, informal) (question marker)
           C'est-tu possible ? - Is it possible?
     taire
          1. v. to quieten, to shut up, to silence
          2. v. to shut up (one's self), to be quiet, to fall silent, to stop talking
          3. v. To keep (a matter) quiet, to keep secret, not to say
74 donc
     1. adv. therefore, consequently; thus
           Le coefficient utilisé lors de ce tirage est donc le plus élevé du tour préliminaire. - The coefficient used for this random selection is therefore the highest for the preliminary round.
           La fécondation ayant lieu en moyenne deux semaines après, à titre d'exemple une grossesse qui durerait trente-neuf semaines se déroulerait donc entre les termes de deux et quarante et une semai
75 fut
     1. n-f. fr-post-1990, fût
     2. v. third-person singular past historic 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)
76 aussi
     1. adv. too, also, as well
           Moi aussi - Me too.
     2. adv. as ((used for equal comparisons))
           Mon fils est rendu aussi grand que moi. - My son has gotten as tall as me.
     3. conj. therefore
77 autre
     1. adj. other
           Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example.
     2. adj. another
78 temps
     1. n-m. time (in general)
           je n'ai pas le temps de faire ça - I haven't got (the) time to do that
           il faut encore du temps - I need more time
           Il est temps de commencer. - it's time to commence
     2. n-m. weather
79 rien
     1. pron. nothing
           Je n'ai besoin de rien d'autre. - I need nothing else.
     2. n-m. a nothing
           petits riens – little things, little nothings
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