| French > English |
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| se mettre à table |
| 1. v. to sit down at a table to eat |
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| 2. v. to sing, to confess under interrogation |
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| French > French |
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| se mettre à table |
| 1. v. (Sens propre) Passer à table pour manger. |
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| 2. v. (Figuré) Dire quelque chose que l'on tentait de cacher, avouer. |
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| Allez ! Mets-toi à table ! |
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| Analysis |
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| se |
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| 1. pron. The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun. |
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| 2. pron. (to) himself |
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| 3. pron. (to) herself |
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| 4. pron. (to) oneself |
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| 5. pron. (to) itself |
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| mettre |
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| 1. v. to put; to place |
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| 2. v. to put on |
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| 3. v. to set (to lay a table) |
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| 4. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to start (+ à) (something / doing something), to get around to doing something |
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| à |
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| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. |
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| 2. prep. to (destination) |
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| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way |
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| Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. |
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| 3. prep. to (until) |
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| Table |
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| 1. Proper noun. Mensa (constellation) |
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| 2. n-f. table (item of furniture) |
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| Pourquoi as-tu laissé ces livres sur la table ? - Why did you leave these books on the table? |
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| 3. n-f. flat surface atop various objects |
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| 4. n-f. flat part of a cut or carved object |
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| tabler |
| 1. v. (indtr, sur) to base one's scheming on something |
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