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Sentence

Cela ne m'emballe pas.

Translation

I'm not keen on it.



Analysis


cela
     1. pron. that
     2. v. third-person singular past historic of celer
ne
     1. part. (literary) not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
     2. part. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
     3. part. (Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-
     4. part. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
me
     1. pron. (direct object) me
     2. pron. (indirect object) to me
emballe
     1. v. first-person singular present of emballer
     2. v. third-person singular present of emballer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of emballer
     emballer
          1. v. to pack up; to wrap up; to parcel
          2. v. (colloquial) to thrill, to turn on
          3. v. to race
          4. v. to bolt
          5. v. to get carried away
          6. v. to get ahead of oneself, to get one's hopes up
          7. v. to make out with someone
pas
     1. n-m. step, pace, footstep
     2. n-m. (geography) strait, pass
     3. n-m. thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
     4. adv. The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.




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