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J'ai failli aller en Allemagne, mais j'ai annulé au dernier moment

Translation

I almost went to Germany, but cancelled at the last minute



Analysis


je
     1. pron. I
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
failli
     1. Participle. past participle of faillir
     2. n-m. (law) bankrupt; insolvent.
     3. adj. (law) bankrupt; insolvent.
     faillir
          1. v. to almost do something
          2. v. to fail
          3. v. to go bankrupt
faillir
     1. v. to almost do something
     2. v. to fail
     3. v. to go bankrupt
aller
     1. v. to go + à, location (object) = to
     2. v. to attend (school, church regularly) (+preo, à)
     3. v. (when followed by an infinitive verb) to be going (to); will soon; (forms a near-future tense)
     4. v. (when followed by an adverb) to be (feeling)
     5. v. to go well + avec (object) = with (clothes, colors, etc.)
     6. v. to suit (+preo, à, someone)
     7. v. to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process) (+preo, à)
     8. n-m. outward trip; journey out; trip away
en
     1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes)
     2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes)
     3. prep. by (used to indicate means)
     4. prep. as
     5. prep. at (used to describe an ability)
     6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition)
     7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years))
     8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while
     9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something
     10. prep. in (used to describe color)
     11. prep. in (used to describe feelings)
     12. prep. in (as part of something)
     13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.))
     14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici.
Allemagne
     1. Germany
mais
     1. conj. but, although
     2. interj. an expression of surprise, disbelief, or frustration roughly equivalent to the English well, or sometimes yeah
     3. n. plural of mai
je
     1. pron. I
ai
     1. v. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
annulé
     1. Participle. past participle of annuler
     annuler
          1. v. to cancel (to invalidate, to annul)
au
     1. contraction. contraction of à le
     à
          1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
          2. prep. to (destination)
          3. prep. to (until)
          4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
          5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
          6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
          7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
          8. prep. from (origin)
          9. prep. of (belonging to)
          10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
          11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
          12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
          13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
          14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
          15. prep. by
          16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
          17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
          18. prep. with
     le
          1. art. the (definite article)
          2. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
          3. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
          4. art. (before units) a, an
          5. pron. (direct object) him, it
          6. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
dernier
     1. adj. last
     2. adj. latest (most recent)
     3. adj. latter
moment
     1. n-m. moment (point in time)
     2. n-m. moment (short period of time)
     3. n-m. a while
     4. n-m. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum




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