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Le mur semble avoir plus de deux mètres de haut.

Translation

The wall seems to be higher than two metres.



Analysis


Le
     1. Proper noun. surname, from=Vietnamese
     2. art. the (definite article)
     3. art. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
     4. art. (before parts of the body) the; my, your, etc.
     5. art. (before units) a, an
     6. pron. (direct object) him, it
     7. pron. used to refer to something previously mentioned or implied; not translated in English
mur
     1. n-m. wall
semble
     1. v. first-person singular present of sembler
     2. v. third-person singular present of sembler
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of sembler
     sembler
          1. v. to seem, to resemble
          2. v. to appear
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)
     4. v. to have (a condition)
     5. v. to have (a measure or age)
     6. v. to have (to trick)
     7. v. to have (to participate in an experience)
     8. v. (indtr, à) to have (to), must +preo, à, infinitive
plus
     1. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives)
     2. adv. more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs)
     3. adv. (after a verb) more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity)
     4. adv. more (indicating a greater quantity) (+preo, noun)
     5. adv. more (supplementary, preceded by de)
     6. adv. (preceded by a definite article) the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs)
     7. adv. (usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below) no longer, not ... any more
     8. adv. (elliptically, introducing each clause) the more ..., the more ...
     9. adv. (similarly, used with other comparatives) the more ..., the ...
     10. n-m. plus, the symbol +
     11. v. singular past historic of plaire
     12. Participle. masculine plural of plu
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
deux
     1. num. two
de deux
     1. adv. (informal) next, secondly, second
mètres
     1. n. plural of mètre
     métrer
          1. v. to meter
     mètre
          1. n-m. metre/meter
          2. v. first-person singular present of métrer
          3. v. third-person singular present of métrer
          4. v. second-person singular imperative of métrer
de
     1. prep. of (expresses belonging)
     2. prep. of (used to express property or association)
     3. prep. from (used to indicate origin)
     4. prep. of (indicates an amount)
     5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
     6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
     7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
     8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change)
     9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives.
     10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object.
     11. n-f. abbreviation of dame
haut
     1. adj. high
     2. adj. tall
     3. adv. high
     4. n-m. top




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