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Sentence

On attendait mieux de toi.

Translation

We expected more from you.



Analysis


on
     1. pron. (indefinite) one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual)
     2. pron. (personal, informal) we
attendait
     1. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of attendre
     attendre
          1. v. to wait for, to await
          2. v. to expect
          3. v. (Louisiana French) Alternative form of entendre, to hear
mieux
     1. adv. comparative of bien; better
     2. adv. (with definite article, le mieux) superlative of bien; best
     3. adv. (Saint-Étienne) more, -er.
     4. n-m. the best of one's ability, one's best
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
toi
     1. pron. you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun)




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