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Pour me réchauffer, il n'y a guère qu'un pot de thé

Translation

To warm myself up, the only thing is a pot of tea



Analysis


pour
     1. prep. for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
     2. prep. for (in support of)
     3. prep. for (as a consequence for)
     4. prep. for (an intended destination)
     5. prep. to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
     6. prep. for, to (according to)
me
     1. pron. (direct object) me
     2. pron. (indirect object) to me
réchauffer
     1. v. to reheat
     2. v. to heat up, warm up
il
     1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
     2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
     3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it
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
y
     1. pron. there (at a place)
     2. pron. there, thither (to there)
     3. pron. Used as a pronoun to replace an adverbial phrase starting with à.
     4. pron.          With verbs: see for verbs which use this structure.
     5. pron. With adjectives. Only used with a handful of adjectives (the most common combination being y compris, which is a special case), mainly in legal terminology.
     6. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) he: Alternative form of il
     7. pron. (Quebec, France, colloquial) they: Alternative form of ils
     8. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) they: Alternative form of elles
a
     1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A
     2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she
     3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir
     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
il y a
     1. v. singular present indicative of y avoir: there is, there are
     2. prep. ago
y a
     1. v. (colloquial)contraction of il y a
y avoir
     1. v. (impersonal, transitive) there be
guère
     1. adv. (with ne) hardly, barely
que
     1. conj. that (introduces a subordinate noun clause and connects it to its parent clause)
     2. conj. Substitutes for another, previously stated conjunction.
     3. conj. when, no sooner
     4. conj. (Links two noun phrases in apposition forming a clause without a (finite) verb, such that the complement acts as predicate.)
     5. conj. introduces a comparison
     6. conj.          (comparisons of superiority or inferiority) than
     7. conj.          (comparisons of equality) as
     8. conj. (used with ne) only, just; but, nothing but
     9. conj. how (in rhetorical interjections)
     10. pron. (tlb, interrogative)
     11. pron. (slightly formal, accusative) (The inanimate direct-object interrogative pronoun.)
     12. pron. (slightly formal, nominative) (The inanimate subject or predicative interrogative pronoun.)
     13. pron. (accusative, relative) (The direct object relative pronoun.)
un
     1. art. an, a
     2. num. number box, fr
     3. num. one
     4. pron. one, someone
     5. n-m. one (the number or figure)
pot
     1. n-m. pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton (a container of any of various materials)
     2. n-m. cooking pot (any vessel used to cook food)
     3. n-m. (culinary) dish
     4. n-m. (childish) potty (the pot used when toilet-training children)
     5. n-m. (colloquial) drink, jar, bevvy (alcoholic beverage)
     6. n-m. (colloquial) do (UK), bash, drinks party (a small, informal party or celebration)
     7. n-m. (card games) pot, kitty, pool (money staked at cards, etc.)
     8. n-m. (informal) luck (success; chance occurrence, especially when favourable)
     9. n-m. (oenology) a half-litre bottle or measure of wine
     10. n-m. a pre-metric unit of measure, equivalent to 1.5 litres
     11. n-m. a paper size, about 40 by 31 cm
     12. n-m. (slang) arse, ass (the buttocks)
     13. n-m. (Canada) pot, weed (cannabis, marijuana)
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
thé
     1. n-m. tea (especially made from leaves of the tea plant)




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