| choisir un terme: 142 | page 3 de 8 | | 41. | le, la | le, la (l', before vowels; les, pl.), def. art. the; de la sorte, in that way. le, la (les, pl.; lui, leur, indirect), conj. pr. him, her, it, so, them, to him, to them, etc. | | 42. | lecture | f. reading. | | 43. | lendemain | m. following day, next day. | | 44. | lent, -e | adj. slow. | | 45. | lentement | adv. slowly. | | 46. | lenteur | f. slowness; avec des lenteurs, slowly, with hesitation or deliberation. | | 47. | lequel, laquelle | (lesquels, lesquelles | | 48. | les | Voir: le | | 49. | lessive | f. lye, washing; couler la --, to soak the clothes in lye, begin to wash. | | 50. | lestement | adv. quickly, lightly. | | 51. | lettre | f. letter. | | 52. | leur | conj. pr., see le; adj. their; le --, theirs. Voir: le | | 53. | lever | v. to raise; se --, rise, arise, get up, break (dawn); m. rise, rising; au jour levé (levant), at daybreak; levé, -e, up; au soleil levant, at sunrise. | | 54. | levée | f. raising, uprising, breaking up. | | 55. | leçon | f. lesson. | | 56. | lèvre | f. lip; lèvres en fleur, full-blown lips (like a rose). | | 57. | légende | f. legend. | | 58. | léger, -ère | adj. light (weight), slight, thin. | | 59. | légion | f. legion; Légion d'honeur, Legion of Honor (Order established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1802 to reward merit). | | 60. | légitime | adj. legitimate. | | |
