être — Semantide dictionary

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être/ɛtʁ/

Verb
to be
copulative
Vous devez être plus clairs.
You guys must be clearer.
to be located; to be situated
intransitive
Êtes-vous à Paris?
Are you in Paris?
to denote time, day, or date
impersonal
Il est deux heures du matin.
It is two o'clock in the morning.
used to form compound tenses and structures, such as the perfect and pluperfect; certain intransitive verbs that indicate movement or a change of state (see the full list)
auxiliary
Elle est née hier.
She was born yesterday.
used to form compound tenses and structures, such as the perfect and pluperfect; all reflexive verbs
auxiliaryreflexiveverb
Ils se sont brossé les dents.
They brushed their teeth.
used to form compound tenses and structures, such as the perfect and pluperfect; the passive voice
auxiliary
Il peut être battu ce soir.
He can be beaten this evening.

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être/ɛtʁ/

Nounbeing, thing, creature · being, the state or fact of existence

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être à l'abandon

to be in a state of complete neglect

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Je suis content d'être rentré.

I am happy to be back home.

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"Enfin, juste comme Mariette commence à redevenir un peu nerveuse, because ce poireautage mortel, l’inspecteur Fabre, qui guettait peut-être ce moment, s’amène et lui fait signe de le suivre."

‘Finally, just as Mariette starts to rebecome a little nervous because of this deadly wait, interpsector Fabre, who was maybe watching at that moment, comes along and gives her hope for survival.’

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