Dictionnaire
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la, le/s "the" [may also replace a noun].

là "there."

laisser (v) "let, leave."

laquelle, lequel pl lesquel(le)s "who/m, which."

Lab Apparatus of Lavoisier

lettre "Letter [of the alphabet]." lettres "literature; literary sciences."

lettré/e "literate." lettrés "literati" [Maspero]

leur/s "their."

librairie "bookshop," cf bibliotèque.

libre (a) "free."

ligne "line."

lire (v) "read." lisez! (Schlegel).

lit [lire] "reads."

livre "book."

loi "statute, law; regularity of nature," cf droit. les lois de Mendel "the Mendelian laws [of inherited characteristics]."

loin "far."

long/ue "long." longtemps "for a long time."

lorsque "when" [especially in past narratives].

lui "he; to him." lui-même "he himself."

Old City of Lyon

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