un

• Article

  an, a

• Num
• Pron
• Noun

demi-siècle

half-century (period of fifty years)

à peine

barely, scarcely, hardly

les

• Article

  1. plural of le: the
  2. plural of la: the

• Pron

l'un

1. one
2. some

de

• Prep

  1. of (expresses belonging)
  2. of (used to express property or association)
  3. from (used to indicate origin)
  4. of (indicates an amount)
  5. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
  6. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
  7. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
  8. by (indicates the amount of change)

• Article
• Noun

peine

• Noun

  1. punishment
  2. psychological pain, sorrow
  3. effort, trouble

• Adv

à

• Character

  A with grave accent, a letter used in French mostly to distinguish some homographs and in transliteration.

• Prep