il

1. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
2. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
3. Impersonal subject; it

pouvait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of pouvoir

y avoir

there be

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

grandes

feminine plural of grand

différences

plural of différence

théâtre

1. theatre (venue for performing plays and drama)
2. a movie theater

à

• Character

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

• Prep