est

• Adj

  east

• Noun
• Verb

beaucoup

much, very much, a lot

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

ces

masculine/feminine plural of ce: these, those

associations

plural of association

avaient

third-person plural imperfect indicative of avoir

des

• Article

  1. plural of un (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
  2. plural of une (“some; the plural indefinite article”)
  3. plural of du (“some; the plural partitive article”)
  4. plural of de la (“some; the plural partitive article”)
  5. plural of de l’ (“some; the plural partitive article”)

• Contraction

qui

• Pron

  1. who, whom
  2. who, whom (after a preposition), which, that

• Conj