An user French
says…

Bourreau de travail
il
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Pronoun
  ne
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Adverb
  souhaitait
Verb
  pas
Adverb
  avoir
Verb
 d'enfant.

A workaholic, he did not want to have children.
Words and sentences
New
bourreau de travail

workaholic, workhorse

👨
New
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

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New
ne

  1. not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
  2. not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
  3. Used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear), to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne.
  4. In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative

New
souhaitait

third-person singular imperfect indicative of souhaiter

New
pas

New
avoir

New
bourreau

  1. torturer
  2. executioner, hangman (the person)
  3. individual who lives extravagantly

New
de

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