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Bourreau de travail , il 👨 Pronoun ne 🚫 Adverb souhaitait Verb pas Adverb avoir Verb d'enfant.
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A workaholic, he did not want to have children. A workaholic, he did not want to have children.
Words and sentences
bourreau de travail
workaholic, workhorse
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il
- he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject)
- it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects)
- Impersonal subject; it
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ne
- not (used alone to negate a verb; now chiefly with only a few particular verbs: see usage notes)
- not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see Usage Notes, below)
- 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.
- In comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
souhaitait
third-person singular imperfect indicative of souhaiter
pas
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- step, pace, footstep
- strait, pass
- thread, pitch (of a screw or nut)
avoir
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asset, possession
bourreau
- torturer
- executioner, hangman (the person)
- individual who lives extravagantly
de
-
- of (expresses belonging)
- of (used to express property or association)
- from (used to indicate origin)
- of (indicates an amount)
- used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word
- from (used to indicate the start of a time or range)
- used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive
- by (indicates the amount of change)