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Ils Pronoun étaient Auxiliary les Determiner mieux Adverb placés Verb pour Adposition reprendre Verb la Determiner municipalité Noun de Adposition Berlin 
Proper noun .
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They were in the best position to take over the municipality of Berlin. They were in the best position to take over the municipality of Berlin.
Words and sentences
New
ils
- they (male or mixed group)
- (informal) they (female)
New
les
-
- plural of le: the
- plural of la: the
New
mieux
-
- comparative degree of bien; better
- superlative degree of bien; best
- more, -er.
New
pour
- for (meant for, intended for) (followed by a noun or pronoun)
- for (in support of)
- for (as a consequence for)
- for (an intended destination)
- to (to bring about an intended result) (followed by a verb in the infinitive)
- for, to (according to)
New
la
-
the (definite article)
New
municipalité
- municipality
- town council, city council
New
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)
New
Berlin
- Berlin (the capital and largest city of Germany)
- Berlin (a state of Germany, containing the capital city)
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