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

insiste

1. inflection of insister:
2. inflection of insister:

cependant

• Adv

  meanwhile

• Conj

sur

• Prep

  1. on, upon
  2. on top of
  3. from on top of
  4. above
  5. out of
  6. in the case of
  7. about, concerning
  8. (informal) in (a place)

• Adj

le

• Article

  1. the (definite article)
  2. Used before abstract nouns; not translated in English.
  3. Used before the names of most countries, many subnational regions, and other geographical names including names of lakes and streets; not translated into English in most cases.
  4. the; my, your, etc.
  5. a, an, per
  6. on

• Pron

fait

• Noun

  fact

• Verb
• Verb
• Adj

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

en soi

per se, in and of itself, as such