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1. in Preposition

(a) (physically inside) dans; ~ the box dans la boîte; ~ it, ~ there dedans, là-dedans; y (placed before the verb); is there anything ~ it? y-a-t'il quelque chose dedans?; I put three books ~ (it) j'y ai mis trois livres
(b) (with certain nouns denoting places, rooms etc) à; ~ the living room au salon
(c) (in figurative expressions generally) en; ~ the air en l'air; ~ honour of ... en l'honneur de ...; ~ the presence/absence of en (la) présence/absence de
(d) (with towns) à; he's ~ Paris/London il est à Paris/Londres
(e) (with countries: feminine, or masculine beginning with consonant) en, (with masculine countries beginning with consonant) au, (with certain islands that are countries) à, (with plural country) aux; ~ France/England/Switzerland en France/Angleterre/Suisse; ~ Iraq en Iraq; ~ Canada/Mexico au Canada/Mexique; ~ Cyprus/Taiwan à Chypre/Taïwan; ~ the US aux États-Unis
(f) (with names of French regions) en; ~ Brittany/Normandy/Burgundy en Bretagne/Normandie/Bourgogne
(g) (with names of departments) dans le, dans la, dans les, (with complex names) en; in (the department of) Maine dans le Maine; ~ the Vosges dans les Vosges; ~ Eure-et-Loire en Eure-et-Loire
(h) (with names of British counties) dans le; ~ Yorkshire/Somerset dans le Yorkshire/Somerset
(i) (with names of US states) en (with feminine name or masculine name beginning with vowel), au, dans le (with masculine name), dans l' (with masculine name beginning with vowel); ~ California/South Virginia en Californie/Virginie du Sud; ~ Ohio dans l'Ohio; ~ Texas au Texas, dans le Texas
(j) (frm: with material, clothes) en; do you have something ~ velvet? avez-vous quelque chose en velours?; he was ~ a green jumper il portait un pull vert; he came ~ a suit/tracksuit il est venu en costume/survêtement; he was ~ his Sunday best il portait ses habits du dimanche
(k) (with language names) in; (when language name qualified) dans; ~ English en anglais; he expressed himself ~ correct French il s'est exprimé dans un français correct
(l) (with month) en, au mois de; (with season, year) en, (when qualified) pendant; ~ May en mai, au mois de mai; ~ 2002 en 2002; ~ summer/winter en été/hiver; ~ the summer of 2003 pendant l'été de 2003
(m) (with period of time: in future) dans; (=within) en (l'espace de); (between time in past and now) depuis; I'll do it ~ a few minutes je le fais dans quelques minutes; he managed to do it ~ half an hour il a pu le faire en une demie heure; I haven't eaten ~ three days ça fait trois jours que je n'ai pas mangé; it's the first time ~ seven years c'est la première fois depuis sept ans
(n) (with ratios) sur; one ~ five people believe(s) that ... une personne sur cinq croit que ...
(o) (with phrasal verbs) =entrer; to go/come ~ entrer; to run/dash ~ entrer en courant/à toute vitesse

2. in Adverb

(a) chez lui (etc), à la maison; (arrived at work etc) là, arrivé; (of train) en gare; (of patient) à l'hôpital; Mr Dupont isn't ~ yet M Dupont n'est pas encore arrivé; (fig) to be ~ for sth s'attendre à qch; (Infml, fig) we're ~ for some fun!, we're ~ for some trouble! ça va barder!; to be ~ on sth être au courant de qch; is he ~ on it? il est au courant?
(b) (Infml) he's well ~ with the boss c'est le chouchou du chef; (Slang: with potential sex partner) you're well ~ there! t'as tombé!

3. in Adjective

(Infml: of fashion) in, branché, chébran (Slang), courant (neutral), à la mode (neutral), dans le vent (slightly old-fashioned)

4. in Noun

the ~s and outs of sth les tenants et aboutissants de qch


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