Common lookups: again all any are as be before best can Christmas come day do each even first from go good happy have he her in it just know last me merry must my of on over please right some take that up very what would you
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1. of Preposition

(a) de; a book ~ mine/his un de mes/ses livres; he's a friend ~ mine c'est un ami, c'est un de mes amis, (emphasising not somebody else's) c'est un ami à moi; a friend of Marie's un ami de Marie; a friend of a friend l'ami d'un ami
(b) (with complements of adjectives) de; he is proud ~ her il est fier d'elle; he is proud of it il en est fier
(c) (with fractions, containers or amounts) de; a kilo ~ apples un kilo de pommes; a bottle of water une bouteille d'eau; I want two kilos ~ them j'en veux deux kilos; some ~ these apples (as subject of verb) certaines de ces pommes; (as complement of verb) de ces pommes; have you eaten some ~ these apples? est-ce que tu as mangé de ces pommes?; half ~ all English people believe that ... la moitié des Anglais croient que ...; more than a third ~ French people believe that ... plus d'un tiers des français croient que ...
(d) (with plural pronouns nous, vous, eux, elles) d'entre; some ~ us/you certains m d'entre nous/vous, certaines f d'entre nous/vous; some ~ them certains d'entre eux m, certaines d'entre elles f

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