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messieurs

/məˈsɜrz/ /meɪˈsɜrz/

Meanings
noun
A man, especially a French gentleman.

Examples :

""The waiter greeted the group of French men with a polite, 'Bonjour, messieurs.'" "
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men noun

/mɛn/

An adult male human.

"The show is especially popular with middle-aged men."

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waiter noun

/ˈweɪtə/ /ˈweɪtɚ/

A male or female attendant who serves customers at their tables in a restaurant, café or similar.

"The waiter brought our food and drinks to the table. "

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especially adverb

/əˈspɛʃ(ə)li/

(manner) In a special manner; specially.

"My sister is very helpful, especially when it comes to organizing things. "

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with adverb

/wɪθ/ /wɪð/

Along, together with others, in a group, etc.

"Do you want to come with?"

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bonjour verb

/bɒn.ˈʒʊə/ /bɑn.ˈʒʊɹ/

To greet in French with "bonjour".

"Every morning, I bonjour my French teacher when I enter the classroom. "

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

With a comparative or with more and a verb phrase, establishes a correlation with one or more other such comparatives.

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

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man noun

[mɛn] /mæn/

An adult male human.

"The show is especially popular with middle-aged men."

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group noun

/ɡɹuːp/

A number of things or persons being in some relation to one another.

"The group of students worked together on their project. "

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polite verb

/pəˈlaɪt/

To polish; to refine; to render polite.

"The etiquette instructor sought to polite the students' rough manners, transforming them into sophisticated guests. "

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gentleman noun

/ˈdʒɛn.təl.mən/ [ˈdʒɛɾ̃.ɫ̩.mən]

A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; an armiferous man ranking below a knight.

"Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself."

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greeted verb

/ˈɡɹiːtɪd/

To welcome in a friendly manner, either in person or through another means e.g. writing or over the phone/internet

"The teacher greeted each student with a smile as they entered the classroom. "

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french verb

/fɹɛnt͡ʃ/

To prepare food by cutting it into strips.

"The chef will french the carrots before adding them to the stew. "