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leçon

lesson

noun luh-SOHN Less Common
People & Society Education

Usage Note

Leçon means both a formal lesson (a class or tutorial) and a moral lesson or learning: tirer une leçon de means 'to learn a lesson from'. Donner une leçon à quelqu'un can mean to teach them a subject or, figuratively, to teach them a lesson in a moralistic sense.

Examples

"Elle prend des leçons de piano depuis six mois."

Natural Translation

She has been taking piano lessons for six months.

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