Definition: petrol/gas; spirit, essence, gist; species of a tree
Je dois acheter de l'essence - I need to buy some gas.
L'essence, c'est que nous devons travailler encore plus. - The gist of it is that we need to work even more.
Related: essentiel (adj) - essential, basic; essentiellement (adv) - basically, essentially, mainly
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Je dois acheter de l'essence - I need to buy some gas.
L'essence, c'est que nous devons travailler encore plus. - The gist of it is that we need to work even more.
Related: essentiel (adj) - essential, basic; essentiellement (adv) - basically, essentially, mainly
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Pronunciation: [ay sa(n)s]Audio Link
