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French Text:
Vous pouvez aider la population d'abeilles en déclin en plantant des fleurs dans votre jardin.

English Translation:
You can help the declining bee population by planting flowers in your garden.

Grammar Notes:
Grammar and Word Explanation:

1. Vous - Subject pronoun meaning "you" (formal or plural).
2. pouvez - Verb meaning "can" or "are able to." Infinitive: pouvoir (to be able to).
3. aider - Verb meaning "to help." Infinitive: aider (to help).
4. la - Definite article meaning "the" (feminine singular).
5. population - Noun meaning "population."
6. d' - Contraction of de (of) + abeilles (bees). Used before a vowel or silent "h."
7. abeilles - Noun meaning "bees."
8. en - Preposition meaning "in" or "by."
9. déclin - Noun meaning "decline."
10. en - Preposition meaning "by" or "while."
11. plantant - Present participle of the verb planter (to plant).
12. des - Indefinite article meaning "some" or "any."
13. fleurs - Noun meaning "flowers."
14. dans - Preposition meaning "in."
15. votre - Possessive adjective meaning "your."
16. jardin - Noun meaning "garden."

General Grammar Tip:
In French, the preposition en can have multiple meanings depending on context. Here, it is used twice:
- en déclin means "in decline" (describing a state).
- en plantant means "by planting" (indicating the method or action).

Related Words:
- abeille (bee) - singular form of abeilles.
- planter (to plant) - infinitive of plantant.
- fleur (flower) - singular form of fleurs.
- jardinage (gardening) - related noun.
- protéger (to protect) - related verb.

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