#-- FILE:
#--  lookup-fr-en.txt
#-- DESCRIPTION:
#--  Thisscript looks up the english translation of a
#--  French word on the Harper-Collins Dictionary Site
#-- AUTHOR:
#--  mj bishop
#-- DATES: may 02

#-- urls of online french dictionaries.
sUrlHarperCollins="http://www.wordreference.com/fr/en/translation.asp?fren"

if [ "$1" = "" ]
then
  echo "
    usage: ./lookup-fr-en.txt frenchword

    This script returns the english meanings of a french
    word by looking up the site http://www.wordreference.com/
       "
  exit 1
else
  sLookupWord="$1"
fi

#-- lookup english translation on internet.
  lynx --dump $sUrlHarperCollins=$sLookupWord \
     | sed '/ *\[[0-9]*\]/d' \
     | sed -n '/ *See Also/,/ *-The Collins/p' \
     | sed -e '1d' -e '$d'