10 La Personnalité - Personnality Flashcards

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  1. Le caractère 2. L’humeur
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Temper

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**Le caractère**

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**Character**

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Un trait de caractère

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A trait

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Un caprice, une lubie

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A whim

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Une impulsion, un élan

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An impulse

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Une humeur

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A mood

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Le sang-froid

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Composure, nerve

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Lunatique, capricieux

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Temperamental, moody

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Bizarre

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Odd, weird, freakish

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Arrogant

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Arrogant

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Susceptible

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Touchy, huffy

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Fiable

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Dependable, reliable

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Timide

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Shy, timid, bashful

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Sérieux

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Earnest

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Méfiant

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Wary, suspicious

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Prudent, circonspect

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Cautious

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Irréfléchi, impulsif

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Rash, impulsive

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Imprudent, téméraire

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Reckless

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Optimiste / Pessimiste

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Optimistic / Pessimistic

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Calme, posé

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Cool, calm

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Paisible

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Peaceful

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Réaliste, pragmatique

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Down-to-earth

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**Les qualités et les défauts**

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**Qualities and defects**

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Un défaut

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A shortcoming, a fault

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La volonté

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Will(power), self-control

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La fierté

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Pride

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L’audace

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Boldness

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Le courage

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Bravery, courage

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La méchanceté

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Nastiness

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La cruauté

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Cruelty

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Bon, gentil

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Kind, nice

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Fier

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Proud

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Égoïste

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Selfish

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Individualiste

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Individualistic

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Entêté, têtu

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Stubborn

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Obstiné, opiniâtre

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Obstinate, dogged

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Déterminé, décidé, résolu / Irrésolu

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Determined, resolute, purposeful / Irresolute

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Impitoyable, acharné

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Ruthless

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Paresseux

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Lazy

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Méchant

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Nasty

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Très méchant

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Wicked, evil

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Condescendant

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Condescending, patronizing

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Prétentieux

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Conceited

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Hautain

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Haughty

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Dédaigneux, méprisant

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Disdainful, scornful, contemptuous

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Snob

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Snobbish

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Suffisant, satisfait de soi

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Smug

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Modeste, humble

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Unassuming, humble

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Se vanter

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To boast

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**Le comportement**

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**Behavio(u)r**

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les bonnes manières

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good breeding, (good) manners

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la courtoisie

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courtesy

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poli / impoli

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polite / impolite

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courtois

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courteous

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bien-élevé / mal élevé

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well-bred / ill-bred

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qui a de bonnes / de mauvaises manières

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well-behaved / ill-behaved

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respectueux / irrespectueux

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respectful / disrespectful

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plein de tact / sans tact

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tactful / tactless

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attentionné / qui manque de prévenance

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considerate / inconsiderate

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décent, convenable

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decent, proper

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indécent, pas convenable

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indecent, improper

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guindé, collet monté

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prim

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désinvolte

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casual, offhand, flippant

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brutal, peu raffiné

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rough

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grossier, vulgaire

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coarse, vulgar, crude

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odieux

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obnoxious

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effronté, insolent

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cheeky, saucy, brash

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bien / mal se comporter = se tenir

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to behave (oneself) / to misbehave

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insulter, injurier

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to insult, to abuse

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offenser

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to offend

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snober, ignorer

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to snub, to ignore

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**Le sens moral**

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**Morals**

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la vertu, une vertu

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virtue, a virtue

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le vice, un vice

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vice, a vice

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le devoir, un devoir

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duty, a duty

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une valeur

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a value

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un principe

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a principle

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la confiance

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trust, confidence

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l’honnêteté

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honesty

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naïf, ingénu, candide

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naive, naïve

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crédule

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gullible

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digne de

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worthy of

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(in)digne de confiance

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(un)trustworthy

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  1. Bon / mauvais 2. Bien / mal
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Good / Bad

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  1. Bien / mal 2. Juste, exact / faux
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right / wrong

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à raison / à tort

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rightly / wrongly

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vertueux

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virtuous

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honnête, droit, intègre

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honest, upright

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juste, équitable

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just, fair

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injuste, pas équitable

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unjust, unfair

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franc

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square, frank, candid, straightforward

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promettre

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to promise

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avoir confiance en qqun

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to trust sb

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avoir raison / avoir tort

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to be right / to be wrong

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Malgré tout le respect que je vous dois, …

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With all due respect, …

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A dire vrai, …

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To be honest…

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Il ne s’emporte jamais

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He always keeps his tempers

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Il s’emporte facilement / Il est d’humeur égale

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He has a quick temper / an even temper

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Garder son calme / son sang-froid

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To remain composed / full of composure

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Se maîtriser

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To control oneself

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Être de bonne / mauvaise humeur

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To be in a good / bad mood

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Je ne suis pas d’humeur à sortir

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I’m in no mood for going out

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Elle est encline aux changements d’humeur

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She is prone to mood swings

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C’est une femme bien

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She is a decent woman

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C’est un homme bien et silencieux

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He is a quiet man

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Il a tendance à mentir

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He has a propensity / a tendancy to lie

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Elle est connue pour son comportement brutal

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She has a reputation for behaving roughly

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En voilà des manières !

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This is no way to behave!

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Elle me reproche toujours quelque chose

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She is always finding fault with me

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Agir selon sa conscience

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To act according to one’s conscience

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Avoir la conscience tranquille / mauvaise conscience

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To have an easy conscience / a guilty conscience

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Etre têtu comme une mule

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to be as stubborn as a mule

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Etre imperturbable

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to be as cool as a cucumber

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La vérité finit toujours par triompher

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Truth will out

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La réalité dépasse la fiction

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Truth is stranger than fiction

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Quand on veut, on peut

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Where there is a will, there is a way