7 Les Facultés Intellectuelles - Intellectual Faculties Flashcards

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L’esprit

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The mind

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**L’intelligence**

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**Intelligence**

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Le génie

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Genius

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Un génie

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A genius&raquo_space; pl. geniuses

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Un don

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A gift

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L’intelligence, l’ingéniosité

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Cleverness

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La perspicacité

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Insight

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La sagesse

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Wisdom

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Le bon sens

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Common sense

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La capacité, l’aptitude

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Ability, capability, capacity

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La compétence

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Competence

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La lucidité

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Lucidity

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Un talent, une aptitude

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A skill

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La conscience

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Consciousness

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Intelligent

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Intelligent, bright

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Intelligent, astucieux

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Clever, smart

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Brillant

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Brilliant

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À l’esprit vif

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Quick-witted

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Doué

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Gifted

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Malin, astucieux

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Cunning

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Vif

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Sharp

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Astucieux, perspicace

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Shrewd

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Habile, adroit, doué

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Skil(l)ful

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Compétent / Incompétent

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Competent / incompetent

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Capable (de faire qqchose)

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Able (to do smth) / Capable (of doing smth)

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Attentif

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Careful, attentive

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Conscient / Inconscient

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Conscious / Unconscious

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Conscient / Inconscient

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Aware / Unaware

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Compréhensible

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Understandable

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Raisonnable

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Reasonable

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Sage, avisé / Déraisonnable

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Wise / Unwise

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**La stupidité**

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**Stupidity**

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La bêtise, la niaiserie

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Silliness, foolishness

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L’idiotie, la stupidité

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Idiocy

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Un idiot, un imbécile

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An idiot, a fool

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Un nigaud, un crétin

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A nitwit, a halfwit

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Stupide

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Stupid

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Bête

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Silly, foolish

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Niais

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Dumb, dim

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Attardé, arriéré

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Backward, mentally-retarded

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Simple d’esprit

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Simple-minded

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**La mémoire**

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**Memory**

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Un souvenir (mental)

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A memory, a recollection

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Un souvenir (objet)

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A keepsake

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Un rappel, un pense-bête

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A reminder

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L’oubli

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Oblivion

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L’amnésie

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Amnesia

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Inoubliable

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Unforgettable

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Se rappeler

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To remember, to recall, to recollect

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Oublier

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To forget

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**L’imagination**

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**Imagination**

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L’imagination, la fantaisie

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Fancy

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L’inventivité

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Inventiveness

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Une impression

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An impression

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Une illusion

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An illusion

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Une illusion trompeuse

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A delusion

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Un rêve

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A dream

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Un rêve éveillé

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A daydream

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Un cauchemar

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A nightmare

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Un pressentiment

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A foreboding

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Une appréhension, un doute

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A misgiving

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Un présage

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An omen

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Une intuition

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An intuition, a hunch

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Imaginaire

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Imaginary

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Prévisible

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Foreseeable, predictable

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Imaginer

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To imagine

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  1. Imaginer 2. Avoir envie de
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To fancy

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Inventer

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To invent

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Deviner

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To guess

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Se faire des illusions

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To delude oneself

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Rêver

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To dream

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Rêvasser

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To muse

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Prévoir

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To foresee

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Prédire

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To foretell, to forecast, to predict

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(Pres)sentir

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To sense

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**La santé mentale et la folie**

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**Sanity and insanity**

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Une dépression nerveuse

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A nervous breakdown

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Un complexe, une obsession

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A hang-up

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L’excentricité

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Eccentricity

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L’absurdité

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Absurdity, nonsense

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Le délire

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Delirium

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La folie

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Madness

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Un fou

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A madman, a lunatic

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Un fou dangereux

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A maniac

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Un asile de fous

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A lunatic asylum, a madhouse

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Une camisole de force

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A strai(gh)tjacket

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Eccentrique

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Eccentric

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Perturbé

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Mixed-up

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Fou

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Crazy, mad, insane

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Délirant

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Délirious

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J’ai l’impression que…

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I have a feeling / the impression that…

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Avoir l’impression que…

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To be under the impression that…

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Elle a un QI élevé

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She’s got a high IQ

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C’est un as en informatique

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He’s a computer whizz

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C’est logique

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It makes sense

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J’ai bien conscience que…

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I’m welle aware that…

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Il a une capacité d’attention limitée

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He has got a short attention span

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Un trou de mémoire

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A lapse of memory

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De mémoire

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From memory

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Il me rappelle son père

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He reminds me of his father

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Nous ne devons pas oublier que…

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We must keep / bear in mind that…

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Je vais lui rafraîchir la mémoire

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I’ll refresh his memory

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Arrête de faire l’imbécile !

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Stop being so stupid!

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Tu es devenu fou !

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You must be out of your mind! / You can’t be in your right mind!

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Il a perdu la tête !

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He lost his head / mind!

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Ressaisis-toi !

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Come to your senses!

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Quel crétin !

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What a moron!

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Son pire cauchemar s’est réalisé

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His worst nightmare came true

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Il me rend fou / Il m’exaspère

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He drives me mad

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Ne vous fâchez pas !

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Don’t get mad!

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J’ai besoin de tes lumières

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Can I pick your brains?

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C’est la grosse tête de la famille

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She’s the brains of the family

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Être fou à lier

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To be as mad as a hatter

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Elle adore les chats

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She is mad about cats

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Ça me dit / rappelle quelque chose

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It rings a bell

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Fais de beaux rêves !

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Sweet dreams!

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Elle est vraiment adorable

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She’s a real dream

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Tiens, tiens ! / Voyez-vous cela !

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Fancy that!

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Tu rêves ! / On peut toujours rêver !

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Dream on!

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N’importe quoi !

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Nonsense!

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Laisse tomber !

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Forget it!