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Character and behaviour (le caractère et le comportement : chap 36) Flashcards

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le tempérament

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temperament

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former le caractère de quelqu’un

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to mould somebody’s character

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former le caractère de quelqu’un (US)

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to mold somebody’s character

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avoir bon caractère

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to be good-natured

to be good-tempered

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avoir mauvais caractère

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to be ill-natured

to be bad-tempered

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être d’un tempérament enjoué

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to be of a cheerful disposition

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la personnalité

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personality

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avoir une forte personnalité

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to have a strong personality

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avoir une nature froide

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to be cold by nature

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avoir une nature passionnée

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to be passionate by nature

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naturel

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natural

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une carastéristique

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a characteristic

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cela lui ressemble bien

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that’s in character for him

that’s just like him

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un trait de caractère

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a trait

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une qualité

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a good quality

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un défaut

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a bad quality

a fault

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un travers

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a failing

a shortcoming

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inné

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innate

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individuel

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individual

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l’individualité

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individuality

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individualiste

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individualistic

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particulier

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idiosyncratic

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une particularité

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an idiosyncrasy

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idiosyncratique

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idiosyncratic

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une idiosyncrasie

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an idiosyncrasy

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l’équilibre

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balance

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équilibré

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balanced

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déséquilibré

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unbalanced

unhinged

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changeant

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changeable

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instable

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unstable

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optimiste

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optimistic

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un(e) optimiste

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an optimist

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avec optimisme

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optimistically

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l’optimisme

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optimism

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pessimisme

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pessimistic

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un(e) pessimiste

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a pessimist

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avec pessimisme

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pessimistically

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le pessimisme

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pessimism

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timide

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shy
timid
bashful

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la timidité

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shyness
timidity
bashfulness

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distant

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distant

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dur

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tough

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fort

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strong

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la force

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strength

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faible

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weak

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la faiblesse

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weakness

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avoir un faible pour quelque chose

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to have a weakness for something

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mou, veule

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spineless

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la molesse, veulerie

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spinelessness

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être susceptible de faire quelque chose

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to be liable to do something

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une propension à quelque chose

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a propensity to something

a propensity for something

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une propension à faire quelque chose

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a propensity for doing something

a propensity to do something

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être enclin à quelque chose

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to be inclined to something

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être enclin à faire quelque chose

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to be inclined to do something

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tendre à faire quelque chose

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to tend to do something

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avoir tendance à quelque chose

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to have a tendency to something

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avoir tendance à faire quelque chose

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to have a tendency to do something

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avoir un penchant pour quelque chose

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to have leanings towards something

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être sujet à quelque chose

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to be prone to something

to be liable to something

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être sujet à faire quelque chose

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to be prone to do something

to be liable to do something

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la conduite

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Conduct
Behaviour (BR)
Behavior (US)

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le comportement

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Conduct
Behaviour (BR)
Behavior (US

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se conduire

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to behave

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se conduire (soutenu)

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to conduct

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se comporter

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to behave

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se comporter (soutenu)

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to conduct

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bien se conduire

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to behave (well)

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mal se conduire

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to misbehave

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un écart de conduite

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a misdemeanour

a misbehaviour

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une incartade

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misdemeanour

a misbehaviour

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décent

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decent

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convenable

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proper

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bienséant

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proper

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moral

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moral

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la moralité

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morality

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les moeurs

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morals
standards of behaviour
moral standards

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vertueux

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virtuous

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une vertue

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virtue

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la réputation

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reputation

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avoir bonne réputation

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to have a good reputation

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avoir une mauvaise réputation

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to have a bad reputation

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avoir la réputation d’être généreux

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to have a reputation for generosity

to have a reputation for being generous

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immoral

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immoral

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l’immoralité

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immorality

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indécent

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indecent

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obscène

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obscene

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l’obscénité

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obscenity

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une obscénité

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an obscenity

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dépravé

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depraved

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dépravation

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depravity

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un vice

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a vice

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un vicieux

une vicieuse

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a pervert

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vicieux

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perverted

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une impulsion

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an impulse

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céder à une impulsion

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to act on impulse

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impulsif

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impulsive

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stimulant

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stimulating

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la stimulation

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stimulation

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aphathique

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apathetic

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l’apathie

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apathy

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excentrique

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eccentric

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un excentrique

une excentrique

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an eccentric

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avec excentricité

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eccentrically

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l’excentricité

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eccentricity

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une excentricité

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an eccentricity
a quirk (of character)
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un caprice

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a whim

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une lubie

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a whim

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fantasque

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whimsical

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capricieux

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capricious

temperamental

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l’humeur

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mood

humour

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être de bonne humeur

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to be in a good mood

to be in a good humour

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être de mauvaise humeur

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to be in a bad mood

to be out of humour

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se sentir d’humeur à faire quelque chose

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to feel in the mood for doing something

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être d’humeur à faire quelque chose

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to be in the right (kind of) mood for doing something

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ses sautes d’humeur

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his moodliness

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d’humeur changeante

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moody

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lunatique

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moody

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compatissant

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sympathetic

compassionate

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la compassion

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sympathy

compassion

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avec compassion

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sympathetically

compassionately

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avoir de la peine pour quelqu’un

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to feel sorry for somebody

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comprendre quelqu’un

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to symphatize with somebody

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compatir avec quelqu’un

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to symphatize with somebody

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bon

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good

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la bonté

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goodness

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gentil

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kind

nice

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aimable

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kind

nice

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une gentilesse

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a kindness

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une bonté

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a kindness

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aimable (soutenu)

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amiable

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bienveillant

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kindly

benevolent

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la bienveillance

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kindliness

benevolence

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doux

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gentle

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la douceur

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gentleness

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gently

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doucement

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prévenant

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considerate

thoughtful

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la prévenance

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considerateness

thoughtfulness

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humain

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humane

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un brave type (parlé)

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a nice guy

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un type sympa (parlé)

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a nice guy

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quelqu’un de bien

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a decent person

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agréable

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pleasant

congenial

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charmant

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charming

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le charme

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charm

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délicieux

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delightful

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sociable

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sociable

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bien aimer quelqu’un

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to like somebody

to be fond of somebody

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amical

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friendly

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affable

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genial

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accommodant

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good-natured

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qui a bon coeur

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good-hearted

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avoir bon coeur

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to be kind-hearted

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avoir un coeur d’or

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to have a heart of gold

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chaleureux

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warm-hearted

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sensible

compatissant

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tender-hearted

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charitable

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charitable

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la compréhension

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understanding

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compréhensif

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understanding

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bien intentionné

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well-intentionned

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encourageant

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encouraging

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encourager

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to encourage

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tolérant

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tolerant

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la tolérance

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tolerance

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tolérer quelque chose

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to tolerate something

to put up with something

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tolérer quelqu’un

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to toleratesomebody

to put up with somebody

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indulgent

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indulgent

lenient

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l’indulgence

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indulgence

leniency

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pitié

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pity

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avoir pitié de quelqu’un

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to have pity on somebody

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clément

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merciful

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la clémence

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clemency

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mauvais

méchant

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bad

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méchant

malfaisant

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wicked

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très méchant

très mauvais

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nasty

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très méchant (US)

très mauvais (US)

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mean

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méchamment

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nastily

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la méchanceté

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wickedness

nastiness

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la méchanceté (US)

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meanness

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par méchanceté

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out of spite

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cruel

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cruel

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crauté

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cruelty

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désagréable

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unpleasant

desagreeable

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désagréablement

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unpleasantly

desagreeably

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peu gentil envers quelqu’un

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unkind to somebody

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peu aimable envers quelqu’un

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unkind to somebody

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froid

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cold

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la froideur

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coldness

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revêche

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sour-tempered

surly

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acerbe

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sour

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insociable

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unsociable

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dur

sévère

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harsh
stern
hard

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être sévère avec quelqu’un

A

to be harsh with somebody

to be hard on somebody

193
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peu charitable

A

uncharitable

194
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impitoyable

A

ruthless
merciless
pitiless

195
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sans pitié

A

ruthless
merciless
pitiless

196
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implacable

A

relentless

remorseless

197
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être sans coeur

A

to be heartless

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avoir un pierre de coeur

A

to have a heart of stone

199
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intolérant

A

intolerant

200
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l’intolérance

A

intolerance

201
Q

malhonnête

A

dishonest

202
Q

la malhonnêteté

A

dishonesty

203
Q

déloyal envers quelqu’un

A

unfaithful to somebody

disloyal to somebody

204
Q

la déloyauté

A

disloyalty

205
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indigne de confiance

A

untrustworthy

206
Q

méfiant

A

distrusful

mistrustful

207
Q

la méfiance

A

distrust

mistrust

208
Q

se méfier de

A

to distrust

to mistrust

209
Q

mentir

A

to lie

to tell lies

210
Q

un mensonge

A

a lie

211
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un mensonge (soutenu)

A

a falsehood

212
Q

une contre-vérité

A

untruth

213
Q

un bobard (parlé)

A

a fib

214
Q

un pieux mensonge

A

a white lie

215
Q

un menteur

une menteuse

A

a liar

216
Q

tromper quelqu’un

A

to deceive somebody

217
Q

trompeur (personne)

A

deceitful

218
Q

trompeur (attitides, apparences)

A

deceiving

misleading

219
Q

la tromperie

A

deceit

deception

220
Q

duper quelqu’un

A

to fool somebody

to take somebody in

221
Q

berner quelqu’un

A

to fool somebody

to take somebody in

222
Q

rouler quelqu’un

A

to trick somebody

223
Q

rouler quelqu’un (parlé)

A

to con somebody

224
Q

induire quelqu’un en erreur

A

to mislead somebody

225
Q

cacher quelque chose à quelqu’un

A

to conceal something from somebody

to hide something from somebody

226
Q

faire semblant de faire

A

to pretend to do

227
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un prétexte

A 
a pretence (BR)
a pretense (US)
a pretext
228
Q

faire quelque chose sous couvert de

A

to do something under the pretence of

229
Q

hypocrite

A

insincere

hypocritical

230
Q

un(e) hypocrite

A

a hypocrite

231
Q

l’hypocrisie

A

insincerity

hypocrisy

232
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l’affectotion

A

affectation

233
Q

affecté

A

affected

234
Q

jouer la comédie

A

to put on an act

235
Q

tricher

A

to cheat

236
Q

escroquer quelqu’un

A

to cheat somebody

237
Q

trahir

A

to betray

238
Q

trahison

A

betrayal

239
Q

la trahison (politique)

A

treason

240
Q

un traître

A

a traitor

241
Q

traître

A

treacherous

242
Q

la traîtrise

A

treachery

243
Q

conspirer avec quelqu’un pour faire quelque chose

A

to conspire with somebody to do something

244
Q

une conspiration

A

a conspiracy

245
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un complot

A

a plot

246
Q

comploter contre quelqu’un

A

to plot against somebody

247
Q

comploter à faire quelque chose

A

to plot to do something

248
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un imposteur

A

an impostor

249
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se faire passer pour

A

to pose as

250
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la duplicité

le double jeu

A

double dealing

251
Q

jouer un double jeu

A

to play a double game

252
Q

rusé

A

crafty

cunning

253
Q

la ruse

A

cunning

254
Q

sournois

A

sly

255
Q

courageux

A

courageous

brave

256
Q

courageusement

A

courageously

bravely

257
Q

le courage

A

courage

bravery

258
Q

hardi

A

bold

259
Q

hardiment

A

boldi

260
Q

la hardiesse

A

boldness

261
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héroïque

A

heroic

262
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héroïquement

A

heroically

263
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l’héroïsme

A

heroism

264
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un héro

A

a hero

265
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une héroïne

A

a heroine

266
Q

fougueux

A

spirited

267
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avec fougue

A

with spirit

spiritedly

268
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être plein de fougue

A

to have plenty of spirit

269
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garder son sang-froid

A

to keep one’s head

270
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oser faire quelque chose

A

to dare (to) do something

271
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audacieux

A

daring

audacious

272
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audacité

A

audacity

daring

273
Q

intrépide

A

fearless

intrepid

274
Q

l’intrépidité

A

fearlessness

275
Q

la bravade

A

bravado

276
Q

avoir du cran

A

to have pluck

277
Q

avoir du culot (parlé)

A

to have a nerve

278
Q

avoir l’audace de faire quelque chose

A

to have the nerve to do something

279
Q

un casse-cou

A

a daredevil

280
Q

un défi

A

a challenge

281
Q

mettre quelqu’un au défi de faire quelque chose

A

to dare somebody to do something

282
Q

relever un défi

A

to take up a challenge

283
Q

lâche

A

cowardly

284
Q

la lâcheté

A

cowardice

cowardliness

285
Q

un lâche

une lâche

A

a coward

286
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quel trouillard ! (parlé)

A

he’s chicken

287
Q

se dégonfler (parlé)

A

to chicken out

288
Q

fier de

A

proud of

289
Q

fièrement

A

proudly

290
Q

la fierté

A

pride

291
Q

tirer fierté de quelque chose

A

to take (a) pride in something

292
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se targuer de faire quelque chose

A

to pride on doing something

293
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la confiance en soi

A

self-confidence

294
Q

avoir confiance en soi

A

to be self -confident

295
Q

ambitieux

A

ambitious

296
Q

ambition

A

ambition

297
Q

vaniteux

A

vain

298
Q

narcissique

A

vain

299
Q

la vanité

A

vanity

300
Q

le narcissisme

A

vanity

301
Q

vantard

A

boastful

302
Q

la vantardise

A

boastfulness

303
Q

se vanter de quelque chose

A

to boast about something
to boast of something
to brag about something

304
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se vanter que

A

to boast that

to brag that

305
Q

la suffisance

A

self-satisfaction

306
Q

suffisant

A

self-satisfied

307
Q

la prétention

A

conceit

308
Q

prétentieux

A

conceited

309
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crâner

A

to show off

310
Q

parader

A

to show off

311
Q

effronté

A

brash

312
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effrontément

A

brashly

313
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l’effronterie

A

brashness

314
Q

arrogant

A

arrogant

315
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arrogance

A

arrogance

316
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humble

A

humble

317
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humblement

A

humbly

318
Q

modeste

A

modest

319
Q

pudique

A

modest

320
Q

modestement

A

modestly

321
Q

pudiquement

A

modestly

322
Q

la modestie

A

modesty

323
Q

la pudeur

A

modesty

324
Q

simple

A

simple

325
Q

simplement

A

simply

326
Q

la simplicité

A

simplicity

327
Q

l’abnégation

A

abnegation

self-denial

328
Q

réservé

A

reserved

329
Q

discret

A

discreet

unobtrusive

330
Q

discrètement

A

discreetly

unobtrusively

331
Q

la discrétion

A

discretion

unobtrusiveness

332
Q

indiscret

A

indiscret

obtrusive

333
Q

l’indiscrétion

A

indiscretion

obtrusiveness

334
Q

fureteur

A

nosy

335
Q

fouinard

A

nosy

336
Q

être mal à l’aise

A

to be self-conscious

337
Q

gauche

A

awkward

338
Q

gauchement

A

awkwardly

339
Q

la gaucherie

A

awkwardness

340
Q

maladroit

A

clumsy

341
Q

maladroitement

A

clumsily

342
Q

la maladresse

A

clumsiness

343
Q

guindé

A

prim

344
Q

honteux (action)

A

shameful

345
Q

honteux de (personne)

A

ashamed of

346
Q

la honte

A

shame

347
Q

éhonté

A

shameless

348
Q

prudent

A

cautious

careful

349
Q

prudemment

A

cautiously

carefully

350
Q

la prudence

A

caution

351
Q

réfléchi

A

thoughtful

352
Q

sage

A

wise

353
Q

sagement

A

wisely

354
Q

la sagesse

A

wisdom

355
Q

la prévoyance

A

foresight

forethought

356
Q

prendre des précautions

A

to take precautions

357
Q

le tact

A

tact

358
Q

plein de tact

A

tactful

359
Q

imprudent

A

rash

imprudent

360
Q

imprudence

A

rashness

imprudence

361
Q

malavisé

A

unwise

362
Q

irréfléchi

A

thoughtless

363
Q

inconsidéré

A

thoughtless

364
Q

téméraire

A

foolhardy

reckless

365
Q

la témérité

A

foolhardiness

recklessness

366
Q

aventureux (projet)

A

risky

chancy

367
Q

généreux

A

generous

368
Q

généreusement

A

generously

369
Q

la générosité

A

generosity

370
Q

prodigue de quelque chose

A

prodigal of something

371
Q

la prodigalité

A

prodigality

372
Q

ne pas regarder à la dépense pour faire quelque chose

A

to spare no expense to do something

373
Q

hospitalier

A

hospitable

374
Q

l’hospitalité

A

hospitality

375
Q

désintéressé

A

selfless

unselfish

376
Q

le désintéressement

A

unselfishness

selflessness

377
Q

libéral

A

liberal

378
Q

la libéralité

A

liberality

379
Q

magnanime

A

magnanimous

380
Q

la magnanimité

A

magnanimity

381
Q

noble

A

noble

382
Q

noblement

A

nobly

383
Q

la noblesse

A

nobility

384
Q

dépensier

A

extravagant

385
Q

c’est un dépensier

A

he’s spendthrift

386
Q

dépenser sans compter

A

to spend lavishly

to be lavish with one’s money

387
Q

jeter l’argent par les fenêtres

A

to spend money like water

388
Q

gaspiller

A

to squander

389
Q

dilapider

A

to squander

390
Q

ne rien se refuser

A

to be self-indulgent

391
Q

avare

A

mean

miserly

392
Q

un avare

une avare

A

meanness

a miser

393
Q

l’avarice

A

miserliness

394
Q

cupide

A

avaricious

395
Q

la cupidité

A

avarice

396
Q

radin (parlé)

A

close-fisted

tight-fisted

397
Q

ladre

A

stingy

grasping

398
Q

avide

A

greedy

399
Q

l’avidité

A

greed

400
Q

avidement

A

greedily

401
Q

un grippe-sou

A

a skinflint

402
Q

des économies de bouts de chandelle

A

cheeseparing

penny-pinching

403
Q

lésiner sur quelque chose

A

to skimp on something

404
Q

économe

A

thrifty

405
Q

l’économie

A

thrift

thriftiness

406
Q

économiser

A

to economize

407
Q

faire des économies

A

to make economies

408
Q

frugal

A

frugal

409
Q

la frugalité

A

frugality

410
Q

égoïste

A

selfish

411
Q

un égoïste

une égoïste

A

an egoist

412
Q

l’égoïsme

A

selfhisness

413
Q

égocentrique

A

self-centred

414
Q

égocentrique (US)

A

self-centered

415
Q

égocentrisme

A

self-centredness

416
Q

égocentrisme (US)

A

self-centeredness

417
Q

l’esprit

A

wit

418
Q

avoir de l’esprit

A

to be witty

419
Q

qui a de la répartie

A

quick-witted

420
Q

une remarque spirituelle

A

a witty reply

421
Q

ironiquement

A

tongue in cheek

422
Q

en plaisantant

A

tongue in cheek

423
Q

se moquer de quelqu’un

A

to make fun of somebody

to poke fun at somebody

424
Q

taquiner quelqu’un

A

to tease somebody

425
Q

une plaisanterie

A

a joke

426
Q

plaisanter sur quelque chose

A

to joke about something

427
Q

raconter une plaisanterie

A

to tell a joke

428
Q

saisir une plaisanterie

A

to get the point of a joke

to see the joke

429
Q

il ne comprend pas la plaisanterie (parlé)

A

he can’t take a joke

430
Q

par plaisanterie

A

for a joke

431
Q

par plaisanterie (soutenu)

A

in jest

432
Q

pour rire

A

for a joke

433
Q

pour rire (soutenu)

A

in jest

434
Q

un calembour

A

a pun on something

435
Q

un jeu de mot sur quelque chose

A

a pun on something

436
Q

une contrepèterie

A

a spoonerism

437
Q

une farce

A

a prank
a pratical joke
a hoax

438
Q

un farceur

A

a pratical joker

439
Q

un tour

A

a trick

440
Q

faire une farce à quelqu’un

A

to play a trick on somebody

441
Q

jouer un tour à quelqu’un

A

to play a trick on somebody

442
Q

ce n’est plus drôle

A

it’s getting beyond a joke

443
Q

la farce

A

farce

444
Q

c’est la pure farce

A

it’s farcical

445
Q

la grosse farce

A

slapstick (comedy)

446
Q

un clown

A

a clown

447
Q

c’est un vrai clown

A

he’s a real comedian

448
Q

c’est un pitre

A

he’s a real comedian

449
Q

comique

A

comical

450
Q

faire l’imbécile

A

to fool around

to fool about

451
Q

faire le clown

A

to clown around

to clown about

452
Q

une blague

A

a gag

453
Q

un gag

A

a visual gag

454
Q

l’humour

A

humour

455
Q

humoristique

A

humourous

456
Q

un humoriste

une humoriste

A

a humorist

457
Q

avoir le sens de l’humour

A

to have a good sens of humour

458
Q

n’avoir aucun sens de l’humour

A

to have no sens of humour

459
Q

moqeur

A

facetious

460
Q

la moquerie

A

facetiousness

461
Q

une espièglerie

A

a prank

462
Q

une facétie

A

a prank

463
Q

malicieux

A

mischievous

464
Q

la malice

A

mischievousness

465
Q

amusant

A

amusing

entertaining

466
Q

divertissant

A

amusing

entertaining

467
Q

amuser

A

to amuse

to entertain

468
Q

divertir

A

to amuse

to entertain

469
Q

l’hilarité

A

hilarity
merritment
mirth

470
Q

s’amuser

A

to have fun
to enjoy
to have good time

471
Q

faire quelque chose pour s’amuser

A

to do something for fun

to do something for the fun of it

472
Q

l’amusement

A

fun

amusement

473
Q

le divertissement

A

fun

amusement

474
Q

drôle

A

funny

475
Q

distrayant

A

entertaining

476
Q

histoire de rire (parlé)

A

just for a laugh

477
Q

c’est à mourir de rire

A

it’s hilarious

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