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ADHD

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ADHD (= Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) can be defined as a condition in which someone, especially a child, is often in a state of activity or excitement and unable to direct their attention toward what they are doing.

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Accomplish

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= accomplir

To achieve, to bring to a successful conclusion.

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Accurate

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= précis

Carefully precise.

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Achieve

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To perform successfully, to bring to a successful end.

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Achievement

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= exploit, réussite.

Successful accomplishment.

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Acknowledge

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To admit to be real or true, recognize the existence of.

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Actual

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= réel, vrai.

Real, existing.

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Actually

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= vraiment

In fact, in reality

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Addiction/ Dependence.

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A condition involoving use of substance or engagement in a behavior; in which a peson has strong cravings (desires), in unable to stop or limit the activity.

=> To be addicted TO something.
=> To be dependent ON something.

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Adress

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= S’adresser.

To deal with or discuss.

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Aim

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To direct toward a particular goal, to intend.
This is also a noun : an aim is a goal, an objective.

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Alleviate

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= soulager

To make easier to endure.

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Assess

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=évaluer, juger

To evaluate, to appraise.

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Assume

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To take for granted without proof; suppose.
(= supposer)

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Attention Span

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The interval during which an individual can concentrate, as on a single object, idea, or activity.

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Avoidance

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= évitement

Avoidance symptoms represent an effort to withdraw from certain situations that bring about body-level distress of trauma-related symptoms.
We can also view these symptoms as the activities that people engage in to limit other types of distressing experiences.

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Aware ; awareness

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To be aware of something means having knowledge or realization of; to be conscious of. We an launch an awareness campaign when we want to raise awareness about a particular issue.

=> To raise awareness : “sensibiliser”.

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Balance

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  • A state of being steady.
  • Equilibrium
  • Mental stability
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Beneficial

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To be beneficial means producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits.

=> “bénéfique , avantageux”.

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Biased

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Partial, prejudiced.

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Blame

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To hold (tenir) someone responsible for something.

=> Accuser, tenir pour responsable.

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Breakthrough

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= une avancée

A major discovery, scientific advancement.

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Bridge a gap

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= réduire un écart

To bride a gap means to connect two things or to make the difference between them smaller, to reduce the differences that separate two things.

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Bully

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= brute

A person who harasses, intimidates or persecutes people.

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Cleanse

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To make clean, to purify, to purge.

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Cleansing

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Purifying.

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Complain

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= se plaindre

To complain about something means to be critical of.

To express dissatisfaction.

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Concerns

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= inquiétude

Worries, anxiety.

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Cope with

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-To deal with.
-To handle
- To face and deal with responsibilities, problems, or difficulties successfully or in a calm or adequate manner.

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Coping

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= faire face

To invest one’s own conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, in order to try to master, minimize or tolerate stress and conflict.

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Crave

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= desire, envie de faire qqch

To strongly desire, to yearn for.

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Cure

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= guérison

To heal, to relieve or ride of.

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Currently

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= actuellement, en ce moment

At the present time, now

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Deaf

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= sourd

To be partially or wholly deprived of the sense of hearing.

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Deal with

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To address, to resolve, to handle, to cope with.

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Deceive

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= tromper, duper

To fool someone into doing something

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Dehumanize

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To deprive of humain qualities or attribues.

=> Déshumaniser.

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Demanding

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= exigeant

Demanding means requiring or asking for more than is generally felt by others to be due ; calling for great, intensive effort or attention.

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Denial

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= déni

Refusal to believe in the existence of something.

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Desensitization

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In psychology is a treatment or process that diminishes emotional responsiveness to a negative, aversive or positive stimulus after repeated exposure to it.

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Detoxify

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To stop taking unhealthy or harmful foods, drinks, and other substances into your body for a period of time, in order to improve your health.

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Detrimental

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= néfaste

  • Harmful
  • Damaging
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Diagnose

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To determine the identity of (a disease ect..) by an examination.
= Diagnosis.

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Digital addiction

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Digital addiction can be defined as a compulsive need to use your digital devices, to the extent that it interferes with your life and prevents you from doing things you need to do. There are three different types of digital addiction which include phone addiction, Internet addiction and social media addiction.

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Digital detox

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A period of time during which a person refrains from using electronic devices such as smartphones or computers, regarded as an opportunity to reduce stress or focus on social interaction in the physical world. It is an opportunity to REFOCUS.

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Distracted

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= distrait

Unable to concentrate

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Downside

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=inconvénient

A negative aspect.
A disadvantage
A drawback

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Dwell on

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=persister, demeurer, subsister

Think too much about something ; spend too much time talking/ thinking about ; linger on.

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Effectiveness

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=efficacité

The degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result; success.

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Efficient

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=efficace

Which produces the expected result, which works.

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Empathize with

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To experience empathy, to be able to understand somebody’s feelings and emotions.

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Emphasize

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= Souligner/ insister

To stress, to underline or insist on.

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Enhance

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= améliorer

To increase the value, attractiveness, or quality of, to improve.

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Eventually

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= finalement

Ultimately, finally.

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Exhausted

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= épuisé

Drained of strenght or energy.
Greatly fatigued.

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Experience

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An experience is subjective : it refers to someone’s personal perception of events, or to the knowledge and skills resulting from one’s personal history.

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F.O.M.O

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= Fear Of Missing Out

A person may feel increased anxiety or stress from missing out on social events or not having been invited to attend these events in the first place. FOMO feelings are typically amplified for frequent visitors of social networking sites, where users see a continual stream of pictures, videos and comments of parties, events, outings or other life activities that they may not have been invited to or able to attend.

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Far-fetched

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To be implausible, extreme.

=> être tiré par les cheveux.

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Fit

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To be adapted to or suitable for.

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Fit in

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To feel that you belong to a particular group and are accepted by that group.

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Follow suit

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To do the same, tom imitate, to copy.

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Fulfilling

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Making someone satisfied or happy through allowing their character or abilities to develop fully; rewarding, satisfying.

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Go cold turkey

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= Arrêter d’un coup.

To undergo sudden and complete withdrawal from a habitual activity or behavior pattern.

To stop using an addictive substance abruptly and completely.

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Google effect

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The google effect, also know as digital amnesia. Is the tendency to forget information that is readily available through search engines like google. We do not commit this information to our memory because we know that this information is easy to access online.

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Grateful

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= Gratitude

Thankful, expressing gratitude.

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Grounded

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= terre à terre, cartésien // = puni.

  • To be mentally and motionally stable (realistic).
  • Punished.
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Growth

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= croissance.

Development, gradual increase.

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Hack

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= pirater

To hack into a system : to access illegally.

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Handy

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= pratique

Useful, convenient.

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Harmful

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= nocif

hurtful, dangerous.

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Hazards

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= risque/ danger

Risks, obstacles, dangers.

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Heal

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= guérir

To restore to health.

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Hypervigilance

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The state of being highly or abnormally alert to potential danger or threat.

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Idleness

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= oisiveté/ paresse.

A state of, inaction, inactivity.

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Immune

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= immunisé

Not to be affected by something.
To be protected from.

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Induce

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= Cause, provoquer

To cause; to provoke.

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Inhibit

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= inhiber

To decrease the rate ( “taux”) of action of or stop.
To restrain ; hinder or check.

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Insight

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= Perspicacité.

The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someones or something.

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Intend

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= Avoir l’intention de
(intenT => Intention)

To intend to do means to aim at doing something.

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Invade someone’s privacy

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To intrude on someone’s privacy.

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Irrelevant

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= hors sujet, hors de propos.

Not pertinent.

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Jeopardize

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= Mettre en péril

To put into a situation in which there is a danger of lof, harm, of failure.

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Keep up to date with something

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= Se tenir au courant de quelque chose.

= To be informed about the most current and accurate information about something.

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Lack

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= pénurie, manque

Not to have.

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Lessen

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= Diminuer

To become less stong (= devenir moins fort), to reduce.

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Let go of

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= laisser aller.

To stop holding (something or someone).

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Loss

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= perte (lose=perdre), déception, absence.

To be at a loss means not to know what to think or do.
Loss is deprivation or failure to win.

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Meaningful

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= profond, significatif.

profound, significant.

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Mindfulness

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= pleine conscience.

Il a way of training your mind to concentrate on the present, in order to feel calm and improve your mental state.

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Miss out on

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= manquer

To fail to use an opportunity to enjoy or get an advantage from something.

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Monitor

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= surveiller

To control, to check, to supervise.

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Numb, numbness

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= insensible, engourdi.

voir N sur moodle.

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O.C.D

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obsessive Compulsive Disorder (troubles obsessionnels du comportements.).

An anxiety disorder characterized by reccurent obsessions or compulsions that cause significant distress, are time-consuming or interfere with normal daily functionning.

And are recognized by the individual affected as exessive or unreasonable.

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Outweight

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= l’emporter sur.

To exceed in value, influence.

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Overcome

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= vaincre, battre

To succeed in controlling, to get over.

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Overcommitted

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= surengagé

To be too much dedicated to.

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Overreact

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= dramatiser

To react to something more strongly than is necessary.

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Overscheluled

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= Débordé, surmené

To be overbooked, to be overworked.

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Overthink

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= trop réfléchir

To think too much about something.

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Overwhelming

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= accablant, écrasant

Very huge, very powerful, overpowering.

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Overworked

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= surbooké, surchargé de travail.

Very busy.

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PTSD

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= EPTS = état de stress post-traumatique.

Is an anxiety disorder that may develop after a person is exposed to a traumatic event.

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Paranoid

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= paranoïaque

Extremely distrustful (= méfiant)

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Pave the way for

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= Ouvrir la voie à

To make something possible.

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Pointless

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= inutile, vain

Without revelance or force; meaningless; useless

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Prejudiced

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= préjugé

Any opinion or feeling held before careful thought.

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Process

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-> Have different meanings :
* To treat (= traiter)
* to deal with something emotionally (= intégrer, gérer).

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Prone to

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= enclin à

Having a natural tendency towards something.

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Pros and cons

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= le pour et le contre

The pos and cons are the advantages and disadvantages of.

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Psyche

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= psychisme

The mental or psychological structure of a person.

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Quest

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= quête

Pursuit, search

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Quit a habit

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= rompre une habitude

Means to stop doing something that is a habit.

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Reach

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= Atteindre, arriver à

Means to get to, or arrive at.

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Reach out

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= tendre la main (symboliquement)

To offer help and support to.

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Reap benefits

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= récolter les bénéfices

To get something good as a result of your own actions.

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Recover

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= retrouver, récupérer

To return to a normal state of health.

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Refocus

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= Retrouver une vision claire/ se reconcentrer.

To focus again or in different way.

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Relate to others

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= Se rapporter à d’autres

To have to ability to understand the way people feel, to be able to identify with them.

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Release

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= libérer

To liberate

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Relive

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= soulager

To alleviate

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A relief

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= un soulagement

alleviation

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Reluctant

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= être réticent

To be reluctant to so something = to be unwilling to do something.

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Rely on

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= Compter sur

To put trust in

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Restlessness

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= agitation

agitation, inability to remain quiet.

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Restore

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= rétablir

To bring back to a former condition.

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Resume

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= reprendre

To continue doing.
To star again after a pause.

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Rough

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= rugueux

hard, tough, difficult.

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Self-awarness

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= conscience de soi

Good knowledge and understanding of yourself.

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Self-esteem

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= estime de soi

self-confiance

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sensible

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= raisonnable

To be reasonable, to have common sens

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sensitives

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= sensible

To be responsive to the feelings of others.

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Self-harm

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= automutilation

The practice of cutting or otherwise wounding oneself, usually considered as indicating psychological disturbance.

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Shorten

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= raccourcir

To make short or shorter.

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Shrink

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= rétrécir

To become smaller

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Side effect

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= Effets secondaires

Any effect of a drug, chemical, or other medicine that is an addition to its intended effect. Especially an effect that is harmful or unpleasant.

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Significant

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= important, significatif

Meaningful