Intellectual Activities Flashcards

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La compréhension

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Understanding

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La réflexion

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Reflection

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La raison

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Reason

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Une idée

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An idea = a notion

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Une vague idée

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An ikling

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Curieux

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Curious

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Pensif

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Thoughtful

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Impensable

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Unthinkable

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Concevoir

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To conceive

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Comprendre = saisir

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To understand = to grasp

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Saisir, percevoir

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To perceive = to make out

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Observer

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To observe

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Remarquer

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To notice

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Se concentrer sur

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To concentrate on = to focus on

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Envisager

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To contemplate

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Considérer

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To consider

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Réfléchir longuement à, méditer sur

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To ponder over = to meditate on

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Examiner, étudier qqch

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To look into sth

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Réfléchir à qqch

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To reflect (up) on sth

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Se rendre compte

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To realize

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Le savoir faire

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Know-how

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L’érudition, l’apprentissage

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The learning

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L’éducation, l’instruction

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Education

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La culture générale

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General knowledge

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25
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Le fait de savoir lire et écrire

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Literacy

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L’analphabétisme, l’illettrisme

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Illiteracy

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La signification

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The meaning

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28
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L’ignorance

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Ignorance

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Un intellectuel

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An intellectual

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30
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Instruit, cultivé != inculte

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Educated != uneducated

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Cultivé

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Cultivated= cultured

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Érudit, savant

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Learned = erudite

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Analphabète, illettré

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Illiterate

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Ignorant

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Ignorant

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Autodidacte

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Self-taught

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Inconnu

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Unknow

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Savoir

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To know

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Signifier, vouloir dire

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To mean

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La logique

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Logic

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Une théorie

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A theory

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Une hypothèse

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An hypothesis

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Une conjecture, une supposition

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A supposition = an assumption

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Une hypothèse

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A presumption

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La déduction

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Inférence = deduction

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L’analyse

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Analysis

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Une explication

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An explanation

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Une solution

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A solution

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Une conclusion, une issue

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A conclusion, an outcom

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Un fait

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A fact

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Des preuves

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Proof = evidence

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Rationnel != irrationnel

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Rational != irrational

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Logique != illogique

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Logical != illogical

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Cohérent != incohérent

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Consistent != inconsistent

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Infondé, sans fondements

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Groundless

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Précis

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Accurate

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Théorique

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Theoretical

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Déconcerter, laisser perplexe

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To baffle, to puzzle

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Chercher

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To look = to search = to seek

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Déduire

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To deduce = to infer

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Supposer

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To suppose = to assume = to presume

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Faire des suppositions sur

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To speculate on / about

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Interpréter

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To interpret

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Supposer, soupçonner

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To suspect

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Prouver

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To prove

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Trouver

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To find

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Découvrir

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To discover = to find out

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Résoudre

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To solve

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Expliquer

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To explain

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Établir / démontrer

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To establish / to demonstrate

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Confirmer

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To confirm

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Révéler

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To reveal = to disclose

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Dénoncer

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To expose

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Une comparaison

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A comparison

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Une décision

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A decision

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Un contraste

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A contrast

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Un dilemme

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A dilemma

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Une préférence

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A preference

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Exigeant, difficile

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Choosy = picky

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Préféré

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Favo(u)rite

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Indécis

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Undecided

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Comparé à, par rapport à

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Compared to

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Par / en comparaison

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Comparatively

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De préférence

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Preferably

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Décider

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To decide

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Comparer

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To compare

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Opposer

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To oppose = to contrast

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Choisir

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To choose

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Sélectionner, choisir

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To pick out