Intellectual Faculties Flashcards

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L’esprit

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The mind

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Le génie

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Genius

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Un génie

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A genius, 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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7
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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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9
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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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12
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Un talent, une aptitude

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A skill

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13
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La conscience

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Consciousness

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14
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Intelligent

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Intelligent / bright

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Astucieux

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Clever / smart

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Brillant

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Brilliant

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17
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À l’esprit vif

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Quick-witted

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18
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Doué

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Gifted

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19
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Malin, astucieux

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Cunning

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20
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Vif

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Sharp

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21
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Perspicace

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Shrewd

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Habile, adroit

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Skillful

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23
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Compétent != incompétent

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Competent != incompetent

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Capable ( de faire qqch )

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Able ( to do sth ) or capable ( of doing sth )

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Attentif
Careful = attentive
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Conscient != inconscient
Conscious != unconscious Aware != unaware
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Compréhensible
Understandable
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Raisonnable
Reasonable
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Sage, avisé != déraisonnable
Wise != unwise
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La bêtise, la niaiserie
Silliness = foolishness
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L’idiotie, la stupidité
Idiocy
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Un idiot, un imbecile
An idiot = a fool
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Un nigaud, un cretin
A nitwit = a halfwit
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Stupide
Stupid
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Bête
Silly = foolish
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Niais
Dumb = dim
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Attardé, arriéré
Backward = mentally-retarded
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Simple d’esprit
Simple minded
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Un souvenir ( mental )
A memory = a recollection
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Un souvenir ( objet )
A keepsake
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Un rappel, un pense bête
A reminder
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L’oubli
Oblivion
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L’amnésie
Amnesia
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Inoubliable
Unforgettable
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Se rappeler
To remember = to recall = to recollect
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Oublier
To forget
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L’imagination, la fantaisie
Fancy
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Une impression
An impression
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Une illusion
An illusion
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L’inventivité
Inventiveness
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Une illusion trompeuse
Delusion
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Un rêve
A dream
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Un rêve eveillé
A daydream
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Un cauchemar
A nightmare
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Un pressentiment
A a foreboding
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Une appréhension, un doute
A misgiving
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Un présage
An omen
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Une intuition
An intuition, a hunch
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Imaginaire
Imaginary
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Prévisible
Foreseeable = predictable
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Imaginer
To imagine
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Avoir envie de ( fantasmer )
To fancy
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Inventer
To invent
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Deviner
To guess
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Se faire des illusions
To delude oneself
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Rêver
To dream
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Rêvasser
To muse
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Prevoir
To foresee
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Prédire
To predict, to forecast, to foretell
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( pres ) sentir
To sense
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Une dépression nerveuse
A nervous breakdown
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Un complexe, une obsession
A hang-up, a complex
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L’excentricité
Eccentricity
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Absurdité
Absurdity = nonsense
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Le délire
Delirium
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La folie
Madness
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Un fou
A madman = a lunatic
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Un fou dangereux
A maniac
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Un asile de fou
A lunatic asylum = a madhouse
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Une camisole de force
A strai(gh)tjacket
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Excentrique
Eccentric
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Perturbé
Mixed up
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Fou
Crazy = mad = insane
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Délirant
Delirious