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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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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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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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

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Careful = attentive

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Conscient != inconscient

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Conscious != unconscious
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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30
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La bêtise, la niaiserie

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Silliness = foolishness

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31
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L’idiotie, la stupidité

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Idiocy

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32
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Un idiot, un imbecile

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An idiot = a fool

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Un nigaud, un cretin

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A nitwit = a halfwit

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Stupide

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Stupid

35
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Bête

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Silly = foolish

36
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Niais

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Dumb = dim

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Attardé, arriéré

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Backward = mentally-retarded

38
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Simple d’esprit

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Simple minded

39
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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

42
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L’oubli

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Oblivion

43
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L’amnésie

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Amnesia

44
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Inoubliable

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Unforgettable

45
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Se rappeler

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To remember = to recall = to recollect

46
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Oublier

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To forget

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L’imagination, la fantaisie

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Fancy

48
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Une impression

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An impression

49
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Une illusion

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An illusion

50
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L’inventivité

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Inventiveness

51
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Une illusion trompeuse

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Delusion

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Un rêve

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A dream

53
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Un rêve eveillé

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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 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

61
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Imaginer

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To imagine

62
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Avoir envie de ( fantasmer )

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To fancy

63
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Inventer

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To invent

64
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Deviner

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To guess

65
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Se faire des illusions

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To delude oneself

66
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Rêver

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To dream

67
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Rêvasser

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To muse

68
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Prevoir

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To foresee

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Prédire

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To predict, to forecast, to foretell

70
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( pres ) sentir

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To sense

71
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Une dépression nerveuse

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A nervous breakdown

72
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Un complexe, une obsession

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A hang-up, a complex

73
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L’excentricité

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Eccentricity

74
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Absurdité

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Absurdity = nonsense

75
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Le délire

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Delirium

76
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La folie

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Madness

77
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Un fou

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A madman = a lunatic

78
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Un fou dangereux

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A maniac

79
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Un asile de fou

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A lunatic asylum = a madhouse

80
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Une camisole de force

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A strai(gh)tjacket

81
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Excentrique

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Eccentric

82
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Perturbé

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Mixed up

83
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Fou

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Crazy = mad = insane

84
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Délirant

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Delirious