la vie intellectuelle - doute/certitude/responsabilité Flashcards by lula 7 | Brainscape

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to doubt what (x) said

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douter de ce que dit…

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I doubt that he said…

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Je doute qu’il dise…

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to have doubts about

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avoir des doutes sur

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to have reasons to doubt sthg/sb

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avoir des raisons de douter de

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distrust/ be suspicious of sthg

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se méfier de qqch

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skeptical, dubious

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dubitatif / incrédule / sceptique

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to imagine/suspect sthg (is true)

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se douter de qqch

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to be certain that… (doubter)

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se doubter bien que…

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give an ambiguous answer

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faire une réponse ambiguë

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equivocal/ vague

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équivoque

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ambiguity

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de l’ambiguïté

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to be certain that

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avoir la certitude que

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to be (completely) convinced that

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avoir la conviction que (avoir l’intime conviction que)

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to have faith in, to believe in sthg/sb

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avoir foi en qqch/qqn

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to be positive/sure about sthg

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être formel/formelle sur

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indisputable/ unquestionable/ undeniable

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incontestable/ indiscutable/ indéniable

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unarguably/ unquestionably

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sans conteste

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to happen/ occur

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se produire

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It has nothing to do with me.

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Je n’y suis pour rien.

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It’s not my fault.

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Ce n’est pas ma faute.

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deny all responsibility/ liability

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rejeter toute responsabilité

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to be insincere / not being honest with yourself

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être de mauvaise foi

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to be wrong

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avoir tort

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to be in the wrong/ responsible for an offense

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être dans son tort

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to be responsible for sthg

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être responsable de qqch

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to acknowledge / admit one’s mistake

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reconnaître/admettre son erreur, ses torts

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admit (that) I was/am wrong

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admettre avoir eu tort / admettre que j’ai tort

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wrongly accused of doing sthg

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être accusé à tort de faire qqch

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irresponsible

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irresponsable

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to be sincere / be in good faith

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être de bonne foi

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to oblige sb to do sthg

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engager/obliger qqn à faire qqch

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to commit/promise to do sthg

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s’engager à faire qqch

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get off to a bad start

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être mal engagé

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to hire

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engager qqn/ embaucher qqn

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enter into negotiations

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engager des négotiations

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take responsibility for sthg

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prendre responsabilité de qqch

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to honour/ standby the commitment to sth/ do sthg

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respecter l’engagement de qqch/faire qqch

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keep a promise

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tenir une promesse

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break one’s word

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manquer à sa parole

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go back on one’s word / retract one’s statement

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se dédire

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you have a point/ you might be right

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ce n’est pas faux

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to be right

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avoir raison / être dans le vrai

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to be right to do sthg

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avoir raison de faire qqch

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conquer / defeat/ get the better of sb

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avoir raison de qqn

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believe sb / trust sthg (to be accurate)

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croire qqn/qqch

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believe in sthg (think it’s real)

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croire à qqch

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believe in sb (to be capable)

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croire en / avoir confiance dans

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believe it or not

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croire-le ou non

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he led me to believe that…

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il m’a fait croire que…

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I don’t believe it!

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je n’y crois pas

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to cause an accident

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provoquer un accident

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I promise (you) that…

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je te promets que…

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I doubt it.

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J’en doute.

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I imagine/suspect that’s the case.

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Je m’en doute.

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do not suspect anything

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ne se douter de rien