la vie intellectuelle - la mémoire

Question 1

sthg escapes me

Answer 1

qqch m’échappe

Question 2

losing one’s memory

Answer 2

perdre la mémoire

Question 3

to have a memory lapse

Answer 3

avoir un trou de mémoire

Question 4

amnesiac

Answer 4

amnésique

Question 5

Don’t exaggerate!

Answer 5

N’exagère pas!

Question 6

I have it on the tip of my tongue.

Answer 6

J’ai [qqch] sur le bout de la langue.

Question 7

It’s coming back to me. (I remember)

Answer 7

Ça me revient.

Question 8

sthg slipped my mind

Answer 8

ça m’est sortie de l’esprit / de la tête

Question 9

to remember / retain sthg

Answer 9

retenir qqch

Question 10

to have a good memory

Answer 10

avoir bonne mémoire

Question 11

idiom: an elephant never forgets

Answer 11

avoir une memoire d’éléphant

Question 12

if my memory serves me well

Answer 12

si ma mémoire est bonne

Question 13

to be etched in sb’s memory

Answer 13

être gravé dans la mémoire de qqn

Question 14

I’m bad at remembering (names, faces).

Answer 14

Je n’ai pas la mémoire des (noms, visages).

Question 15

have a bad memory (cannot remember)

Answer 15

avoir une mauvaise mémoire

Question 16

It reminds me that…

Answer 16

cela/ça me rappelle que…

Question 17

don’t remember sthg anymore (…tête)

Answer 17

n’avoir plus qqch en tête / ne retrouver plus qqch

Question 18

from memory/ from what I remember

Answer 18

de mémoire

Question 19

to look back on, recall

Answer 19

se remémorer

Question 20

retrace sthg

Answer 20

retracer qqch

Question 21

refresh the memory of sb

Answer 21

rafraîchir la mémoire de qqn

Question 22

refresh one’s knowledge

Answer 22

rafraîchir ses connaissances

Question 23

in memory of sb

Answer 23

à la mémoire de qqn

Question 24

commemoration

Answer 24

la commémoration

Question 25

solemnly commemorate sb/sthg

Answer 25

commémorer solennellement

Question 26

wipe sthg from one's memory

Answer 26

effacer qqch de sa mémoire

Question 27

in living memory / as long as one can remember

Answer 27

de mémoire d'homme

Question 28

I don't remember.

Answer 28

Je ne me souviens plus.

Question 29

know by heart

Answer 29

connaître par coeur

Question 30

at the time/ back then (recalling)

Answer 30

à l'époque

Question 31

to know sthg like the back of your hand

Answer 31

connaître qqch sur le bout des doigts

Question 32

to go in one ear and out the other

Answer 32

entrer par une oreille et sortir par l'autre

Question 33

in the old days, once

Answer 33

autrefois

Question 34

in my youth

Answer 34

dans ma jeunesse

Question 35

let's not talk about that anymore

Answer 35

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