Nicely Associated Flashcards
Honesty
Brutally honest
Danger
Impending danger
Honesty
“honesty is the bedrock of a good relationship”
the fundamental principles on which something is based.
Politesse
Blessante politesse
Jalousie
Dévorante jalousie
Instruction
Posséder
Immense instruction
Silence
Silence limpide
Entretien
Entretien morne
Sommeil
Il dormait d’un épais sommeil
Pensées
Obtuses
Insistance
Une amicale insistance
Souvenir
Souvenir ténébreux
Town
Urban sprawling township
Confiance
Une puérile confiance
Pudeur
Une invincible pudeur
Breast
To wolf at her breast
Compliance
Enforced compliance
Restraint
A slim restrain
Accent
A reproachful accent
Greetings
Boisterous greetings
Life
The taste of life was stale on her lips
Woes
Distanced from her financial woes
Correspondence
Her efforts to unravel her tangled correspondence
Social/ household
Household drudgeries corvées ménagères
It’s sheer drudgery une vraie corvée
Conversation
A flagged conversation
Hands
“Her hands flitted above the tray”
Glimpse
Fleeting glimpses, with long submergences between (the house of Mirth)
Attention
Keen undivided
Jalousie
Une jalousie féroce
Responsabilité obligation
Une responsabilité écrasante +
Stratagème
Intellectuel
Désaccord
Dissonance Cognitive
Divide
The digital divide
Politesse
Une blessante politesse
Communication
A communication embargo
Habit
The tyranny of habit
Raisonnement
Raisonnement exsangue
Heures
Heures ferventes
pensées
Enchevêtrement de pensées
Oreilles
aux lobes aplatis et pendants,
étreinte
Docile étreinte
une éloquence
une ignorance monumentale
une éloquence inattendue
une précision
Une précision militaire
calendrier
calendrier inflexible
ignorance
une ignorance monumentale
Visage
Visage fardé à la perfection
Romantic
It’s painfully romantic
flaw
woefully flawed
Although our intuitions can be immensely useful for generating hypotheses to be tested using rigorous research methods, they’re often woefully flawed as a means of determining whether these hypotheses are correct (Myers, 2002; Stanovich, 2007).
The world & the human brain
To a large extent, that’s probably because the human brain evolved to understand the world around it, not to understand itself, a dilemma that science writer Jacob Bronowski (1966) called “reflexivity.” Making matters worse, we often cook up reasonable-sounding, but false, explanations for our behaviors after the fact (Nisbett & Wilson, 1977). As a consequence, we can persuade ourselves that
Psycomythology & its seduction
One reason we’re easily seduced by psychomythology is that it jibes with our common sense: our gut hunches, intuitions, and first impressions. Indeed, you may have heard that most psychology is “just common sense” (Furnham, 1983; Houston, 1985; Murphy, 1990).
Host Denis Prager talk show
“There are two kinds of studies in the world: those that confirm our common sense and those that are wrong.” Prager’s views regarding common sense are probably shared by many members of the general public.
Use your common sense. Whenever you hear the words “studies show”— outside of the natural sciences—and you find that these studies show the opposite of what common sense suggests, be very skeptical. I do not recall ever coming across a valid study that contravened common sense. (Prager, 2002, p. 1)
Ears
I don’t want to inflict your ears a botched feedback :
(of a task) carried out badly or carelessly.
“a botched attempt to steal a car”
with an indulgent ear
Clichés
dingy clichés….
gloomy and drab.
“a dingy room”
(Le) ton….
Ton péremptoire
Emotion
I can’t support your emotional handicap
Existence
Une existence brumeuse
(The) habit
The tyranny of habit
keep something a secret.
“keep it under your hat is the golden rule for top chefs when it comes to sharing culinary secrets”
Contrôle
“Contrôle coercitif”
Dénoncer comme vil, méprisable.
Traiter quelqu’un, quelque chose avec beaucoup de mépris.
Villipender
Savoir
Savoir Encyclopédique
Licence
Licence assumée Liberté excessive qui tend au dérèglement moral ; ce qui est licencieux, contraire à la décence.
Narration (Français)
Une narration prégnante de vérité. ». Qui s’impose à l’esprit, qui produit une forte impression.
2. Qui s’impose fortement, en parlant d’une structure perceptive et dans le contexte de la Gestalttheorie
A short joke or witty remark
“Paltry” one-liner
Morality
heavy-handed morality
Heel
English can be such an intractable heel, especially when it comes to its spelling
intractable heel
Talon d’Achille