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s1 chap 8 - intellectual activities Flashcards

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la compréhension

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understanding

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la réflexion

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reflection

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la raison

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reason

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une idée

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an idea, a notion

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une vague idee

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an inkling

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curieux

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curious

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pensif

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thoughtful

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impensable

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unthinkable

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concevoir

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to conceive

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comprendre, savoir

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to understand, to grasp

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saisir, percevoir

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to perceive, to make out

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observer

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to observe

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remarquer

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to notice

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se concentrer sur

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to concentrate on, to focus on

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envisager

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to contemplate

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considérer, prendre en compte

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to consider

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réfléchir longuement à, méditer sur

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to ponder over, to meditate on

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examiner, étudier qqch

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to look into sth

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réfléchir à qqch

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to reflect (up)on sth

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se rendre compte

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to realize

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le savoir-faire

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know-how

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l’érudition

l’apprentissage

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learning

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l’éducation, l’instruction

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education

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la culture générale

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common knowledge

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le fait de savoir lire et écrire

l’analphabétisme

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illiteracy

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la signification

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meaning

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l’ignorance

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ignorance

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un intellectuel

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an intellectual

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instruit, cultivé

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educated

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inculte

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uneducated

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cultivé

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cultured, cultivated

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érudit, savant

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learned, erudite

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analphabète, illettré

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illiterate

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ignorant

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ignorant

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autodidacte

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self-taught

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inconnu

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unkown

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savoir

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to know

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signifier, vouloir dire

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to mean

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la logique

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logic

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une théorie

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a theory

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une hypothèse

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an hypothesis

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une conjecture, une supposition, une hypothèse

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a supposition, an assumption, a presumption

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la déduction

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inference/deduction

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l’analyse

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analysis

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une explication

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an explanation

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une solution

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a solution

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une conclusion, une issue

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a conclusion, an outcome

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un fait

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a fact

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des preuves

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proof, evidence

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rationnel

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rational

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irrationnel

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irrational

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logique, illogique

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logical, illogical

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cohérent, incohérent

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consistent, inconsistent

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infondé, sans fondement

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groundless

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précis

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accurate

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théorique

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theoretical

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déconcerter, laisser perplexe

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to baffle, to puzzle

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chercher

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to look for, to search for, to seek

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déduire

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to deduce, to infer

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supposer

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to suppose, to assume, to presume

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faire des suppositions sur

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to speculate on, about

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interpréter

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to interpret

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supposer, soupçonner

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to suspect

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prouver

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to prove

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trouver

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find

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découvrir

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to find out, to discover

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résoudre

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to solve

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expliquer

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to explain

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établir, démontrer

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to demonstrate, to establish

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confirmer

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to confirm

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révéler

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to reveal, to disclose

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dénoncer

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to expose

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une comparaison

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a comparison

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une décision

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a decision

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un contraste

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a contrast

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un dilemme

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a dilemma

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une préférence

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a preference

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exigeant, difficile

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choosy, picky

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préféré

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favo(u)rite

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indécis

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undecided

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comparé à, par rapport à

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compared ro

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par, en comparaison

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comparatively

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de préférence

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preferably

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décider

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to decide

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comparer

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to compare

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opposer

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to oppose, to contrast

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choisir

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to choose

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sélectionner, choisir

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to pick out

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qu’en pensez-vous?

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what do you think?

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à quoi pensez-vous ?

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what are you thinking of?

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elle voit toujours les choses en grand

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she always thinks big!

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à la réflexion

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on second thought…

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voyons voir…

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let me think…

let me see…

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formuler une hypothèse

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to formulate a hypothesis

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confirmer une hypothèse

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to bear out, to confirm a hypothesis

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il me vient soudain à l’esprit que..

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it has just dawned on me that…

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cela va de soi

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it stands to reason

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tirez-en les conséquences

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draw your own conclusions

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à toi de décider

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it’s up to you

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prendre une décision

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to make a decision

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se décider

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to make up one’s mind

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changer d’avis

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to change one’s mind

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faites comme vous voulez!

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do as you choose!

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dis-moi à quoi tu penses

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a penny for your thoughts

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c’est l’intention qui compte

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it’s the thought that counts

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le savoir, c’est le pouvoir

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knowledge is power

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je préfère le travail aux vacances

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i prefer work to holidays

108
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que dirais tu de sortir un peu?

- je préfère(rais) rester à la maison et travailler

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what about going out for a while?

- i’d rather stay at home and work

109
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penser à

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to think about

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réfléchir à qqch

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to think sth over

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inventer, concevoir

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to think up

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se reporter en arrière par la pensée

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to think back

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anticiper

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to think ahead

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bien réfléchir à qqch

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to think sth out

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