The Human Being - Intelligence, the unconscious

Question 1

un intello

Answer 1

an egghead / a geek / a swot

Question 2

intelligent ≠ idiot

Answer 2

brainy ≠ brainless

Question 3

astucieux / habile

Answer 3

shrewd (shru:d)

Question 4

la perspicacité

Answer 4

shrewdness

Question 5

idiot (adj)

Answer 5

idiotic

Question 6

borné / obtus

Answer 6

dull / dim

Question 7

un crétin

Answer 7

a moron (moronic)

Question 8

un simple d’esprit

Answer 8

a simpleton

Question 9

attardé

Answer 9

backward

Question 10

arriéré

Answer 10

mentally retarded

Question 11

ne pas comprendre vite

Answer 11

to be slow-witted

Question 12

imaginaire

Answer 12

imaginary

Question 13

un rêve éveillé

Answer 13

a daydream

Question 14

un rêver

Answer 14

a daydreamer

Question 15

rêvasser

Answer 15

to muse

Question 16

se faire des illusions

Answer 16

to delude oneself

Question 17

avoir des dispositions pour

Answer 17

to have a turn / a bent for

Question 18

une illusion trompeuse

Answer 18

a delusion

Question 19

un complexe d’infériorité

Answer 19

an inferiority complex

Question 20

névrosé

Answer 20

neurotic

Question 21

surestimer les capacités de qqn

Answer 21

to overrate sby’s abilities

Question 22

sous-estimer les capacités de qqn

Answer 22

to underrate sby’s abilities

Question 23

douter des capacités de qqn

Answer 23

to question sby’s abilities

Question 24

avoir un don pour qqch

Answer 24

to have a gift for sth

Question 25

avoir l’esprit vif

Answer 25

to have a quick / sharp mind

Question 26

avoir un esprit perspicace

Answer 26

to have a shrewd mind

Question 27

avoir l’esprit critique

Answer 27

to have a critical turn of mind

Question 28

comprendre vite

Answer 28

to be quick on the uptake

Question 29

être doué pour le calcul / en affaires

Answer 29

to have a good head for figures / business

Question 30

se creuser les méninges

Answer 30

to rack one’s brains

Question 31

être posé

Answer 31

to be self-composed

Question 32

faire preuve d’autodiscipline

Answer 32

to be self-disciplined

Question 33

être sûr de soi

Answer 33

to be self-assured

Question 34

être égocentrique

Answer 34

to be self-absorbed

Question 35

être suffisant / vaniteux

Answer 35

to be self-conceited

Question 36

l’affirmation de soi

Answer 36

self-assertion

Question 37

le fruit de son imagination

Answer 37

the figment of one’s imagination

Question 38

une capacité d’attention limitée

Answer 38

a short attention span