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The mind Flashcards

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Intellectual abilities

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Les Facultés intellectuelles

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The Mind

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L’esprit

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Clever, Bright, Brainy

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Intelligent

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The intellect

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L’intellect

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An intellectual

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un(e) intellectuel(le)

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The intelligentsia

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l’intelligentsia

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Able to do sth

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capable de faire qqch

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Capable of doing sth

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apte à faire qqch

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Capability

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la capacité

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Aptitude for sth/doing sth

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l’aptitute pour qqch/ à faire qqch

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to have an aptitude for sth

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avoir des dispositions à faire qqch

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To be apt to do sth

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être enclin à faire qqch

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To be quicked-witted/slow-witted

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avoir l’esprit vif/lent

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to be quick on the uptake

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apprendre vite, avoir l’esprit vif

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Penetrating, sharp

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pénétrant/ sagace

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insight

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la perspicacité

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Smart, Shrewd, Astute

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astucieux

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Perceptive

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perspicace

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Cunning

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malin, rusé

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Resourceful

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Ingénieux, plein de ressources

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Skilful

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Habile

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Skill

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l’habileté

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To have the knack of doing sth

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connaître le tuc pour faire qqch, avoir le coup pour faire qqch

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There’s a knack to it

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Il y a un truc

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To have a flair for sth

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Avoir du flair pour qqch

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A gift

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Un don

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Gifted

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doué

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To have a gift for sth

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Être doué pour qqch

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A gifted child (BR)

An exceptional Child (AM)

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Un enfant surdoué

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A child prodigy

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Un enfant prodige

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A whiz(z) kid

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Un petit prodige

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A genius

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Un génie

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A stroke of genius

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Un trait de génie

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A brainwave

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Une idée géniale

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To have talent

To be talented

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Avoir du talent

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To be highly talented

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Avoir beaucoup de talent

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Versatile

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Aux talents variés

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Sensible

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Sensé

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Scatterbrained

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écervelé

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Silly

Foolish

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bête

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Silliness

Foolishness

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la bêtise

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Idiotic
Daft (BR)
Dumb (AM)

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Idiot

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A fool

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Un(e) imbécile, un(e) sot(te)

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Nonsense

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des sottises

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That’s nonsense!

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Quelle sottise!

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A nitwit

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un(e) nigaud(e)

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To be slow (on the uptake)

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Avoir l’esprit lent

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Dull

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Borné

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Dim

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Obtus

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Backward

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Retardé

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A simpleton

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Un simple d’esprit

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Reasoning

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Le raisonnement

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His powers of reasoning

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Ses facultés de raisonnement

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A premise

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Une prémisse

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To solve a problem

To work out a solution to a problem

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Résoudre un problème

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The solution to sth

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La solution de qqch., à qqch

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To conclude from sth/that

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Conclure de qqch/que

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To come to the conclusion that

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Arriver à la conclusion que

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To draw conclusions from

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tirer des conclusions de

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To jump to conclusions

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Tirer des conclusions trop hâtives

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To deduce sth from sth/ that

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Déduire qqch de qcch/que

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To infer sth from sth/that

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Inférer qqch de qqch/que

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An inference

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Une inférence

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Thoughtful

Pensive

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Pensif

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I had an afterthought

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Cela m’est venu à l’esprit après coup

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An ulterior motive

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Une arrière-pensée

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To think sth over

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Réfléchir à qqch

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To think twice about sth

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Réfléchir à qqch à deux fois

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To reflect on sth

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Réfléchir sur qqch

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To ponder over sth, about sth

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Réfléchir longuement sur qqch

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On second thoughts…

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Réflexion faite…

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To change one’s mind

to have second thoughts

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Changer d’avis

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To meditate on sth

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méditer sur qqch

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To deliberate about sth

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Délibérer sur qqch

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To brood on sth, over sth

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remâcher qqch, ressasser qqch

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Judging

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Le jugement

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To pass judgement on

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Prononcer un jugement sur

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To lack judgement

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manquer de jugement

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To misread the situation

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Se méprendre sur la situation

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To misjudge sb

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Se méprendre sur qqn

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To miscalculate

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Faire un mauvais calcul

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A miscalculation

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Un mauvais calcul

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To misinterpret sth

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mal interpréter qqch

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To assess
To evaluate
To appraise

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évaluer, estimer

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An assessment
An appraisal (soutenu)
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une estimation, une évaluation

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To distinguish between

To descriminate between

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discerner entre

distinguer entre

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To be discerning

To be discriminating

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Faire preuve de discernement

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Objectivity

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L’objectivité

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To prejudge sth

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Préjuger de qqch

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A bias towards/against

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Un parti pris en faveur de/contre

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Prejudiced against

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Plein de préjugés contre

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Bias(s)ed

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Partial

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Unbias(s)ed

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Impartial

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Bad

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Mauvais (en général)

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Evil

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mauvais (moralement)

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Right and wrong

Good and evil

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Le bien et le mal

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To know right from wrong

To know good from evil

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Discerner le bien du mal

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It is the right thing to do

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C’est ce qu’il faut faire

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It is the wrong thing to do

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C’est la chose à ne pas faire

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A wrong

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Un tort

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To be wrong

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Avoir tort

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Wrongly

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à tort

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A fault
A defect
A failing

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Un défaut

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To be at fault

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Être dans son tort, être fautif

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Erroneous

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Erroné

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To be right

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Avoir raison

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Rightly

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Avec raison

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A duty

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Un devoir

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It is his duty to do it

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Il est de son devoir de le faire

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Unethical

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Peu éthique

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To have a clear conscience

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Avoir la conscience tranquille

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To have sthon one’s conscience

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Avoir qqch sur la conscience

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Justice

Fairness

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La justice

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To understand sth/that

To comprehend sth/that

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Comprendre qqch/que

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understandable

comprehensible

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compréhensible

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Understanding

Comprehension

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La compréhension

L’entendement

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That is beyond all understanding

That is beyond all comprehension

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Cela dépasse l’entendement

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To make o.s understood

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Se faire comprendre

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To manage to understand sth

To make sense of sth

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Arriver à comprendre qqch

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It makes sense

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C’est logique

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To realize that

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Se rendre compte que

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To grasp sth

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saisir qcch

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To be within/beyond sb’s grasp

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Être/ne pas être à la portée de qqn

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To gather sth/that

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Croire comprendre, deviner qqch

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So I gather

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C’est ce que j’ai cru comprendre

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I don’t see the point (of it)

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Je n’en vois pas l’intérêt

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It suddenly dawned on him that

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Il a tout à coup compris que

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Evident

Obvious

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Evident, manifeste

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Evidently

Obviously

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De tout évidence, manifestement

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Unequivocal

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Sans équivoque

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Lucid

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Lucide

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To fail to understand sth

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Ne pas arriver à comprendre qqch

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To miss the point of sth

To misunderstand sth

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Mal comprendre qch

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A misunderstanding

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Une méprise

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To make a mistake

To be mistaken

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Se tromper

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Mistakenly

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Par erreur

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It’s not consistent

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ça ne tient pas

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I can’t make head nor tail of this

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Je n’y comprends strictement rien

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To have a mistaken idea of sb/sth

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Se tromper sur qqch/qqn

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I haven’t the faintest idea

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Je n’en ai pas la moindre idée

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Puzzling

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Déconcertant, déroutant

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Unfathomable

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Insondable

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Mystifying

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Mystificateur

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An enigma

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Une énigme

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Ambiguous

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Ambigu

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An ambiguity

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Une ambiguïté

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To have an enquiring mind

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Avoir l’esprit curieux

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Spurred on by curiosity

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Poussé par la curiosité

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To be curious enough to do sth

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Avoir la curiosité de faire qqch

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Alert

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Eveillé

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The thirst for knowledge

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La soif de connaître

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To stimulate

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Stimuler

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Stimulating

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Stimulant

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Interest in sth

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L’intérêt porté à qqch

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To interest sb

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Intéresser qqn

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To be interested in sth

To take an interest in sth

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S’intérresser à qqch

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to take an interest in everything

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S’intéresser à tout

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To feel concerned about sth

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se sentir concerné par qqch

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To be anxious to learn

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être très désireux d’apprendre

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To wish to know

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Vouloir savoir

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To check (on) sth

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Vérifier qqch

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A check

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Une vérification

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To probe into sth

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sonder qqch

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To inquire into sth, about sth

To enquire into sth, about sth

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Se renseigner sur qqch

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To make enquiries about sth/sb

To make inquiries about sth/sb

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Se renseigner sur qqch/qqn

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To examine

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examiner

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Examination

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L’examen

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Enquiring

Inquiring

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Investigateur

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An investigator

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Un(e) investigasteur (-trice)

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A clue to sth (BR)

A clew to sth (AM)

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Un indice de qqch

Une indication de qqch

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To have/follow u a clue

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être sur/suivre une piste

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To rack one’s brains

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Se creuser la tête

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Uninteresting

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Inintéressant

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Uninterested in

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Non intéressé par

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Indifferent to, towards

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Indifférent à

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Indefference

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L’indifférence

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