The mind (l'esprit : 38) Flashcards by Willy Tateya

intelligent (personne)

intelligent
clever
bright

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intelligent (personne) (parlé)

brainy

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l’intelligence

intelligence

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le cerveau

the brain

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l’intellect

the intellect

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intellectuel

intellectual

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un intellectuel

une intellectuelle

an intellectual

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capable de faire quelque chose

apte à faire quelque chose

able to do something

capable of doing something

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la capacité

ability

capability

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l’aptitude pour quelque chose

aptitude for something

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avoir des dispositions pour quelque chose

to have an aptitude for something

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l’aptitude pour faire quelque chose

aptitude for doing something

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compétent

competent

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la compétence

competence

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avoir l’esprit vif

to be quick-witted

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avoir l’esprit lent

to be slow-witted

to be slow (on the uptake)

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comprendre rapidement

avoir l’esprit vif

to be quick on the uptake

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pénétrant

sagace

penetrating

sharp

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astucieux

smart
shrewd
astute

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la perspicacité

insight

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perspicace

perceptive

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malin

rusé

cunning

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ingénieux

plein de ressources

resourceful

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habile

skilful

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l’habilité

skill

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connaître le truc pour faire quelque chose

avoir le coup pour faire quelque chose

to have the knack of doing something

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il y a un truc

there’s a knack to it

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avoir du flair pour quelque chosse

to have a flair for something

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un don

a gift

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doué

gifted

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être doué pour quelque chose

to have a gift for something

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un enfant surdoué (BR)

a gifted child

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un enfant surdoué (US)

an exceptional child

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un enfant prodigue

a child prodigy

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un petit prodige (parlé)

a whiz(z) kid

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un génie

a genius

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un trait de génie

a stroke of genius

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une idée géniale

a brainwave

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un talent pour

a talent for

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avoir du talent

to have talent

to be talented

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avoir beaucoup de talent

to be highly talented

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aux talents variés

versatile

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le bon sens

le sens commun

common sens

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sensé

sensible

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écervelé

scatterbrained

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bête

silly

foolish

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la bêtise

siliness

foolishness

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stupide

stupid

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idiot

idiotic

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idiot (BR) (parlé)

daft

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idiot (US) (parlé)

dumb

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un idiot

une idiote

an idiot

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un imbécile

une imbécile

a fool

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un sot

une sotte

a fool

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des sottises

nonsense

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quelle sottise !

that’s nonsense!

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un nigaud (parlé)
une nigaude (parlé)

a nitwit

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borné

dull

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obtus

dim

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retardé

backward

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un simple d’esprit

a simpleton

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la raison

reason

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raisonnable

reasonable

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ses facultés de raisonnements

his powers of reasoning

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raisonner sur quelque chose

to reason about something

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rationnel

rational

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la rationalité

rationality

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irrationnel

irrational

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la logique

logic

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logique

logical

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illogique

illogical

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mental

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un paradoxe

a paradox

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paradoxal

paradoxical

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une prémisse

premise

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une analyse

an analysis

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analyse

to analyse

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analytique

analitic(al)

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la solution de quelque chose

la solution à quelque chose

the solution to something

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résoudre un problème

to solve a problem
to a solution
to work out a situation

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conclure de quelque chose

to conclude from something

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conclure que

to conclude that

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une conclusion

a conclusion

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arriver à la conclusion que

to come to the conclusion that

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tirer des conclusions de

to draw conclusions from

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tirer des conclusions trop hâtives

to jump to conclusions

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déduire quelque chose de quelque chose

to deduce something from something

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déduire que

to deduce that

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une déduction

a deduction

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inférer quelque chose de quelque chose

to infer something from something

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inférer que

to infer that

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une inférence

an inference

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une pensée

a thought

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penser à quelque chose

to think of something

to think about something

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penser à quelqu’un

to think of somebody

to think about somebody

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un penser

thinker

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pensif

thoughtful

pensive

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cela m’est venu à l’esprit après coup

I had an afterthought

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une arrière pensée

an ulterior motive

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réfléchir à quelque chose

to think something over

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réfléchir longuement sur quelque chose

to ponder over something

to ponder about something

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réfléchir à quelque chose à deux fois

to think twice about something

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réfléchir sur quelque chose

to reflect on something

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réflexion faite…

on second thoughts

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changer d’avis

to change one’s mind

to have second thoughts

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considérer quelque chose comme quelque chose

to consider something to be something

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considérer que

to consider that

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prendre quelque chose en considération

to take something into consideration

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méditer sur quelque chose

to meditate on something

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la méditation

meditation

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remâcher quelque chose

ressasser quelque chose

to brood on something

to brood over something

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délibérer sur quelque chose

to deliberate about something

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la délibération

deliberation

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juger quelque chose

to judge something

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juger quelqu’un

to judge somebody

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juger que

to judge that

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un jugement

a judg(e)ment

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une erreur de jugement

an error of judgement

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prononcer un jugement sur

to pass judgement on

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manquer de jugement

to lack judgement

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être bon juge de

to be a good judge of

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être un mauvais juge de

to be a poor judge of

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un mauvais calcul

a miscalculation

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se méprendre sur la situation

to misread the situation

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se méprendre sur quelqu’un

to misjudge somebody

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évaluer

estimer

to evaluate

to assess

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évaluer (soutenu)

estimer (soutenu)

to appraise

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une estimation

une évaluation

an evaluation

an assessment

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une estimation (soutenu)
une évaluation (soutenu)

an appraisal

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discerner entre

distinguer entre

to distinguish between

to discriminate between

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faire un mauvais calcul

to miscalculate

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mal interpréter quelque chose

to misinterpret something

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judicieux

judicious

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faire preuve de discernement

to be discerning

to be discriminating

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objectif

objective

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l’objectivité

objectivity

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subjectif

subjective

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la subjectivité

subjectivity

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préjuger de quelque chose

to prejudge something

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plein de préjugés contre

prejudiced against

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partial

bias(s)ed

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impartial

unbias(s)ed

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mauvais (moralement)

le mal

evil

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un parti pris en faveur de

a bias towards

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un parti pris contre

a bias against

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un préjudice

a prejudice

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une valeur

a value

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un système de valeurs

a system of values

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bien

bon

good

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le bien

good

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mauvais (en général)

bad

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être dans son tort

être fautif

to be at fault

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le bien et le mal

good and evil

right and wrong

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discerner le bien du mal

to know good from evil

to know right from wrong

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c’est ce qu’il faut faire

it is the right thing to do

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c’est la chose à ne pas faire

it is the wrong thing to do

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un tort

a wrong

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il est de son devoir de le faire

it is his duty to do it

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avoir tort

to be wrong

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à tort

wrongly

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un défaut

a fault
a defect
a failing

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la conscience

conscience

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une erreur

une faute

an error

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erroné

erroneous

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juste

correct

right

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avoir raison

to be right

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avec raison

rightly

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un devoir

a duty

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moral

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éthique

ethical

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immoral

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peu éthique

unethical

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avoir la conscience tranquille

to have a clear conscience

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avoir quelque chose sur la conscience

to have something on one’s conscience

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juste

just

fair

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la justice

justice

fairness

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injuste

injust

unfair

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l’injustice

injustice

unfairness

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comprendre quelque chose

to understand something

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comprendre que

to understand that

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comprendre que (soutenu)

to comprehend something

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comprendre que (soutenu)

to comprehend that

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compréhensible

understanding

comprehensible

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la compréhension

l’entendement

understanding

comprehension

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suivre

to follow

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cela dépasse l’entendement

that is beyond all understanding

that is beyond all comprehension

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intelligible

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l’intelligibilité

intelligibility

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se faire comprendre

to make O.S understood

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arriver à comprendre quelque chose

to manage to understand something

to make sense of something

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c’est logique

it makes sense

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se rendre compte que

to realize that

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saisir quelque chose

to grasp something

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être à la portée de quelqu’un

to be within somebody’s grasp

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être hors de potée de quelqu’un

to be beyond somebody’s grasp

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croire comprendre quelque chose

deviner quelque chose

to gather something

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croire comprendre que

deviner que

to gather that

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c’est ce que j’ai cru comprendre

so I gather

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je n’en vois pas l’intérêt

I don’t see the point (of it)

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il a tout à coup ccompris que

it suddenly dawned on him that

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évident

manifeste

evident

obvious

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de toute évidence

manifestement

evidently

obviously

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cohérent

coherent

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cohérence

coherence

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sans équivoque

uniquivocal

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lucide

lucid

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la lucidité

lucidity

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ne pas arriver à comprendre quelque chose

to fail to understand something

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mal comprendre quelque chose

to miss the point of something

to misunderstand something

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une méprise

a misunderstanding

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se tromper

to make a mistake

to be mistaken

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se tromper sur quelqu’un

to have a mistaken idea of somebody

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se tromper sur quelque chose

to have a mistaken idea of something

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par erreur

mistakenly

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ça ne tient pas

it’s not consistent

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je n’y comprends strictement rien

I can’t make head nor tail of this

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je n’en ai pas la moindre idée

I haven’t the faintest idea

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je suis perdu

I’m lost

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une énigme

an enigma

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incompréhensible

incomprehensible

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déroutant

déconcertant

puzzling

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inintelligible

unintelligible

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équivoque

equivocal

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obscur

obscure

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insondable

unfathomable

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incohérent

incoherent

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incohérence

incoherence

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mystificateur

mystifying

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énigmatique

enigmatic

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ambigu

ambiguous

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une ambiguité

an ambiguity

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curieux

curious

avoir l’esprit curieux

to have an enquiring mind

la curiosité

curiosity

poussé par la curiosité

spurred on by curiosity

avoir la curiosité de faire quelque chose

to be curious enough to do something

éveillé

alert

la soif de connaître

the thirst for knowledge

stimuler

to stimulate

stimulant

stimulating

la stimulation

stimulation

l’intérêt porté à quelque chose

interest in something

intéresser quelqu’un

to interest somebody

s’intéresser à quelque chose

to be interested in something

to take an interest in something

s’intéresser à tout

to take an interest in everything

se sentir concerner par quelque chose

to feel concerned about something

être trés désireux d’apprendre

to be anxious to learn

vouloir savoir

to wish to know

vérifier quelque chose

to check (on) something

une vérification

a check

sonder quelque chose

to probe into something

se renseigner sur quelque chose

to enquire (inquire) into something
to inquire (enquire) about something
to make inquiries (enquiries) about something

se renseigner sur quelqu’un

to make enquiries (inquiries) about somebody

examiner

to examine

l’examen

examination

indifférent à

indifferent to

indifferent towards

une investigation

an investigation

investigateur

enquiring

inquiring

un investigateur

une investigatrice

an investigator

un indice de quelque chose (BR)

une indication de quelque chose (BR)

a clue to something

une indication de quelque chose (US)

un indice de quelque chose (US)

a clew to something

être sur une piste

to have a clue

suivre une piste

to follow up a clue

se creuser la tête

to rack one’s brains

inintéressant

uninteresting

non intéressé par

uninterested in

l’indifférence

indifference

les conjectures

les suppositions

speculations

se perdre en conjectures à propos de quelque chose

to make idle speculations about something

to speculate idly about something

conjecturer quelque chose

to surmise something

to conjecture something

supposer

to suppose

to assume

supposer (US)

to guess

en supposant qu’il puisse le faire

assuming he can do it

une supposition

a supposition

présumer que

to presume that
to assume that
to make an assumption that

je présume que

presumably

I assume that

une présomption

a presumption

présumé

prétendu

supposed

une hypothèse

a hypothesis

une hypothèse de travail

a working hypothesis

hypothétique

hypothetic(al)

une théorie sur quelque chose

a theory about something

en théorie

in theory

théorique

theorical

un théoricien

une théoricienne

a theorist

s’attendre à quelque chose

to expect something

s’attendre à ce que

to expect that

attendu

expected

prévoir quelque chose

to anticipate something

prévoir que

to anticipate that

en prévision de quelque chose

in anticipation of something

en prévision de ce que

in anticipation of that

deviner quelque chose

to guess something

deviner que

to guess that

essayer de deviner quelque chose

to make a guess at something

deviner juste

to guess right

tu as deviné juste !

you guessed right!

that’s a good guess!

tomber à côté

to guess wrong

ce n’est qu’une supposition

it’s only a guess

it’s only guesswork

avoir le sentiment que

to have a feeling that

avoir une idée que

to have an idea that

to have a notion that

avoir l’impression que

to have the impression that

to feel that

avoir comme une petite idée que… (parlé)

to have a hunch that…

il s’est avéré que…

it turned out that

il semble que…

it seems that…
it looks as if…
it looks as though…

il semble que… (US)

it looks like

il paraît que…

it appears that…

un sujet

une matière

a subject

a topic

une discipline

a discipline

cognitif

cognitive

la science cognitive

cognitive science

la cognition

cognition

l’étude

study

une étude approfondie

a detailed study

an in-depth study

étudier

to study

la recherche

research

faire des recherches sur quelque chose

to do research into something

un chercheur

une chercheuse

a researcher

découvrir quelque chose

to discover something

to find out something

découvrir que

to find out that

une découverte

a discovery

venir à l’esprit

to come to mind

to spring to mind

il lui est venu à l’esprit que…

it occurred to him that…

apprendre quelque chose sur quelque chose

to learn something about something

apprendre quelque chose sur quelqu’un

to learn something about somebody

apprendre quelque chose par coeur (parfaitement)

to learn something by heart

apprendre quelque chose par coeur (sans comprendre)

to learn something by rote

apprentissage des langues

language learning

assimiler

to assimilate

l’assimilation

assimilation

répéter quelque chose comme un perroquet

to repeat something fashion-parrot

posséder à fond un sujet

to master a subject

être autodidacte

to be self-taught

savoir quelque chose

to know something

savoir que

to know that

autant que sache

as far as I know

as far as I can tell

le savoir

knowledge

la culture générale

general knowledge

le savoir-faire (parlé)

know-how

faire quelque chose sciemment

to do something knowingly

s’y connaître en

to be knowledgeable about

connaître quelque chose comme sa poche

to know something like the back of one’s hand

savoir quelque chose sur le bout des doights

to know something backwards

to know something inside out

être un puit de science

to be a mine of information

to be a fund of knowledge

c’est une encyclopédie vivante (parlé)

he is a walking encyclopedia

un je sais tout (parlé)

a know-all

a clever dick

un je sais tout (parlé) (US)

a know-it-all

connaître quelque chose

to know something

connaître quelqu’un

to know somebody

connaître un sujet

to be acquainted with a subject

connaître un fait

to be acquainted with a fact

la connaissance

knowledge

à ma connaissance

to the best of my knowledge

acquérir des connaissances

to acquire knowledge

des connaissances élémentaires de

a basic knowledge of

des connaissances limitées de

a slight knowledge of

les rudiments de

the rudiments of

avoir quelques notions de

to have a smattering of

des connaissances approfondies de

a thorough knowledge of

expert

un expert en quelque chose

an expert on something

l’espertise

expertise

une authorité en matière de

an authority on

savant

learned

érudit

erudite

l’érudition

erudition

learning

cultivé

cultivated

cultured

versé dans

(well-)versed in

ignorant de quelque chose

ignorant of something

l’ignorance

ignorance

être ignare

to be ignoramus

inculte

uncultivated

uncultured

ne rien savoir de quelque chose

to know nothing about something

l’attention

attention

faire attention à

prêter attention à

to pay attention to

faire attention à (soutenu)

prêter attention à (soutenu)

to heed to

ne prêter aucune attention à

to pay no attention to

retenir l’attention de quelqu’un

to catch somebody’s attention

attirer l’attention de quelqu’un sur quelque chose

to call somebody’s attention to something

to attract somebody’s attention to something

attentif à

attentive to

très attentivement

intently

se consacrer entièrement à

to give one’s undivided attention to

tenir compte de

to take notice of

ne pas tenir compte de

to take no notice of

remarquer quelque chose

to notice something

remarquer que…

to notice that…

j’ai remarqué que…

I noticed that…

it came to my notice that…

prendre note de

to take notice of

la concentration

concentration

se concentrer sur quelque chose

to concentrate on something

empêcher quelqu’un de se concentrer

to spoil somebody’s concentration

il ne s’est pas aperçu que…

il n’a pas remarqué que

it escaped his notice that…

avoir une bonne mémoire

to have a good memory

être plongé dans

être absorbé par

to be engrossed in

absorbant

absorbing

engrossing

l’inattention

inattention

inattentif

inattentive

inattentive à

heedless to

être étourdi (de nature)

être distrait (de nature)

to be absent-minded

il était distrait (un instant)

his mind wandered

his attention wandered

la distraction

l’étourderie

absent-mindedness

inconscient de

unaware of

oblivious to

passer inaperçu

to go unnoticed

to go unremarked

si j’ai bonne mémoire…

if I remember right

avoir la mémoire des chiffres

to have a memory for figures

avoir la mémoire des noms

to have a memory for names

avoir une mémoire d’éléphant

to have a memory like an elephant

avoir une mauvaise mémoire

to have a bad memory

to have a poor memory

avoir la tête comme une passoire

to have a memory like a sieve

mémoriser quelque chose

to memorize something

to commit something to memory

c’est gravé dans ma mémoire

it’s engraved in my memory

citer de mémoire

to quote from memory

rafraîchir la mémoire de quelqu’un

to jog somebody’s memory

de mémoire d’homme

within living memory

inoubliable

unforgettable

rappeler quelque chose à quelqu’un

to remind somebody about something

to remind somebody of something

il me rappelle son père

he reminds me of his father

rappelez-moi au bon souvenir de votre mère

remember me to your mother

évoquer quelque chose

rappeler quelque chose

to bring something to mind

to call something to mind

un rappel

a reminder

se souvenir de quelque chose

to remember something
to recall something
to recollect something

se souvenir que

to remember that
to recall that
to recollect that

se souvenir de quelqu’un

to remember somebody

autant que je me souvienne

to the best of my recollection

as far as I can remember

le souvenir

recollection

le souvenir de quelque chose

the recollection of something

the memory of something

garder de bons souvenirs de

to have happy memories of

des souvenirs d’enfance

childhood memories

le souvenir de quelqu’un

the memory of somebody

en souvenir de

in memory of

in remembrance of

un souvenir (objet)

a keepsake

a memento

un souvenir

a souvenir

oublier quelqu’un

to forget somebody

oublier quelque chose

to forget something

oublier de faire

to forget to do

sans oublier…

and not forgetting

oublieux de

forgetful of

omettre quelque chose

to omit something

to leave something out

une omission

an omission

un trou de mémoire

a lapse of memory

j’ai un trou de mémoire

my memory fails me

il a eu un trou

his mind went blank

je ne me le rappelle pas

I don’t remember it

je ne m’en souviens pas

I can’t remember it

ça m’était complêtement sorti de la tête (parlé)

I’d clean forgotten about it

ça ne me rappelle rien

it does not mean a thing to me

it does not ring a bell

au plus profond de son inconscient

deep in his unconscious

je ne l’ai plus à l’esprit

it has slipped my memory

avoir un nom sur le bout de la langue

to have a name on the tip of one’s tongue

son nom m’échappe

his name escapes me

conscient de

conscious of

aware of

conscient de (soutenu)

mindful of

prendre conscience de quelque chose

to become aware of something

prendre conscience du fait que

to become aware of that

la conscience

consciousness

awareness

inconscient

unconscious

l’inconscient collectif

the collective unconscious

le subconscient

the subconscious

subliminal

l’intuition

intuition

intuitif

intuitive

un instinct

an instinct

par instinct

by instinct

instinctif

instinctive

une pulsion

a drive

compulsif

compulsive

la psychologie

psychology

psychologique

psychological

un psychologue

une psychologue

a psychologist

la psychanalyse

psychoanalysis

psychanalytique

psychoanalytic(al)

psychanalyser

to psychoanalyse

un psychanaliste

une psychanaliste

psychoanalyst

le psychisme

psyche

le moi

the self

l’ego

the ego

le sur-moi

the super-ego

le ça

the id

un archétype

an archetype

réprimer

refouler

to repress

la répression

le refoulement

repression

un traumatisme

a trauma

traumatisant

traumatic

un fantasme

a fantasy

fantasmer sur

to fantasize about

sublimer

to sublimate

la sublimation

sublimation

l’introversion

introversion

introverti

introverted

un intraverti

une intravertie

an intravert

l’extraversion

extraversion

extroversion

extraverti

extraverted

extroverted

un extraverti

une extravertie

an extravert

an extrovert

un complexe

a complex

un complexe (parlé)

a hang-up

être compléxé par

to have a complex about

le complexe d’OEdipe

the Oedipus complex

avoir un complexe d’infériorité

to have an inferiority complex

avoir un complexe de supériorité

to have a superiority complex

avoir le délire de la persécution

to have a persecution complex

(se) culpabiliser

to feel guilty

la libido

the libido

philosophique

philosophic(al)

un philosophe

une philosophe

a philosopher

philosopher sur

to philosophize about

un concepte

a concept

conceptuel

conceptual

une idée

an idea

une idéologie

an ideology

idéologique

ideological

un métaphysicien

une métaphysicienne

a metaphysician

un principe

a principle

une maxime

a maxim

esthétique (BR)

aesthetic

un précepte

a precept

fallacieux

fallacious

un raisonnement fallacieux

a fallacy

moral

l’éthique

ethics

éthique

ethical

la métaphysique

metaphysics

métaphysique

metaphysical

l’esthétique (BR)

aesthetics

l’esthétique (US)

esthetics

esthétique (US)

esthetic

l’épistémiologie

epistemology

l’ontologie

ontology

Socrate

Socrates

sacratique

socratic

platon

plato

platonicien

platonic

un platonicien

une platonicienne

a platonist

le platonisme

platonism

Aristote

Aristotle

un aristotélicien

une aristotélicienne

an Aristotelian

l’aristotélisme

Aristotelianism

un stoïcien

une stoïcienne

a Stoic

le stoïcisme

stoicism

l’idéalisme

idealism

un idéaliste

une idéaliste

an idealist

idéaliste

idealistic

un sophiste

a sophist

la sophistique

sophistry

l’hédonisme

hedonism

hédoniste

hedonistic

un hédoniste

une hédoniste

a hedonist

Epicure

Epicurus

l’épicurisme

Epicureanism

un Epicurien

une Epicurienne

an Epicurian

l’humanisme

humanism

un humaniste

une humaniste

a humanist

humaniste

humanistic

le Cartesianisme

Cartesianism

cartésien

Cartesian

l’utilitarisme

utilitarism

utilitaire

utilitarian

le matérialisme

materialism

un matérialiste

une matérialiste

a materialist

le marxisme

Marxism

un marxiste

une marxiste

a Marxist

l’existentialisme

existentialism

un existentialiste

une existentialiste

an existentialist

le naturalisme

naturalism

un naturaliste

une naturaliste

a naturalist

le pragmatisme

pragmatism

pragmatique

pragmatic

un pragmatique

une pragmatique

a pragmatist

le rationalisme

rationalism

un rationaliste

une rationaliste

a rationalist

le réalisme

a realism

un réaliste

une réaliste

a realist

le positivisme

positivism

un positiviste

une positiviste

a positivist

l’empirisme

empiricism

un empiriste

une empiriste

an empirist

le mysticisme

mysticism

un mystique

une mystique

a mystic

l’agnosticisme

agnosticism

un agnostique

une agnotique

an agnostic

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