Truth, Reality And Illusion Flashcards

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Frank

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Franc

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Truthfulness

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Franchise

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Naive

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Candide

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Naivety

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La candeur

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He plays fair

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Il joue franc jeu

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Proven

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Avéré

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It’s too good to be true

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C’est trop beau pour être vrai

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There are things which are better left unsaid

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Toutes les vérités ne sont pas bonnes à dire

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Falsely

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Faussement

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A lie

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Un mensonge

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Misleading

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Mensonger (mensongère)

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To tell fibs

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Raconter des bobards

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He’s a consummate liar

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Il ment comme un arracheur de dents

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To hide (intention to deceive)

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Dissimuler

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To conceal

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Masquer

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To hide a truth from oneself

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Se voiler

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To blank out

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Occulter

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To be in hiding

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Se planquer

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19
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Without the knowledge of

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En cachette de

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A hiding place

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Une cachette

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21
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To play hide and seek

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Jouer à cache-cache

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An ulterior motive

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Une arrière-pensée

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A screen

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Un paravent

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A mask

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Un cache

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Convincing

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Vraisemblable

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Don’t indulge in wishful thinking

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Ne prends pas tes désirs pour des réalités

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To pretend

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Faire semblant

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Unreal

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Irréel

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Fanciful

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Chimérique

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A puppet government

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Un gouvernement fantoche

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Illusory

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Illusoire

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He’s in a world of his own

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Il plane complètement

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Things aren’t always what they seem

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Les apparences sont trompeuses

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Obvious

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Apparent

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Outward show

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Une façade

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Pretence

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Un faux-semblant

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A feeling

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Une impression

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To create a good impression

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Faire bonne figure

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To be seen to be doing well

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Paraître

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To appear

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Apparaître

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Magic

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Une magie

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A wand

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Une baguette magique

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A spell

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Un sort

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A trick

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Un truc

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A fairy

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Une fée

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In fairyland

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Au royaume des fées

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A wizard

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Un sourcier

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An elf

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Un lutin

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To haunt

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Hanter

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Sincerity

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La sincérité