Nicely Associated Flashcards
1
Q
Honesty
A
Brutally honest
2
Q
Danger
A
Impending danger
3
Q
Honesty
A
“honesty is the bedrock of a good relationship”
the fundamental principles on which something is based.
4
Q
Politesse
A
Blessante politesse
5
Q
Jalousie
A
Dévorante jalousie
6
Q
Instruction
A
Posséder
Immense instruction
7
Q
Silence
A
Silence limpide
8
Q
Entretien
A
Entretien morne
9
Q
Sommeil
A
Il dormait d’un épais sommeil
10
Q
Pensées
A
Obtuses
11
Q
Insistance
A
Une amicale insistance
12
Q
Souvenir
A
Souvenir ténébreux
13
Q
Town
A
Urban sprawling township
14
Q
Confiance
A
Une puérile confiance
15
Q
Pudeur
A
Une invincible pudeur
16
Q
Breast
A
To wolf at her breast
17
Q
Compliance
A
Enforced compliance
18
Q
Restraint
A
A slim restrain
19
Q
Accent
A
A reproachful accent
20
Q
Greetings
A
Boisterous greetings
21
Q
Life
A
The taste of life was stale on her lips
22
Q
Woes
A
Distanced from her financial woes
23
Q
Correspondence
A
Her efforts to unravel her tangled correspondence
24
Q
Social/ household
A
Household drudgeries corvées ménagères
It’s sheer drudgery une vraie corvée
25
Conversation
A flagged conversation
26
Hands
“Her hands flitted above the tray”
27
Glimpse
Fleeting glimpses, with long submergences between (the house of Mirth)
28
Attention
Keen undivided
29
Jalousie
Une jalousie féroce
30
Responsabilité obligation
Une responsabilité écrasante +
31
Stratagème
Intellectuel
32
Désaccord
Dissonance Cognitive
33
Divide
The digital divide
34
Politesse
Une blessante politesse
35
Communication
A communication embargo
36
Habit
The tyranny of habit
37
Raisonnement
Raisonnement exsangue
38
Heures
Heures ferventes
39
pensées
Enchevêtrement de pensées
40
Oreilles
aux lobes aplatis et pendants,
41
étreinte
Docile étreinte
42
une éloquence
une ignorance monumentale
une éloquence inattendue
43
une précision
Une précision militaire
44
calendrier
calendrier inflexible
45
ignorance
une ignorance monumentale
46
Visage
Visage fardé à la perfection
47
Romantic
It’s painfully romantic
48
flaw
woefully flawed
Although our intuitions can be immensely useful for generating hypotheses to be tested using rigorous research methods, they’re often woefully flawed as a means of determining whether these hypotheses are correct (Myers, 2002; Stanovich, 2007).
49
The world & the human brain
To a large extent, that’s probably because the human brain evolved to understand the world around it, not to understand itself, a dilemma that science writer Jacob Bronowski (1966) called “reflexivity.” Making matters worse, we often cook up reasonable-sounding, but false, explanations for our behaviors after the fact (Nisbett & Wilson, 1977). As a consequence, we can persuade ourselves that
50
Psycomythology & its seduction
One reason we’re easily seduced by psychomythology is that it jibes with our common sense: our gut hunches, intuitions, and first impressions. Indeed, you may have heard that most psychology is “just common sense” (Furnham, 1983; Houston, 1985; Murphy, 1990).
51
Host Denis Prager talk show
“There are two kinds of studies in the world: those that confirm our common sense and those that are wrong.” Prager’s views regarding common sense are probably shared by many members of the general public.
Use your common sense. Whenever you hear the words “studies show”— outside of the natural sciences—and you find that these studies show the opposite of what common sense suggests, be very skeptical. I do not recall ever coming across a valid study that contravened common sense. (Prager, 2002, p. 1)
52
Ears
I don’t want to inflict your ears a botched feedback :
(of a task) carried out badly or carelessly.
"a botched attempt to steal a car"
with an indulgent ear
53
Clichés
dingy clichés….
gloomy and drab.
"a dingy room"
54
(Le) ton....
Ton péremptoire
55
Emotion
I can't support your emotional handicap
56
Existence
Une existence brumeuse
57
(The) habit
The tyranny of habit
58
keep something a secret.
"keep it under your hat is the golden rule for top chefs when it comes to sharing culinary secrets"
59
Contrôle
“Contrôle coercitif"
60
Dénoncer comme vil, méprisable.
Traiter quelqu'un, quelque chose avec beaucoup de mépris.
Villipender
61
Savoir
Savoir Encyclopédique
62
Licence
Licence assumée Liberté excessive qui tend au dérèglement moral ; ce qui est licencieux, contraire à la décence.
63
Narration (Français)
Une narration prégnante de vérité. ». Qui s'impose à l'esprit, qui produit une forte impression.
2. Qui s'impose fortement, en parlant d'une structure perceptive et dans le contexte de la Gestalttheorie
64
A short joke or witty remark
"Paltry" one-liner
65
66
Morality
heavy-handed morality
67
Heel
English can be such an intractable heel, especially when it comes to its spelling
intractable heel
Talon d’Achille
