Personality Flashcards by Ilona Voutsas

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temper

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caractère, l’humeur

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a trait

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un trait de caractère

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a whim

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un caprice, une lubie

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composure, nerve

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le sang-froid

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odd

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bizarre

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freakish

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bizarre

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huffy

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susceptible

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touchy

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susceptible

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reliable

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fiable

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dependable

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fiable

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bashful

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timide

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earnest

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sérieux

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wary

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méfiant

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cautious

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prudent

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rash

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irréfléchi, impulsif

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reckless

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téméraire, imprudent

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down-to-earth

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réaliste

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a shortcoming

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un défaut

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will

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volonté

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boldness

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l’audace

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nastiness

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méchanceté

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stubborn

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entêté

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dogged

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entêté

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purposeful

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résolu

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irresolute

irresolu

ruthless

acharné, impitoyable

nasty (GB) , mean (US)

méchant

wicked

très méchant

condescending

condescendant

patronizing

condescendant

conceited

prétentieux

haughty

hautain

disdainful

dédaigneux

scornful

méprisant

contemtuous

méprisant

snobbish

snob

smug

suffisant, satisfait de soi

unassuming

modeste, humble

to boast

se vanter

good breeding

good manners

courtesy

la courtoisie

courteous

courtois

well-bred / ill-bred

bien élevé / mal élevé

tactful / tactless

plein de tact / sans tact

well-behaved / ill-behaved

qui a de bonnes manières / mauvaises manières

decent , proper

convenable

indecent , improper

indécent

prim

guindé, collet monté

offhand , flippant, casual

désinvolte

rough

brutal, peu raffiné

coarse, vulgar, crude

grossier

obnoxious

odieux

cheeky, saucy, brash

effronté, insolent

to behave / to misbehave

bien / mal se comporter

a virtue

une vertu

a vice

un vice

ingenuous

ingénu, candide, naïf

gullible

crédule

virtuous

virtueux

honest, upright

honnête, droit, intègre

square, candid, straightforward

franc

to be as stubborn as a mule

être têtu comme une mule

to be as cool as a cucumber

être imperturbable

truth will out

la vérité finit toujours pas triompher

truth is stranger than fiction

la réalité dépasse la fiction

where there is a will, there is a way

quand on veut, on peut