The Human Being - Intelligence, the unconscious Flashcards by David S

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un intello

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an egghead / a geek / a swot

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intelligent ≠ idiot

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brainy ≠ brainless

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astucieux / habile

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shrewd (shru:d)

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la perspicacité

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shrewdness

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idiot (adj)

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idiotic

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borné / obtus

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dull / dim

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un crétin

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a moron (moronic)

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un simple d’esprit

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a simpleton

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attardé

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backward

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arriéré

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mentally retarded

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ne pas comprendre vite

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to be slow-witted

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imaginaire

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imaginary

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un rêve éveillé

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a daydream

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un rêver

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a daydreamer

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rêvasser

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to muse

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se faire des illusions

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to delude oneself

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avoir des dispositions pour

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to have a turn / a bent for

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une illusion trompeuse

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a delusion

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un complexe d’infériorité

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an inferiority complex

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névrosé

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neurotic

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surestimer les capacités de qqn

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to overrate sby’s abilities

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sous-estimer les capacités de qqn

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to underrate sby’s abilities

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douter des capacités de qqn

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to question sby’s abilities

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avoir un don pour qqch

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to have a gift for sth

avoir l'esprit vif

to have a quick / sharp mind

avoir un esprit perspicace

to have a shrewd mind

avoir l'esprit critique

to have a critical turn of mind

comprendre vite

to be quick on the uptake

être doué pour le calcul / en affaires

to have a good head for figures / business

se creuser les méninges

to rack one's brains

être posé

to be self-composed

faire preuve d'autodiscipline

to be self-disciplined

être sûr de soi

to be self-assured

être égocentrique

to be self-absorbed

être suffisant / vaniteux

to be self-conceited

l'affirmation de soi

self-assertion

le fruit de son imagination

the figment of one's imagination

une capacité d'attention limitée

a short attention span