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une pensée

pensif

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a thought

thoughtful / pensive

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penser

la réflexion, un penseur

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to think

thinking, a thinker

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imaginable

impensable / inconcevable

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thinkable

unthinkable

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concevoir

concevable

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to think up = to conceive

conceivable

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réfléchir a qqch

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to reflect on sth

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la pensée / réflexion, un réflexion

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reflection

, a réfection

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interpréter / expliquer (texte / attitude)

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to construe

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mal interpréter (parole / texte)

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to misconstrue

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se concentrer sur

la concentration

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to concentrate up on

concentration

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l’attention

attentif / prévenant

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attention

attentive

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envisager

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to contemplate

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réfléchir longuement à qqch

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to ponder on / over sth

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métier sur qqch

la méditation

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to mediate on sth

mediation

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ressasser / ruminer qqch

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to brood on / upon / over sth

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délibérer sur qqch

la délibération

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to deliberate about sth

deliberation

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se rendre compte (de qqch, que)

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to realize (sth / that)

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être conscient de / au courant de

la conscience de

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to be aware = conscious of

awareness = consciousness of

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considérer que / que qcch est

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to consider that / sth to be

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la raison, raisonner

le raisonnement

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reason, to reason

reasoning

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(ir) rationnel

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(ir) rational

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juger

le jugement

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to judge

judgement

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jauger

évaluer qqn

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to size sb up

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évaluer / estimer qqch

une évaluation / estimation

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to assess / appraise / evaluate sth

an assessment / appraisal / evaluation

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débattre, argumenter

un argument

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to argue

an argument

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anticiper = réfléchir à l'avance
to think ahead
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penser tout haut
to think aloud
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réfléchir vite / de façon constructive / de façon positive
to think fast / constructively / positively
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être ambitieux
to think big
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bien / beaucoup réfléchir
to think carefully / hard
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avoir une pensée claire / logique / réfléchir profondément
to think clearly logically deeply
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un raisonnement compliquée
a complicated reasoning
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un raisonnement confus
a confused reasoning
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un raisonnement erroné
a faulty reasoning
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un raisonnement logique
a logical reasoning
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un raisonnement simple
a plain reasoning
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un raisonnement sensé
a sensible reasoning
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un raisonnement judicieux = solide
a sound = solid reasoning
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un raisonnement spécieux
a specious reasoning
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un raisonnement point par point
a step-by-step reasoning
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un raisonnement tortueux
a tortuous reasoning
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capacité de raisonnement
powers of reasoning
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une argumentation
a line of reasoning | of argument
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après (mure) réflexion
on (due) reflection
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une erreur de jugement
an error of judg(e)ment
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un jugement de valeur
a value judgement
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une femme perspicace
a woman of judgement
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juger qqn
to pass judgment on sb
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faire preuve de | manquer de jugement
to show | to lack judgement
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un argument qui manque d'objectivité / commode / douteux
a biased / convenient / dubious argument
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un argument faible = peu convaincant // vigoureux / de poids / convaincant
a weak = feeble // forceful / powerful = strong / weighty / cogent argument
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un argument peu concluant indéfendable ingénieux irréfutable
an inconclusive indefensible ingenious irrefutable argument
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``` un argument boiteux ridicule trompeur mensonger grotesque peu solide stupide fallacieux flou ```
``` a lame ludicrous misleading deceitful preposterous shaky silly spurious wooly argument ```
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``` un argument rational réaliste raisonnable révélateur fondé ```
``` a rational realistic reasonable telling well-founded argument ```
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l'argument décisif
the clinching argument
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présenter un argument
to advance = put forward an argument
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balayer écarter rejeter un argument
to brush aside put aside dismiss an argument
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``` invoquer vérifier contrer infirmer réfuter un argument ```
``` to invoke check counter invalidate refute an argument ```
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s'en tenir à un argument
to keep to = stick to an argument
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``` examiner fournir défendre avec insistance soulever étayer = appuyer saper un ```
``` to look into to offer to press to raise to support = sustain to undermine an argument ```
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la force d'argument / d'une argumentation
the force = the strength of argument
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la faille d'un raisonnement / d'une argumentation
the flaw in an argument
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le point essentiel d'argument | la substance d'argument
the gist of an argument
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A quoi penses-tu?
What are you thinking of / about ? | A penny for your thoughts
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Elle était perdue dans ses pensées
She was lost in thought
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Qu'est-ce que vous penser de tout ça?
how do you feel about all that?
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j'ai besoin de temps pour y réfléchir
I'd like to think it over
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il faut que j'y réfléchisse
I must think it out
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Réfléchissez avant de parler
Think twice before you speak
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maintenant que j'y pense
now that I think about it
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à la réflexion
on second thoughts
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en y repensant
as an afterthought
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la nuit porte conseil
sleep on it
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prendre qqch en considération / en compte
to take sth into consideration / into account
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cela ne sert à rien de se livrer à des vaines conjectures
it's idle to speculate
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sa parole a du poids
what she says carries weight
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il m'est venu à l'esprit que
it occurred to me dawned on me came to my mind that
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``` c'est incompréhensible inintelligible déconcertant incohérent déroutant ambigu ```
``` this is incomprehensible unintelligible puzzling incoherent mystifying ambiguous ```

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