Chap 18 Will, Freedom and Habit

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la volonté

will

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savoir ce qu’on veut

to have a will of one’s own

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manquer de volonté

to lack willpower

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céder à qqch/qqun

to give in to sth/sb

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céder (à qqch/à qqun/devant qqch/devant qqun)

to yield (to sth/sb)

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n’en faire qu’à sa tête

to have it (all) one’s own way

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s’obstiner/persister à faire qqch

to persist in doing sth

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soutenir/affirmer qqch, prétendre que

to claim sth/that

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s’en remettre à qqun du soin de faire qqch

to leave it to sb to do sth

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bien vouloir faire qqch, se montrer prêt à faire qqch

to be willing to do sth

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se porter volontaire pour (faire) qqch

to volunteer to do sth/for sth

<p>to volunteer to do sth/for sth</p>
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donner/offrir spontanément qqch (renseignements)

to volunteer sth

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être déterminé/résolu (à faire qqch)

to be determined (to do sth)

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opiniâtre (personne); tenace, obstiné (personne, insistance)

dogged

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volontaire, obstiné

self-willed

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d’une grande force de caractère

strong-willed

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obstiné (personne, comportemnt)

obstinate

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têtu

stubborn

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buté, entêté

mulish

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résolu (personne, manière)

resolute

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inflexible

unyielding

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qui tient tête, têtu

headstrong

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  1. retors, obstiné (personne)

  2. illogique, irrationel, contraire au bon sens (décision)

  3. malin (satisfaction, plaisir)

perverse

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  1. entêté, obstiné (personne)

  2. délibéré, intentionnel (action)

wilful

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la liberté

freedom, liberty

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la maîtrise de soi

self-control

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la censure

censorship

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être libre de faire qqch, être autorisé à faire qqch

to be at liberty to do sth

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être libre de faire qqch

to be free to do sth

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être à qqun de faire qqch

to be up to sb (to do sth)

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se reprendre, se ressaisir

to pull oneself together

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reprendre ses esprits, se remettre de ses émotions

to collect oneself

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modérer/réfréner qqch

to curb sth

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se retenir (de faire qqch)

to restrain oneself (from doing sth)

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réprimer/contenir qqch (émotions), réprimer qqun

to repress sth/sb

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retenir/maîtriser qqun; contenir/maîtriser (émotions)

to restrain sb/sth

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aller au-delà de qqch, dépasser le cadre de qqch

to go beyond the scope of sth

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être dépendant de qqch/qqun

to be dependent on sth/sb

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être indépendant de qqch/qqun

to be independent of sth/sb

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dépendre de qqch/qqun; être tributaire de qqch/qqun/pour ce qui est de qqch

to depend on sth/on sb/on sth for sb/on sb for sth

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censurer qqch/qqun

to censure/censor sth/sb

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être tolérant vis à vis de qqch

to be tolerant of sth

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délibéré, voulu

deliberate

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impulsif

impulsive

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spontané

spontaneous

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de façon irréfléchie, sur un coup de tête

on an impulse

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une habitude

a habit

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avoir l’habitude de faire qqch

to be in the habit of doing sth

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prendre une habitude

to get into a habit

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se débarasser d’une habitude

to shake off a habit

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se mettre à faire qqch

to take to doing sth

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devenir dépendant/fanatique de qqch, devenir accro à qqch

to become addicted to sth

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s’habituer à (faire) qqch, q’accoutumer à (faire) qqch

to get used/accustomed to (doing) sth

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je ne peux pas m’empêcher de faire qqch

I can’t help doing sth

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je n’y peux rien, je ne peux m’en empêcher

I can’t help it

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un inconnu; qqun qui connaît pas (qqch)

a stranger (to sth)

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un type/une fille bizarre, un(e) tordu(e)

a weirdo

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une singuliarité, une bizarrerie, une particularité

a peculiarity

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une bizarrerie, une curiosité (chose); une anomalie, une exception à la règle (personne)

an oddity

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être commun/habituel (de faire qqch/que qqun fasse qqch)

to be common (to do sth/for sb to do sth)

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être/devenir banal, répandu

to be/become commonplace

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singulier, original, vieillot

quaint

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reculé, isolé (endroit)

remote

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inhabituel, original

unusual

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  1. bizarre, curieux

  2. particulier, inhabituel

peculiar

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distinctif

distinctive

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bizarre, excentrique, extraordinaire

odd

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curieux, étrange, bizarre (personne, chose)

odd-looking

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singulier, étrange, qui met mal à l’aise

queer

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  1. bizarre, étrange

  2. inconnu, insolite

strange

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inédit, inconnu jusque là, sans précedent

unheard of

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bizarre

weird

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habituel, ordinaire

usual

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ordinaire, quelconque

ordinary, unremarkable

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comme d’habitude

as usual

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habituellement

usually

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sa voix m’est familière

his/her voice is familiar (to me)

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son visage me dit qqch

his/her face looks familiar (to me)

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il connait bien ces idées; ces idées lui sont familières

he is familiar with these ideas

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“l’habitude c’est une seconde nature”

“old habits die hard”

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“vouloir, c’est pouvoir”

“where there is a will, there is a way”

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