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121 faculty
['fækəlti]plural - faculties; noun1) (a power of the mind: the faculty of reason.) faculté2) (a natural power of the body: the faculty of hearing.) faculté3) (ability or skill: She has a faculty for saying the right thing.) talent4) ((often with capital) a section of a university: the Faculty of Arts/Science.) faculté -
122 faith
[feiƟ]1) (trust or belief: She had faith in her ability.) confiance2) (religious belief: Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.) foi3) (loyalty to one's promise: to keep/break faith with someone.) parole•- faithful- faithfully - Yours faithfully - faithfulness - faithless - faithlessness - in all good faith - in good faith -
123 feeling
1) (power and ability to feel: I have no feeling in my little finger.) sensation2) (something that one feels physically: a feeling of great pain.) sensation3) ((usually in plural) something that one feels in one's mind: His angry words hurt my feelings; a feeling of happiness.) sentiment4) (an impression or belief: I have a feeling that the work is too hard.) impression5) (affection: He has no feeling for her now.) sentiment6) (emotion: He spoke with great feeling.) émotion -
124 flair
[fleə](a natural ability or cleverness for (doing) something: She has flair for (learning) languages.) flair, don -
125 for
[fo:] 1. preposition1) (to be given or sent to: This letter is for you.) pour2) (towards; in the direction of: We set off for London.) pour3) (through a certain time or distance: for three hours; for three miles.) pendant; sur4) (in order to have, get, be etc: He asked me for some money; Go for a walk.) pour5) (in return; as payment: He paid $2 for his ticket.) pour6) (in order to be prepared: He's getting ready for the journey.) pour7) (representing: He is the member of parliament for Hull.) pour8) (on behalf of: Will you do it for me?) pour9) (in favour of: Are you for or against the plan?) pour10) (because of: for this reason.) pour11) (having a particular purpose: She gave me money for the bus fare.) pour12) (indicating an ability or an attitude to: a talent for baking; an ear for music.) pour13) (as being: They mistook him for someone else.) pour14) (considering what is used in the case of: It is quite warm for January (= considering that it is January when it is usually cold).) pour15) (in spite of: For all his money, he didn't seem happy.) malgré2. conjunction(because: It must be late, for I have been here a long time.) car -
126 forehand
['fo:hænd](in tennis etc, (the ability to make) a stroke or shot with the palm of one's hand turned towards the ball: a strong forehand; ( also adjective) a forehand stroke.) coup droit -
127 foresight
[-sæit]noun (the ability to see in advance what may happen and to plan for it: She had the foresight to drive carefully in case the roads were icy.) prévoyance -
128 free will
(the ability to choose and act freely: He did it of his own free will.) libre arbitre
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