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wit [wɪt]1 noun∎ to have a quick/a ready wit avoir de la vivacité d'esprit/beaucoup d'esprit;∎ her prose sparkles with wit sa prose est pétillante d'esprit(b) (humorous person) bel esprit m, homme m/femme f d'esprit;∎ he was a great wit c'était un homme plein d'esprit(c) (intelligence) esprit m, intelligence f;∎ familiar he didn't have the wit to keep his mouth shut il n'a pas eu l'intelligence de ou il n'a pas été assez futé pour fermer son bec;∎ she has quick wits elle a l'esprit fin, elle est très fine;∎ you need your wits about you in this job il faut avoir de la présence d'esprit dans ce métier;∎ keep your wits about you while you're travelling sois prudent ou attentif pendant que tu voyages;∎ to live by one's wits vivre d'expédients;∎ to collect or to gather one's wits se ressaisir, reprendre ses esprits;∎ I was at my wits' end je ne savais plus quoi faire;∎ you frightened me out of my wits or the wits out of me! tu m'as fait une de ces peurs!∎ one's five wits les cinq sensformal à savoir
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