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1 ability
(a) (mental or physical) capacité f, capacités fpl, aptitude f;∎ he has great ability il a beaucoup de capacités, il est très capable;∎ to lack ability manquer de capacités;∎ do you feel you have the necessary ability to run the project? croyez-vous avoir les capacités nécessaires pour gérer le projet?;∎ children at different levels of ability/of different abilities des enfants de niveaux intellectuels différents/aux compétences diverses;∎ I'll do it to the best of my ability je le ferai du mieux que je peux, je ferai de mon mieux∎ her acting ability or abilities remained unrecognized ses talents d'actrice sont restés méconnus -
2 inability
[inə'biləti](the lack of power, means, ability etc (to do something): I was surprised at his inability to read.) incapacité -
3 limitation
1) (an act of limiting.) limitation2) (a lack, eg of a particular facility, ability etc: We all have our limitations.) limite -
4 upstart
(a person who has risen quickly to wealth or power but seems to lack dignity or ability: I shall leave the firm if that little upstart becomes manager.) parvenu/-ue -
5 hindrance
hindrance n entrave f ; to be a hindrance to sb [person] gêner qn ; [social class, lack of ability, poverty] être un handicap pour qn ; to be a hindrance to sth être une entrave à qch ; he's more of a hindrance than a help il gêne plutôt qu'il n'aide.without let or hindrance sans que personne ne s'y oppose. -
6 vision
A n1 (mental picture, hallucination) vision f ; to have visions avoir des visions ; to appear to sb in a vision apparaître à qn ;2 (conception, idea) vision f ; her vision of Europe in the 21st century sa vision de l'Europe au XXIe siècle ; Rousseau's vision of the ideal society l'idée de la société idéale selon Rousseau ;3 ( imaginative foresight) sagacité f ; to have/lack vision avoir de la/manquer de sagacité ; a man of vision un visionnaire ;4 ( ability to see) vue f ; to have poor/good vision avoir une mauvaise/bonne vue ; to have blurred vision avoir la vue trouble ; to come into vision devenir visible ;5 (sight, visual image) image f ; a vision of loveliness/hell l'image de la beauté/de l'enfer ; -
7 incapacity
(a) (lack of power, ability) incapacité f;∎ his incapacity for work son incapacité à travailler;∎ her incapacity to adapt son incapacité à s'adapter►► British Administration incapacity benefit prestation f d'invalidité
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