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brain
1. n. (Anatomie) Cerveau, cervelle.
2. v. (Argot) (Vieilli) Frapper à la tête.
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brain
1. n. (topics, en, Organs) The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
2. n. (informal) An intelligent person.
He was a total brain.
3. n.          (plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
He is the brains behind the scheme.
4. n. (in the plural) Intellect.
He has a lot of brains.
5. n.          (singular) An intellectual or mental capacity.
Gerald always acts like he doesn't have a brain.
6. n. By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
The computer's brain is capable of millions of calculations a second.
7. n. (slang) oral sex
8. v. (topics, en, Violence) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
9. v. (topics, en, Violence) (transitive, slang) To strike (someone) on the head.
10. v. (transitive, figurative) To destroy; to put an end to.
11. v. (transitive, obsolete) To conceive in the mind; to understand.
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cerveau
1. n-m. brain

Exemples de phrases

Books are children of the brain.      Les livres sont les enfants du cerveau. Although most of us think of the brain as a single structure, it is actually divided into two hemispheres.      Bien que la plupart d'entre nous conçoivent le cerveau comme une seule structure, il est en fait divisé en deux hémisphères. Are you saying that I don't have a brain?      Veux-tu dire que je suis dépourvu de cerveau ? It's not my fault. My brain made me do it.      Ce n'est pas de ma faute. Mon cerveau me l'a fait faire. Make your brain work before talking!      Fais marcher ton cerveau, avant de parler !

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