brain

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Organe situé dans la tête qui commande le corps et permet de penser.

En anglais simple : The organ inside your head that controls your body and allows you to think.

• Your brain needs oxygen.
• The accident damaged his brain.
• Scientists study how animal brains work.

Synonymes : encephalon, harns

Expressions courantes : human brain, brain damage, brain cells

intelligence

Capacité de réfléchir, de comprendre et de résoudre des problèmes, souvent exprimée au pluriel par « brains ».

En anglais simple : Your ability to think, understand, and solve problems, often expressed as brains.

• Use your brain before you answer.
• She has the brains to solve this problem.
• Success takes brains as well as hard work.

Synonymes : intelligence, intellect

Contraires : stupidity

Expressions courantes : use your brain, brains and beauty, have brains

cerveau, processeur

Partie d’une machine ou d’un ordinateur qui commande son fonctionnement et effectue des calculs.

En anglais simple : The part of a machine or computer that controls its actions and does calculations.

• This chip is the robot’s brain.
• The machine’s brain checks every movement.
• Engineers replaced the computer’s brain with a faster processor.

Synonymes : processor, control unit

Expressions courantes : computer brain, electronic brain, robot brain