brains

intelligence, jugeote

Capacité de réfléchir clairement, d’apprendre et de résoudre des problèmes.

En anglais simple : The ability to think clearly, learn, and solve problems.

• Use your brains!
• She has the brains to solve this problem.
• Success takes both brains and hard work.

Comment l'utiliser : have the brains to do something (He has the brains to build his own computer.)

Synonymes : intelligence, cleverness

Contraires : stupidity

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

cerveaux

Organes dans la tête qui commandent les pensées, les émotions et les mouvements.

En anglais simple : The organs inside heads that control thought, feeling, and movement.

• Human brains need a lot of energy.
• Scientists compared the brains of several animals.
• Their brains were scanned during the experiment.

Expressions courantes : human brains, animal brains, study brains

cerveau

Personne ou groupe qui utilise son intelligence pour concevoir et organiser quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The person or people who plan and organize something using their intelligence.

• Maya is the brains of the team.
• Who was the brains behind this project?
• The police arrested the brains behind the robbery.

Comment l'utiliser : the brains behind something (She is the brains behind the new business.)

Synonymes : mastermind

Expressions courantes : brains behind something, brains of something