Knee-jerk fashion
French translation: agir sans réfléchir
| 22:54 Dec 21, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: sarahl (X) Local time: 17:33 | ||||||
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| 4 +2 | agir sans réfléchir |
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| 5 | de faηon inconsidιrιe, instinctive |
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| 4 | en réaction réflexe |
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| 4 | réaction primaire |
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| 4 | de manière (totalement) irréfléchie |
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| 3 | réagir spontanément |
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| knee-jerk fashion en réaction réflexe Explanation: It's not offensive at all. It's quite common and means in effect reacting without proper consideration first. |
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| knee-jerk fashion réagir spontanément Explanation: nous nous abaisserions si nous jetions nos polices par la fenêtre et si nous réagissions spontanément |
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4 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2| knee-jerk fashion agir sans réfléchir Explanation: *** |
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