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discretion Anglais:

1. freedom to act on one's own



2. discreet n



3. discreet


You need to be discreet when talking to a patient.
When you're talking to customers, you have to be very discreet.
It wasn't very discreet of you to forget the appointment.
Among orang-utans, alpha males copulate openly but subordinates are so discreet that nobody realised they mated at all until the advent of genetic paternity testing
Try to be as discreet as possible as he 's very sensitive and easily upset.
Tens of thousands of discreet rules, 60 steps to suspend...
To do him justice, he is a discreet man.
You should be more discreet in expressing yourself in public.
You weren't particularly discreet, so it's no wonder you got caught.

Anglais mot "discretion"(discreet) se produit dans des ensembles:

making nouns from adjectives

4. the freedom and power to make decisions by yourself



5. choice


Good choice!
English is quite often the language of choice when speaking to an international audience.
One of her choice parlor tricks was to crack walnuts with her quadriceps, to the amazement of even the most seasoned bodybuilders.
They arrived in Southern Rhodesia, and there was a choice of an immigrants' camp, consisting of mud huts with a communal water supply, or a hotel; and they chose the hotel, being what are known as people of means.
A seller's market is a market in which goods are relatively scarce, buyers have a limited range of choice, and prices are high.
The "People's Choice" award, by public polling, was announced again this year and Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts were selected as the most popular male, and female, film actors.
They are able to retire while fairly young and enjoy the lifestyle of their choice in good health.
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
Anybody with at least a two-digit IQ knows this was a politically biased choice.
The mythical Kraken, thick as a ship and three times as wide, once made an attack on Christopher Columbus's fleet... giving Columbus no choice but to eat him.
If I had a choice, I'd give up work. He had no choice but to accept their offer. I'm single by choice (= because I want to be). We offer a wide choice of Italian wines.
Over seven years ago, the United States pursued al Qaeda and the Taliban with broad international support. We did not go by choice, we went because of necessity.
I wouldn't push him too far. You don't know what he might do. I'd say you can't be too careful. They say even a doomed mouse will bite a cat if he has no choice.
Well... sighed Dima, then turned to the shopkeeper and cast her a murderous glance. "I guess I have no choice now..."
I can't say I much like that choice, Dima sighed. "To be honest, my head's been all blurry ever since I woke up in a dumpster this morning..."

Anglais mot "discretion"(choice) se produit dans des ensembles:

Part 5 (Purple)

6. freedom to act or judge



7. the right or ability to make a judgement or decision



Anglais mot "discretion"(the right or ability to make a judgement or decision) se produit dans des ensembles:

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