Vocabulary

great scholar; savant; polymath

German idealism

cultural friction

popular culture

dog breed

to agree (to a proposal, request, etc.); to assent; to consent; to accept

to grow; to grow up

this way (of doing); this method

telephone operator

it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

star beautician; famous beautician

Western language

electronic media; digital media

first language

French Republic

overseas territory; overseas possession

high unemployment rate

eldest sister; oldest sister

francophonie; francophony

pipewort (Eriocaulon cinereum)

to dispatch (someone); to send; to make run

(study of) medicine, dentistry and pharmacology

medical, dental and pharmacological

supporting argument

indigenous peoples of Latin America

permanent colony

Civil Code

official language

separatism; secessionism

separatism; secessionism

carbon nano-tube; carbon nanotube

ionicity

nanotube

evening; dusk

outside broadcasting van; OB van; mobile unit; outdoor broadcasting van

plectranthus

greedy algorithm

greedy algorithm

frankly speaking

psychogenesis