tact
/tækt/ nom C1En français : tact
- Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true. · By the use of tact, she was able to calm her jealous husband.· I used tact when I told my fat uncle that his extra weight made him look better.
- Propriety; manners (etiquette).
Dans la bibliothèque
When my uncle became foreign minister in this administration he gave me several missions of trust, and as I always brought them to a successful conclusion, he came at last to have the utmost confidence in my ability and tact.
de Monte Cristo in his house, you are quicksighted, have much knowledge of the world, more tact than is usual at your age, do you think the count is really what he appears to be?”
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