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une capacité in English:

1. skill skill


Everyone recognized his skill.
Because of his great professional skill, the lawyer has a large number of clients.
The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself.
All the skill of the sailors fell before the violence of the storm.
The crowd may be on the side of Luciano, but the champ has got the skill to win and that's what matters.
However, in America, sports teams are generally chosen by skill, and academic courses by ability.
This part of the tune needs some real skill. It took me ages to learn how to play it on the piano.
How much we pay you depends on your skill.
Albert is always trying his hand at something to test his own skill.
He came on board this company with a lot of fanfare and he turns out to have the skill and talent to live up to it.
Before I can return your children... you'll have to complete a course called family skills.
1. Surely those skills still count for something. / 2. I guess that's one of your skills.
While I was intent on improving my language skill, I came upon an English grammar book.

English word "une capacité"(skill) occurs in sets:

Problems and solutions

2. capacity


Most people don't even scratch the surface of the human mind's capacity for memorization.
tank capacity
I thought that if we lined up benches in the garden as well, we could achieve quite a seating capacity.
The economic strength of a country lies not alone in its ability to produce, but also in its capacity to consume.
To calculate the capacity, multiply the length by the width by the depth.
To his valour he added a most exquisite genius and understanding, grandeur of mind, and a capacity equally turned for military or civil affairs.
Young people and migrant workers are the bulk of rural Internet users; in terms of online music, online games, online film and television, and the Internet's capacity for entertainment, rural Internet users are equivalent to urban ones.
I can’t provide You an extra slot for unloading due to very high local pics and unloading capacity reached. Your truck need to wait till Monday.
In the last few weeks the show has been playing to about 85 percent capacity. By the end of the summer, the system was running at full capacity.
do you have a spare room in your house? Absolutely not. We're full to capacity in our house.
Digital music systems and multimedia servers now enjoy virtually unlimited capacity for the storage of cds,
Singing is beyond my capacity. (Śpiewanie jest poza moimi zdolnościami.) She has a great capacity for love. The capacity of this truck is 13 tons. (Ładowność tej ciężarówki wynosi 13 ton.)
Germany aims to increase the installed capacity of offshore wind installations to 6,500 megawatts by 2020.
When the engine capacity is close to two litres, it qualifies as a two-litre engine.
the amount of something that can be put in a container, or the number of people that a place has room for. There are plans to increase the capacity of the stadium.

English word "une capacité"(capacity) occurs in sets:

Top 1000 French Nouns 251 - 300
CAE 1001 - 1025

3. ability


ability to listen
Sustainable development is the concept of the current generation utilizing the environment and meet human demands while not harming the ability of future generations to satisfy their own demands and interests.
If the more advanced want to improve English ability (especially reading comprehension) increasing vocabulary is the way to go.
With a high, closed collar, figure-hugging cut, and large slits at either side of a straight skirt, the qipao is unique in its ability to communicate both modesty and sensuousness.
With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't be prideful of that but first apply yourself dilligently with everyone in your class.
This is a plan that takes into account your stature and your ability to guard. By all means do it for me.
Though it is true that every normal human being is able to use language, it is misleading to compare this with his ability to eat, sleep, or walk.
MP (magic): Ability score needed to use magic. As you use magic it drops, but with time it recovers.
I may not have much to offer in the way of learning or ability, but I want to do whatever I can for us all and humbly ask for your favor.
However, in America, sports teams are generally chosen by skill, and academic courses by ability.
The three animals tried to help the old man, the monkey using its ability to climb to collect fruit and nuts, and the fox catching fish in the stream to bring to him.
These days when I hear about these horrible incidents on the news I get the feeling that more and more young people are losing their ability to distinguish between real and virtual worlds.
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
A good method plays a much more important role in language learning than the vague concept of innate ability.

English word "une capacité"(ability) occurs in sets:

Nouns 250 - 300