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nous

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Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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When grace comes, all the schemes of the evil one cease, for it abolishes them. It comes like a gentle breeze, like a subtle, fragrant zephyr which deadens the flesh and then raises the soul. It enlightens our nous. And in the end, when it comes, grace itself teaches a person. Joseph the Hesychast

The entire village left the next day in about thirty canoes, leaving us alone with the women and children in the abandoned houses. [Le village entier partit le lendemain dans une trentaine de pirogues, nous laissant seuls avec les femmes et les enfants dans les maisons abandonnées.]. Claude Lévi-Strauss

I can show bands how to produce themselves. In the same way, many bands think you can't make it without some fat cat in London or New York to manage you. Thats just crap. All you need is someone a bit older than you with a bit of business nous whom you trust. Johnny Marr

his mind wandered Source: Internet

I couldn't get his words out of my head Source: Internet

she has great social nous Source: Internet

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