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verry narrow in scope

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Étendu très limité

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trivial

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sans intérêt

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trite

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banal, plat

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badly put

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mal exprimé

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To re phrase

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reformuler

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flimsy

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creux, manquant de substance

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feeble

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faible sans vigueur

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tedious

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fastidieux

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irksome

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ingrat ennuyeux

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devoid of intérest

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dépourvu d intérêts

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pedestrian, prosaic

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plat

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unvaried

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dépourvu de variété

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groundless assertions

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des affirmations sans fondement

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Inaccurate

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inexact

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pedantic

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pedant

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formal

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soigné, pesant

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affected

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affecté, peu naturel

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obsolete

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désuet

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colloquial

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style familier

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indecorous

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de mauvais goût

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ludicrous

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risible ridicule

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coarse

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grossier, brutal

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setting

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le cadre

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périodic’al

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periodique

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a purple patch/passage

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un morceau de bravoure

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the authors design

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le dessein de l’auteur

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to allude to something

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faire allusion à quelque chose

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to quote

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citer

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a quotation from

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une citation de

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viewpoint

standpoint

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point de vue

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to remark upon

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faire une observation sur

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déclarer exposer

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To state that

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to stress on

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mettre l’accent sur

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to point out that

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faire remarquer

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at great length

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longuement

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a detailed account of

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un compte rendu détaillé

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to comment on

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faire un commentaire sur

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as the writer puts it

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comme le dit L écrivain

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to set about

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entreprendre de

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the ideas are clearly set out

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les idées sont clairement exposées

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aborder un sujet D importance

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to take up a Matter of moment

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to address an issue

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aborder une question

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To avoid an issue

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éviter une question

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To handle a story

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conduire une histoire

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exciting

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passionnant

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cheering (story)

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réjouissant

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Smth telling

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révélateur éloquent efficace

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to heighten the tension

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accroître la tension

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to ease off the tension

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détendre l atmosphère e

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to sustain the intérest

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soutenir L intérêt

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long-winded

endless

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interminable

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to enhence smth

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faire ressortir qqch

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To dwell on/ upon

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insister sur / S attarder sur

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To hold forth on/ about smth

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disserter sur qqch

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to outline a théory

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exposer une théorie

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to touch on a subject

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effleurer un sujet

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to conjure a vision of

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évoquer une vision de

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a satire

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une satire

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racy

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slashing

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sparkling wit

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un esprit étincelant

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to mock a forthcoming

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caricaturer un défaut

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humorous

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humoristique

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stylistic devices

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les figures de style

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imagery

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les images

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affluence

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aisance financière

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affluent

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aisé, riche

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exaspérer

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inquiétude

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allure

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expliquer qqchose en détail

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amplify on

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apply to

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s’adresser à

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appoint

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fixer un jour

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well appointed

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bien aménagé

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apprehend

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comprendre

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to be apt to

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avoir tendence à

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artful

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rusé malin

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aspersion

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médisance

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avert

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détourner

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lest

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bank on

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compter sur

avoir confiance

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be on the bal’

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etre au courant de

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be at bay

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etre aux abois

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bluff

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brusque escarpé

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bout

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accès de fièvre

assaut

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risqué

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concur in

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etre d’accord sur

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concur to

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contribuer à

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concur

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coïncider

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