11. Commenting on a text / Le commentaire de texte Flashcards

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un romancier

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a novelist, a writer of fiction

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un nouvelliste

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a short story writer

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un dramaturge

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a playwritght, a dramatist

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un critique d’art

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an art critic

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un critique

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a reviewer

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un redacteur en chef

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an editor

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un caricaturiste

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a cartoonist

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un ecrivain satirique, un pamphletaire

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a lampoonist, a satirist

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un extrait (de…)

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an excerpt, a passage, an extract (from…)

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un roman medieval

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a romance

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un roman à l’eau de rose

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a romance

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une epopee

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an epic

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un limerick (un court poeme humoristique)

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a limerick

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une comptine

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a nursery rhyme

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une piece de theatre

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a play

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une comedie

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a comedy

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un reportage

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a report

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un editorial

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a leader, a leading article, an editorial

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une chronique, une rubrique

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a column

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un article de fond

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a feature article

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un journal serieux

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a quality paper

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un magazine a sensation

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a pulp magazine

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la presse a sensation

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the gutter press

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un journal de gauche

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a left-wing paper

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un numero (de journal, magazine)
an issue
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un gros titre, une manchette
a headline
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une strophe
a stanza, a verse
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une legende (cf dessin)
a caption
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en haut à droite
in the top right-hand corner
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une note en bas de page
a foot note
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caracteres gras
bold type
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l'imaginaire
fantasy
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un sujet
a topic
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le contenu, la question à debattre
the subject, the matter
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la portee, l'etendue du sujet
the scope (of a topic)
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un renseignement
a piece of information
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une nouvelle, un fait divers
a news item
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un sondage
an opinion poll, a survey
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une evaluation
an assessment, an appraisal
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un resume
a summary
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un compte-rendu
an account
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une hypothese
an assumption
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l'essentiel
the point
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une idee fausse
a misconception
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une perspective
an outlook (on...)
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un point de vue
a viewpoint, a standpoint, a stance (on...)
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une approche (d'un problème)
an approach (to an issue)
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une objection
an objection
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une divergence (entre...)
a discrepancy (between...)
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se composer de
to consist of
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déclarer
to state
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pretendre
to claim
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exprimer
to express
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transmettre, faire passer (une idee...)
to convey
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reveler, devoiler
to reveal, to disclose
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exposer, expliquer
to expound (a theory...)
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s'attarder
to dwell (on a point)
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examiner en details
to discuss (a problem)
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consacrer (un chapitre) à
to devote (a chapter) to
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vivant, saisissant (detail)
graphic (detail)
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evocateur
evocative
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prophetique
prophetic
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qui sort de l'ordinaire
unusual, original
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tiré par les cheveux, irréaliste
far-fetched
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nuancé (déclaration)
qualified (statement)
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mesuré (opinion, attitude)
balanced (view, attitude)
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convaincant
convincing
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trompeur, mensonger
misleading, deceptive
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utopique
utopian
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illusoire
illusory