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

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1
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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)

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an issue

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un gros titre, une manchette

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a headline

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une strophe

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a stanza, a verse

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une legende (cf dessin)

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a caption

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en haut à droite

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in the top right-hand corner

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une note en bas de page

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a foot note

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caracteres gras

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bold type

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l’imaginaire

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fantasy

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un sujet

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a topic

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le contenu, la question à debattre

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the subject, the matter

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la portee, l’etendue du sujet

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the scope (of a topic)

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un renseignement

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a piece of information

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une nouvelle, un fait divers

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a news item

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un sondage

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an opinion poll, a survey

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une evaluation

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an assessment, an appraisal

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un resume

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a summary

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un compte-rendu

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an account

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une hypothese

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an assumption

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l’essentiel

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the point

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une idee fausse

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a misconception

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une perspective

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an outlook (on…)

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un point de vue

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a viewpoint, a standpoint, a stance (on…)

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une approche (d’un problème)

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an approach (to an issue)

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une objection

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an objection

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une divergence (entre…)

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a discrepancy (between…)

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se composer de

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to consist of

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déclarer

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to state

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pretendre

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to claim

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exprimer

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to express

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transmettre, faire passer (une idee…)

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to convey

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reveler, devoiler

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to reveal, to disclose

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exposer, expliquer

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to expound (a theory…)

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s’attarder

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to dwell (on a point)

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examiner en details

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to discuss (a problem)

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consacrer (un chapitre) à

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to devote (a chapter) to

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vivant, saisissant (detail)

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graphic (detail)

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evocateur

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evocative

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prophetique

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prophetic

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qui sort de l’ordinaire

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unusual, original

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tiré par les cheveux, irréaliste

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far-fetched

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nuancé (déclaration)

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qualified (statement)

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mesuré (opinion, attitude)

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balanced (view, attitude)

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convaincant

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convincing

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trompeur, mensonger

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misleading, deceptive

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utopique

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utopian

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illusoire

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illusory

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