11. Express yourself Flashcards by Louis Fidel | Brainscape

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to my mind

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à mon avis

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my opinion is that

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je suis d’avis que

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a piece of advice

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un conseil

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I haven’t the slightest idea

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je n’en ai pas la moindre idée

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to notic

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remarquer (un détail)

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to note

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remarquer (un fait, une idée)

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to remark

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remarquer, faire observer

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to quarrel

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se disputer

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a criticism

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une critique

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a critic

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un critique (littéraire etc)

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to challenge, to dispute

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contester (une idée, un droit)

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to discuss sth

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discuter de qch

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to deal with, to bear on

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porter sur, traiter de

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an outlook

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une vue (façon de voir)

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his outlook on life

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sa conception de la vie

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to think sth over, to ponder over sth

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réfléchir à qch (2)

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to state (that)

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affirmer (que)

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the statement that

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l’affirmation selon laquelle

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a mere statement of facts

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un simple énoncé de aits

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a point, an argument

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un argument

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to debate a question

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débattre d’une question

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to dismiss a point

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rejeter un argument

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to prove one’s point

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prouver ses dires

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precise, accurate

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précis

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to criticize, to level criticism at

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critiquer

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to make a mistake

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se tromper

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to be mistaken

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être dans l’erreur

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to be wrong

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avoir tort

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As for me, I think… / I, for one, think…

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En ce qui me concerne, je pense… (2)

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to side with ≠ to be non-committal

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prendre parti pour ≠ ne pas prendre parti

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in the foreground, in the background

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au premier plan, au deuxième plan

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the news

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l’actualité

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a topic

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un thème, un sujet (de conversation)

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a topical issue

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une question d’actualité

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an opinion poll

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une question d’actualité

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to seek sb’s advice

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demander conseil à qqn

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to advise sb to do sth

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conseiller à qqn de faire qch

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to uphold an opinion

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défendre une opinion

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to make a point

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faire valoir un argument

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to argue

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argumenter, arguer

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to advocate

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préconiser

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to lay the emphasis on, to lay the stress on

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souligner (2)

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to work on the principle that

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partir du principe de

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to explain sth to sb

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expliquer qch à qqn

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to account for

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expliquer, représenter

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to come to a conclusion / to reach a conclusion

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arriver à une conclusion

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one may suppose/surmise that

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on peut supposer que

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conversly

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à l’inverse, vice versa

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burning

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brûlant

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acute

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aigu, perspicace

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to write a thesis

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faire une thèse

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to tackle

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aborder, s’attaquer à

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to make oneself understood

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se faire comprendre

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to bear in mind

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ne pas perdre de vue qch

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it goes without saying that

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il va sans dire que

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to admit the truth

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entendre raison

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to support

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soutenir

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common sense

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le bon sens

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a hackneyed statement

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un lieu commun, une lapalissade

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to be prejudiced

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avoir des préjugés

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to have doubts, to harbour doubts

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avoir des doutes

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to disprove

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réfuter

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questionable, debatable

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contestable

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undoubtedly

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incontestablement

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a moot point

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un point de discorde

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controversial

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controversé