48 Les Arts Visuels - Visual Arts Flashcards

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L’esthétique

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Aesthetics

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**L’art**

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**Art**

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Les beaux-arts, les arts plastiques

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The fine arts

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L’artisanat d’art

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Arts and craft

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Le talent

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Talent, skill

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Le style, un style

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Style, a style

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Une oeuvre d’art

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A work of art, an artwork

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Un chef-d’oeuvre

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A masterpiece

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Un marchand d’art

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An art dealer

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Une vente aux enchères

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An auction

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Une salle des ventes

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An auction house

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Le réalisme

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Realism

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La vraisemblance

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Verisimilitude

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Talentueux / Sans talent, piètre

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Talented / talentless

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Réaliste

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Realistic

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**Le dessin**

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**Drawing**

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Un dessinateur, une dessinatrice

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A draughtsman, a draughtswoman

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Un dessinateur humoristique

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A cartoonist

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Un modèle

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A sitter

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Une séance de pose

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A sitting

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Une planche à dessin

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A drawing-board

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Le vélin

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Vellum

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Une feuille

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A sheet

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Un crayon

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A pencil

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Un coup de crayon

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A pencil stroke

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Une plume

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A nib

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L’encre de Chine

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Drawing ink, China ink

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Le fusain

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Charcoal

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La craie grasse

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Crayon

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Un pochoir

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A stencil

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Une esquisse, un croquis

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A sketch

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Un carnet de croquis

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A sketchbook

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Un dessin (à main levée)

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A (free-hand) drawing

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Un crayonné

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A rough

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Les contours

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The outline

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Dessiner

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To draw

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Poser

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To pose, to sit

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Estomper

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To shade off

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**La gravure**

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**Engraving**

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Une gravure

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An engraving

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La gravure sur bois, une gravure sur bois

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Woodcutting, a woodcut

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L’eau-forte, une eau-forte

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Etching, an etching

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Une estampe

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A print

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Un graveur

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An engraver

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Le relief

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Relief

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Graver

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To engrave

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Graver à l’eau-forte

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To etch

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**La peinture**

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**Painting**

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Un (artiste) peintre

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A painter

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Un chevalet

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An easel

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Une toile

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A canvas

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Un cadre, un encadrement

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A frame

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La peinture (matériau)

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Paint

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Gouache

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Gouache

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L’aquarelle, une aquarelle

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Watercolour, a watercolour

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Le lavis, un lavis

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Wash tint, a wash

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Une peinture à l’huile

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An oil painting

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La térébenthine

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Turpentine

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Une palette

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A palette

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Un pinceau, une brosse

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A brush

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Un coup de pinceau

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A brushstroke

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Une nuance

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A shade

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Une peinture murale

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A mural

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Une fresque

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A fresco => pl. Frescoes

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Un camaïeu

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A monochrome (painting)

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Un trompe-l’oeil

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A trompe l’oeil

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Une croûte

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A daub

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Peindre

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To paint

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Atténuer

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To tone down

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Vernir

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To varnish

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**La sculpture**

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**Sculpture**

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Un sculpteur, une sculptrice

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A sculptor

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La sculpture du / sur bois

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Wood-carving

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Un ciseau de sculpteur

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A chisel

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Un maillet

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A mallet

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Le marbre

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Marble

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L’argile

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Clay

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La terre cuite

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Terracotta

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La cire

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Wax

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L’ivoire

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Ivory

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Un bronze

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A bronze

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Un moulage

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A cast(ing)

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Un moule, une moulure

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A mould, a mo(u)lding

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Un gisant

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A recumbent statue

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Une gargouille

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A gargoyle

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Une guirlande

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A garland

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Le stuc

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Stucco

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Un bas-relief

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A bas-relief, a low relief

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Un haut-relief

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A high relief

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Un piédestal

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A pedestal

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Sculpter

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To sculpt

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Graver, sculpter

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To carve

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Élever, ériger

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To erect, to set up

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Polir

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To polish

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Mouler

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To mo(u)ld

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Fondre, couler

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To cast

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Modeler, façonner

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To model, to fashion, to shape

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Ciseler

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To chisel

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Le décor au pochoir

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Stencilled ornamentation

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Léonard de Vinci a popularisé l’utilisation de la sanguine

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Leonardo popularized the use of red chalk drawing

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Il lui arrive de peindre sur parchemin

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He occasionally paints on parchment

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C’est un artiste de génie

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He is an artist of genius

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C’est une amoureuse des arts

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She is an art lover

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Il ne peint pas : il barbouille des toiles de peinture

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He doesn’t paint - he daubs canvases with paint

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Peintres et graveurs travaillent dans un atelier

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Painters and engravers work in a studio

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Froid comme le marbre

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As cold as marble

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Mettre quelqu’un sur un piédestal

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To put somebody on a pedestal

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Un géant aux pieds d’argile

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A giant with feet of clay

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Sortir du même moule

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To be cast in the same mould

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C’est ennuyeux comme un jour de pluie

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It’s like watching paint dry

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Il a décrit la situation à grands traits

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He described the situation with broad strokes

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L’art pour l’art

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Art for Art’s sake