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7. Science, Literature and Art Flashcards

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traiter de (texte)

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to deal with

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droit, rectiligne

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straight

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courbe

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curved

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aigu(math)

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acute

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obtus (math)

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obtuse

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un carré

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a square

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faire une expérience

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to carry out an experiment

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une éprouvette

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a test-tube

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un aimant

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a magnet

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aimanter

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to magnetize

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une lentille (photo)

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a lens

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grossir (une image)

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to magnify

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une balance

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(a pair of) scales

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profond

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deep

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profondeur

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depth

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large

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wide, broad

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la largeur

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width, breadth

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peu profond

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shallow

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étroit

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narrow

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épais

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thick

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mince

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thin

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une strophe

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a stanza

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une épopée

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an epic

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une pièce de théâtre

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a play

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un auteur dramatique

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a playwright

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le théâtre

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drama

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un drame

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a drama

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l’intrigue

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the plot

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un monologue

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a soliloquy

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négligé, bâclé

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slipshod

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maniéré, prétentieux/se

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affected

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32
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banal (littérature)

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commonplace

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justesse, exactitude (littérature)

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correctness

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la concision (littérature)

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conciseness

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un homme d’état

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a statesman

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l’apogée

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climax

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le déclin

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decay

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la chute

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downfall

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un complot

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a conspiracy

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un chevalier (médiéval)

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a knight

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une cotte de mailles

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a coat of mail

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une armure

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a suit of armour

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la chevalrie

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chilvary

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le donjon

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the keep

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le fossé, la douve

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the moat

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un pont-levis

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a drawbridge

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un cachot

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a dungeon

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l’effondrement

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collapse

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un chef-d’oeuvre

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a masterpiece

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l’aquarelle

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watercolor

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un chevalet

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an easel

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une teinte, une nuance

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a hue, a tint

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rougeoyant, chaud (couleur)

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glowing

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voyant, criard

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gaudy, garish

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une croûte (peinture)

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a daub

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plaire à quelqu’un (peinture)

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to suit someone’s taste

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le modèle (peinture)

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the sitter

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une nature morte (peinture)

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a still-life

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se détacher sur

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to stand out against

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une esquisse

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a sketch

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un contour

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an outline

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les clairs et els ombres, le clair-obscur

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light and shade

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une estampe

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a print

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une gravure

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an engraving

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une eau-forte (gravure à)

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an etching

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un ciseau (sculpture)

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a chisel

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sculpter

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to carve

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modeler

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to model

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l’argile

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clay

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fondre, couler

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to cast

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un moule

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a mould

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ériger

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to erect, to set up

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faire des gammes

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to play scales

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gratter (un instrument)

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to scrape

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un archet

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a bow

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jouer juste (musique)

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to play in tune

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faux

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out of tune

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le clavecin

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the harpsichord

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le clavier (instrument)

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keyboard

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pincer (les cordes)

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to pluck

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suivre la cadence, être en mesure

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to keep time

82
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battre la mesure

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to beat time

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un alto

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a viola

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les cordes

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the strings

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un violoncelle

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a cello

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une contrebasse

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a double-bass

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les cuivres

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the brass

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une clarinette

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a clarinet

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un hautbois

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an oboe

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un tambour

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a drum

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les timbales

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kettle-drums, drums

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la cornemuse

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the bagpipe(s)

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les musiciens des rues

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buskers

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un orgue

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an organ

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une chanson contestataire

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a protest song

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