approaching a press article Flashcards by Kévin Suon | Brainscape

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le titre

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the title

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le sous-titre

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the subtitle

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une phrase

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a sentence

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un paragraphe

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a paragraph

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les gros titres

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the headlines

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tout d’abord,…

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first,… / firstly,…

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deuxièmement

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second,… / secondly,…

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en bref, en un mot

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in short, in a word

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dans l’ensemble

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on the whole

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en gras

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in bold letters

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en italiques

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in italics

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entre parathèses

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in brackets

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entre guillements

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in inverted commas

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une citation

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a quotation

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«Je cite, ligne 15…»

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‘I quote from line 15…’

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un graphique, un tableau

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a graph, a chart

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un mot-clé

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a key-word

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trouver un indice

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to find a clue

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avancer l’argument que…

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to argue that…

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argumenter que…

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to contend that…

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dépeindre, décrire qch

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to depict sth

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un compte-rendu de…

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an account of…

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souligner qch

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to underline sth

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insister sur qch

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to emphasize sth

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un jugement, un avis

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a judgement

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convaincre qn

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to convince sb

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un argument valable

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a valid argument

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un argument de poids

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a telling argument

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deux points de vue opposés

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two conflicting views

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insister sur une idée

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to stress an idea

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s’intéresser de près à qch

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to focus on sth

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un reportage

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a report

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humoristique

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humorous

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un éditorial, un édito

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a leader, an editorial

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un évènement

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an event

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l’actualité

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currents events

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indiquer, signaler qch

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to point out sth

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ensuite,… / après,…

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then,…

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«Cet article parle de, s’intéresse à…»

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‘This article deals with, is about…’

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dans l’avant-dernier paragraphe

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in the last but one paragraph

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au début / à la fin

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at the beginning / at the end

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plus loin dans le texte

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further down the text

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«Cet article est tiré de…»

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‘This article is taken from…’

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«The independent du 2 avril 2008»

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‘The independent dated April 2, 2008’

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«Comme il est dit, écrit (dans)…»

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‘As is said, written (in)…’

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comme le dit le journaliste

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as the journalist puts it

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selon le journaliste

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according to the journalist

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«Ce qui m’amène à…»

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‘which leads me to, brings me to…’

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aborder le problème de…

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to tackle the issue of…

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soulever le problème de…

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to raise the issue of…

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la question délicate de…

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the sensitive issue of…

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éviter, évacuer la question de…

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to dodge the issue of…

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mettre en lumière qch

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to highlight sth

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reconnaître, admettre qch

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to acknowledge sth

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c’est l’argument principal

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it’s the main argument

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le ton de l’article

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the tone of the article

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résumer un article

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to summarize, to sum up an article

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commenter un article

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to comment on an article

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une information

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a piece of information

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des informations, une information

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information

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«L’article est basé sur une étude.»

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‘The article is based on a survey, a study.’

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«L’article est basé sur un sondage.»

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‘The article is based on a poll’

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à la suite, dans le prolongement de

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in the wake of sth

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«C’est logique, ça se tient»

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‘It makes sense.’

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«Ça ne veut rien dire, c’est illogique.»

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‘It doesn’t make sense’

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«Le titre doit être expliqué»

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‘The title needs explaining.’

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«Cette idée nécessite une explication.»

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‘This idea calls for an explanation’

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«À y repenser…»

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‘On second thoughts…’

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«Remarquez, À la réflexion…»

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‘Mind you…’

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«Comment dirais-je ?…»

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‘How shall I put it?’

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tirer une conclusion

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to draw a conclusion