approaching a press article Flashcards

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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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18
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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
a judgement
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convaincre qn
to convince sb
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un argument valable
a valid argument
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un argument de poids
a telling argument
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deux points de vue opposés
two conflicting views
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insister sur une idée
to stress an idea
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s'intéresser de près à qch
to focus on sth
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un reportage
a report
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humoristique
humorous
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un éditorial, un édito
a leader, an editorial
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un évènement
an event
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l'actualité
currents events
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indiquer, signaler qch
to point out sth
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ensuite,... / après,...
then,...
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«Cet article parle de, s'intéresse à...»
'This article deals with, is about...'
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dans l'avant-dernier paragraphe
in the last but one paragraph
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au début / à la fin
at the beginning / at the end
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plus loin dans le texte
further down the text
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«Cet article est tiré de...»
'This article is taken from...'
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«The independent du 2 avril 2008»
'The independent dated April 2, 2008'
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«Comme il est dit, écrit (dans)...»
'As is said, written (in)...'
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comme le dit le journaliste
as the journalist puts it
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selon le journaliste
according to the journalist
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«Ce qui m'amène à...»
'which leads me to, brings me to...'
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aborder le problème de...
to tackle the issue of...
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soulever le problème de...
to raise the issue of...
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la question délicate de...
the sensitive issue of...
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éviter, évacuer la question de...
to dodge the issue of...
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mettre en lumière qch
to highlight sth
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reconnaître, admettre qch
to acknowledge sth
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c'est l'argument principal
it's the main argument
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le ton de l'article
the tone of the article
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résumer un article
to summarize, to sum up an article
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commenter un article
to comment on an article
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une information
a piece of information
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des informations, une information
information
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«L'article est basé sur une étude.»
'The article is based on a survey, a study.'
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«L'article est basé sur un sondage.»
'The article is based on a poll'
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à la suite, dans le prolongement de
in the wake of sth
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«C'est logique, ça se tient»
'It makes sense.'
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«Ça ne veut rien dire, c'est illogique.»
'It doesn't make sense'
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«Le titre doit être expliqué»
'The title needs explaining.'
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«Cette idée nécessite une explication.»
'This idea calls for an explanation'
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«À y repenser...»
'On second thoughts...'
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«Remarquez, À la réflexion...»
'Mind you...'
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«Comment dirais-je ?...»
'How shall I put it?'
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tirer une conclusion
to draw a conclusion