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un écrivain

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a writer

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un auteur

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an author

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un journaliste

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a journalist

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un passage

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a passage

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un extrait

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an extract

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un sujet un problème

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an issue

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la portée, l’étendue

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the scope

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une controverse

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a controversy

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l’accent, l’insistance

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the stress

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une allusion

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a hint, an allusion

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un point essentiel, un argument

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a point

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une hypothèse

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an assumption

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un but

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an aim

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un objectif, cible

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a target

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une déclaration

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a statement

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une vue une perspective

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an outlook (on)

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banal ordinaire

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commonplace

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convainquant

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convincing

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pertinent

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relevant

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complet exhaustif

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exhaustive

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engagé

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committed

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cinglant

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sharp

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frappant

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striking

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déclarer

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to state

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prétendre

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to claim

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exprimer

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to express

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commenter

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to comment on

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faire allusion

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to hint at

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concilier

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to reconcile

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viser, aspirer à

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to aim at

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oublier, negliger

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to overlook

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aboutir à

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to result in

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un récit à la 1er personne

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a first-person narrative

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le noeud de l’affaire

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the crux / heart of the matter

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c’est un point discutable

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this is a moot point

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tout bien considéré

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all things considered

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adresser des critiques à

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to level criticism