Debating Flashcards by PH Pinart

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Examiner

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Consider

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Aborder

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Address

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Éviter

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To evade

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Évoquer

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Bring up

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Mettre en avant

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To put forward

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Ruminer

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To turn over

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Avancer

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To put forward

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Être a l’appui de

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To support

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Souligner

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To underline

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Mettre en doute

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To question

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Ecarter

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To dismiss

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On peut invoquer ici plusieurs arguments

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At this point several arguments could be mentioned

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Il existe un autre argument à l’appui de cette thèse

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Another argument support this thesis

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Résister à l’analyse

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To stand up to scrutiny

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Une faille dans un argument

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A flaw in an argument

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C’est indiscutable

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It is beyond argument

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Être a l’écoute des arguments

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To be open to argument

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Convaincant

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Forceful

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Plausible

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Plausible

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Relevant

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Pertinent

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Défendable

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Tenable

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Solide, judicieux

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Sound

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Bien fondé

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Well grounded

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Sans fondement

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Unfounded

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Contestable

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Questionable

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Tiré par les cheveux

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Far-fetched

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Sans rapport avec la question

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Irrelevant

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Trompeur

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Misleading

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Soulever

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Raise

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Débattre de

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To debate

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Traiter de

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To adress

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Sensible

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Sensitive

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Epineux

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Thorny

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Controversé

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Contentious

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Susciter

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To stir

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Provoquer

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To provoke

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Être largement débattu

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To be widely debated

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Virulent

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Fierce

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Chaud

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Heated

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Prétendre

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To claim

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Maintenir

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To uphold

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Réfuter

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To disprove

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Insister

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To emphasize

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Souligner

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To highlight

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Préciser

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To make crystal clear

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Il faut aussi noter que

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We must also remember that

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Il existe un autre point de vue sur la question

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There is another side to the issue

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Toutes choses étant considérées

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Taking everything into account

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Comme indiqué précédemment

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As was previously stated

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En dernière analyse

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In the last analysis

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Je vous accorde que

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I grant you that

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Il dit, et à juste titre selon moi, que

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He says, rightly in my view, that

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Nous devons tous reconnaître la validité de son argument

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We must acknowledge the validity of his point

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Soulever des objections

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To raise objections