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La mise en page

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The layout

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Une hyperbole

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A hyperbole

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Une critique

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A criticism

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Une critique mitigée

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A mixed review

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Le titre

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The title of the article

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Un titre

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A heading

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Un jeu de mots

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A pun = a play on words

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Une étude

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A survey

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Une comparaison

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A simile

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Le point de vue

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The focus = the point of view

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Un critique

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A critic

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Un éloge

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A praise

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Le sous-titre

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The subtitle

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Un grand titre

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A headline

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Le compte-rendu du journaliste

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The journalist’s account

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Un dessin humoristique

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A cartoon

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Un dessin

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A drawing

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Une publicité

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An ad(vert(isement))

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Au 1er plan

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On the foreground

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Au 2nd plan

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In the middle-ground

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Le bord

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The edge

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Une photo de mode / de presse / d’archive

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A fashion / handout / archive photo

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Un portrait

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A portrait = a headshot

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Un BD

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A comic strip = a strip cartoon

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Un montage photo

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A photomontage

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La couverture

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The cover page

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A l’arrière-plan

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In the background

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La légende

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The caption

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Le titre

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The title

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Le coin

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The corner

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Une vue / une vue aérienne

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A view / an aerial view

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Une gravure

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An engraving

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Un camembert

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A pie chart

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Un histogramme

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A bar chart

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Un graphique

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A graph

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Un diagramme

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A diagram

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Comique

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Comic

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Parodique

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Parodic

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Engagé

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Committed

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Avant-dernier

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Before-last

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Bien exprimé

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Well expressed

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Partial

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Biased

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Clair

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Clear

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Maîtrisé

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Controlled

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Décousu

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Rambling

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Direct

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Straightforward

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Saisissant

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Striking

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Risible

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Comical

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Classique

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Classical

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Spirituel

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Witty

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Provocateur

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Provocative / challenging

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Mal exprimé

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Poorly expressed

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Impartial

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Unbiased

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Superficiel, creux

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Shallow

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Banal

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Commonplace

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Laborieux

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Labourious

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Tiré par les cheveux, stéréotypé

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Far-fetched / hackneyed

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Intrigant

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Puzzling

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Parcourir

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To skim = to scan

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Déclencher un événement

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To trigger off an event

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Tourner en dérision

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To deride something

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Critiquer

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To criticise

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Résumer

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To sum up

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Faire un brouillon

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To make a draft

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Prendre des notes

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To take down notes

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Évaluer

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To assess

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Témoigner de

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To testify to

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Présenter les faits

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To present facts

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Se concentrer sur

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To focus on

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Souligner, mettre en valeur

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To highlight

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Mettre en exergue, souligner

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To emphasize

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Mettre en valeur

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To enhance

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Aborder, parler de

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To deal with

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Donner une impression de

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To convey a sense of

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Faire ressortir quelque chose

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To bring out something

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Mettre en scène

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To stage

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Prendre en compte

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To take into account

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Prendre parti pour

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To take sides with

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Centrer, cadrer

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To center = to frame

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Commencer par

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To begin by V+ING

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Rester neutre

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To remain neutral

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Avancer l’idée que

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To put forward the idea that

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Aborder le problème de

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To tackle the issue of

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En venir à

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To turn to

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Soulever le problème de

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To raise the problem of

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Faire allusion à, faire référence à

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To allude to = to refer to

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Établir un parallèle

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To draw a parallel with

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Affirmer que

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To maintain that / claim that

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S’engager

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To commit himself / herself

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Avoir pour but de

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To aim at V+ING

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Remarquer

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Notice

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Susciter

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To arouse

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Suggérer l’idée que

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To suggest that

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Remettre en cause

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To question

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Avancer des arguments en faveur de / contre

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To argue in favour of / against

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Critiquer

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To criticize = to pass judgment on

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Opposer différent point de vue

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To oppose different viewpoints

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Expliquer

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To account for

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Prôner

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To advocate

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Soutenir

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To support

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Souligner = mettre l’accent sur

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To lay stess on = to stress = to point out

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Convaincre

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To convince

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Se moquer de

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To make fun of = to laugh at

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Véhiculer une idée, une impression

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To convey an idea, an impression

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Insister sur

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To insist upon

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Le document a été [créé, photographié, dessiné, peint, publié] en [date] par [auteur].

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The document was [created, photographed, drawn, painted, published] en [date] par [author].

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Ce qui est dépeint

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What is depicted

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Le thème principal

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The main / central theme (subject) of the article

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L’essentiel, le point principal du texte

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The gist of the text

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Tout repose sur la question de savoir si

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It all hinges on the question whether

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Traite de / soulève la question de

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It tackles the issue of / raises the issue of

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X est un sujet d’actualité

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X is a topic of current interest

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On parle beaucoup de X à l’heure actuelle

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X is much talked about nowadays

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Je vois les choses de la même façon que lui

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I see things eye to eye with him

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On ne peut affirmer avec certitude que

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It can’t be taken for granted that

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On peut objecter que

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It could be objected that

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Il va sans dire que

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It goes without saying that

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C’est une question controversée / un sujet controversé / un problème de société / une question brûlante

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It is a controversial issue / a hotly debated issue / a social issue / a burning issue

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On doit garder à l’esprit

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One must bear in mind

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Un des aspects les plus frappants

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One of the most striking features

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L’idée clé

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The key issue

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Le pour et le contre

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The pros and the cons

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On ne peut nier que

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There is no denying that

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Rien ne prouve que

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There is no evidence that

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Ce qui prédomine c’est une impression de

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What prevails is an impression of

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Ce qui me pose problème

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What puzzles me

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Ce qui me frappe c’est que

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What strikes me is that

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En haut/ en bas…

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At the top / the bottom…

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A l’arrière-plan / premier plan / second plan

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In the background / foreground / middle-ground

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A gauche / à droite

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On the left / on the right

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Sur le côté à droite

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On the right-hand side

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Dans le coin en bas à gauche

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In the bottom left corner